Sentences with phrase «for psychological maladjustment»

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Fathers are cited more than mothers in issues such as psychological maladjustment, substance abuse, depression and behavioral problems, according to research done by Ronald Rohner, director of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection in the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and his colleague Robert Veneziano.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

For example, in the Dunedin study, Caspi and colleagues found that links between childhood maltreatment and later psychological maladjustment were moderated by genetic factors [100].

Further, corroboration was found for the premise that positive relationships buffer children from psychological and school maladjustment.

Exemplary discoveries Our findings show that aggressive dispositions were moderately stable from kindergarten to grade 6 (e.g.,.56), whereas anxious - withdrawn behaviour was not stable until grades 2 -LRB-.36) and 3 -LRB-.51).3, 4 The percentages of children in a community sample (n = 2775) that could be classified into distinct risk groups were: 15 % aggressive; 12 % anxious - withdrawn, and 8.5 % aggressive - withdrawn (comorbid).5 Predictive analyses showed that aggressive children who exceeded a risk criterion in kindergarten exhibited increases in psychological and school maladjustment two years later.6 Anxious - withdrawn dispositions predicted early and later increases in internalizing problems.5 Overall, the findings corroborate the premise that aggression and anxious - withdrawal are risks for later maladjustment.

While divorce itself places children at risk for various psychological difficulties, research has shown that the strongest predictor of child maladjustment after divorce is exposure to high levels of inter-parental conflict, particularly when the conflict is hostile, aggressive, poorly resolved, and focused on issues pertaining to the children.

TY - JOUR AU - 김소영 AU - Jinsook Kim TI - Development of Emotion Regulation Scale for Children T2 - Korea Journal of Counseling PY - 2011 VL - 12 IS - 4 PB - Korean Counseling Association (KCA) SP - 1097 - 1108 SN - 1598 - 2068 AB - The purpose of this study was to develop an Emotional Regulation Scale for Children in order to measure the degree of emotional regulation which is deemed to be related to main psychological causes of maladjustment behaviour (childhood's depression, aggression, etc.) and to verify the validity and reliability of the scale.

The purpose of this study was to develop an Emotional Regulation Scale for Children in order to measure the degree of emotional regulation which is deemed to be related to main psychological causes of maladjustment behaviour (childhood's depression, aggression, etc.) and to verify the validity and reliability of the scale.