Two hundred and ten
early adolescents attending middle school (age M = 12.5 years; SD = 0.5; 21 % Hispanic, 18 % mixed / bi-racial, 47 % white, and 9 % other / missing; 37.1 % on free lunch program) self - reported levels of dispositional mindfulness (Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)-RRB-, self - compassion (Self - Compassion Scale (SCS); self - judgment and self - kindness domains), and EF proficiency (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function — Self - Report (BRIEF - SR)-RRB-.
Our analysis was conducted on a large, representative sample of
early adolescents attending mainstream schooling.
In the 19th century, most
early adolescents attended elementary schools (grades 1 to 8) before moving on to high schools (grades 9 to 12).
Not exact matches
Results
Adolescents maltreated early in life were absent from school more than 1.5 as many days, were less likely to anticipate attending college compared with nonmaltreated adolescents, and had levels of aggression, anxiety / depression, dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, social problems, thought problems, and social withdrawal that were on average more than three quarters of an SD higher than those of their nonmaltreated co
Adolescents maltreated
early in life were absent from school more than 1.5 as many days, were less likely to anticipate
attending college compared with nonmaltreated
adolescents, and had levels of aggression, anxiety / depression, dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, social problems, thought problems, and social withdrawal that were on average more than three quarters of an SD higher than those of their nonmaltreated co
adolescents, and had levels of aggression, anxiety / depression, dissociation, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, social problems, thought problems, and social withdrawal that were on average more than three quarters of an SD higher than those of their nonmaltreated counterparts.
Although most mental health practitioners are actively involved in child,
adolescent, and adult psychotherapeutic treatment, a major theme of the latter chapters is that the field now needs to more seriously
attend to the problem of
early intervention and prevention.
Parents and professionals who work closely with youth should
attend to the special vulnerability of
early maturing
adolescents in the face of peer pressure and to the important role of parental monitoring in regulating dating activities.
Analysis of the recent National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health, 35 a nationally representative sample of school -
attending adolescents, indicated that contact between parents and
adolescents is a major protective factor for a wide range of risk behaviors, including
early sexual initiation.