Sentences with phrase «of present study»

The purpose of the present study was to investigate ethnic differences in trauma - related mental health symptoms among adolescents, and test the mediating and moderating effects of polyvictimization (i.e., number of types of traumas / victimizations experienced by an individual) and household income, respectively.

These differential effects are beyond the scope of the present study, which included relatively happy couples who were not seeking treatment.

The purpose of the present study was to conduct a test of acceptability of a new model for family - focused drug prevention programs for families of early adolescents.

The goal of the present study was to evaluate the factor structure and construct validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device (APSD) in a community sample of Dutch adolescents.

However, the goal of the present study is to evaluate whether fidelity ratings of PMTO therapists during initial training (i.e., at certification) are related to changes in parent and child behaviors subsequently receiving PMTO.

The aim of the present study was to examine whether treatment fidelity scores obtained for PMTO certification purposes prior to the intervention would be associated with treatment completion and with larger treatment effects on various outcome variables, including child externalizing behavior problems, parenting practices, parental psychopathology, parenting stress, working alliance.

Several limitations of the present study should be noted.

C.M.G. conceptualized the study as a part of her postdoctoral work, conducted the literature review, coded autonomy support in 30 % of the sample for reliability testing, performed all statistical analyses, wrote and revised the manuscript; B.H. helped conceptualize the study as a part of her Master's work, coded autonomy support in the entire sample, and participated in the writing, editing and revising of the manuscript; D.M.S. participated in the conceptualization of the present study, helped with the writing in both the original and revised versions of the paper in her role as supervisor, supervised the data collection and conceptualized, designed and implemented the larger study of which the present study is only a part (the Concordia Longitudinal Risk Project); L.A.S. supervised the data collection and conceptualized, designed and implemented the larger study of which the present study is only a part.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the predictive validity of several theoretical factors drawn from control, social learning, and differential association theories for explaining adolescent sexual behavior.

When considering the results of the present study it should be noted that differences in parental assessment of dyadic relationships emerged at the alpha level of p <.05 (when Bonferroni correction was applied, they sank below statistical significance).

First, although the sample size of the present study was sufficient (Nagin 2005) for the purposes of the study and comparable to previous studies in this area (e.g., Feng et al. 2008), the findings should be replicated in a larger sample (at least 500) to draw more reliable conclusions.

Due to the scope of the present study, only data from the first year of life was used.

For the purpose of the present study, a variable based on the sum scores for the number of months of breastfeeding was constructed.

The first goal of the present study was to identify the heterogeneous developmental trajectories of social skills known to be components of prosocial behavior during early childhood by applying a group - based trajectory approach [14].

Addressing these gaps, a key goal of the present study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which parental behaviors relate to individual differences in children's academic ability.

In sum, results of the present study imply that when studying the emotional underpinnings of (internalizing) psychopathology, researchers may want to focus less on the specific emotions, and more on the general form the dysregulation takes, as indicated by high levels of negative, and low levels of positive emotions, or highly variable emotions.

The key finding of the present study was that white - matter microstructural abnormalities in adolescents with CD were specifically associated with elevated callous - unemotional traits.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical usefulness of a semi-structured diagnostic parent interview, i.e., the Kiddie - Disruptive Behavior Disorder Schedule (K - DBDS), in preschool children.

The goal of the present study was to conduct a preliminary examination of the associations between children's anxiety, their understanding of emotions, their difficulties regulating emotions, and the quality of parent — child attachment relationships in a sample of children diagnosed with anxiety disorders.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the specific contribution of both CU traits and ODD, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, to several psychological characteristics in a large community sample of preschoolers.

In order to address theoretical and empirical gaps in past research, the primary aim of the present study was to examine the role that perceived control played in both diathesis - stress and transactional models of depression in Canadian adolescents.

The findings of the present study indicate that the sole presence of CHD does not adversely affect behavior problems among children and adolescents.

The primary goal of the present study was to evaluate the relative long - term efficacy of FCBT and CCBT for child anxiety.

The objectives of the present study were (a) to investigate whether clique isolation from age 11 to 13 years is a social risk factor for subsequent depressive symptoms in early adolescence; (b) to test the potential role of loneliness and perceived social acceptance as cognitive and emotional constructs underlying the link between clique isolation and depressive symptoms; and (c) to explore possible sex differences in the association between clique isolation and depressive symptoms.

The cross-sectional design of the present study precludes any conclusions about the direction of the relationship between parent psychopathology, stressors and child anxiety.

Additional limitations of the present study include the combination of BDNF Val66Met Val / Met with Met / Met, 5 - HTTLPR SS and LS, and MAOA - uVNTR S (boys), SS, and LS.

The aim of the present study was to explore the association between gender role, in terms of self - attribution of masculine and feminine characteristics, and children's involvement in bullying problems during the elementary - school years.

This notion is not specifically addressed and goes well beyond the focus of the present study, because it would inflict a rather spurious relationship between egos» and alters» smoking [58].

The goals of the present study were twofold.

A second purpose of the present study was, therefore, to test whether direct and indirect aggression and victimization are risk factors for different types of psychological difficulties, and whether these associations differ by gender.

We interpret this finding as a further indication of the robustness of the results of the present study.

In sum, the first objective of the present study was to investigate whether clique isolation is a social risk factor for an escalation in depressive symptoms in early adolescence.

The primary aims of the present study were to evaluate an interactive evidence - based computer parent training program designed to improve parents» knowledge and behavior in regard to assisting their children during distressing immunization injections.

The aim of the present study is to extend this work on implicit processes related to attachment.

Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate post-trauma symptoms as a potential mediator in the relation between stress - regulation systems functioning and conduct problems in female adolescents.

In sum, the merit of the present study over previous studies is the large representative sample with a wide age distribution.

The statistical sample of the present study included 246 nurses, who were working in psychiatric and neurology wards of western and east Azerbaijan and Ardabil in 2015 years.

The overall aim of the present study was to investigate ADHD symptoms in relation to attachment representations.

The purpose of the present study is therefore to explore the factor structure of the work - family balance scale (WFBS) and its psychometric properties with specific reference to reliability and concurrent validity.

Thus, the purpose of the present study was to examine whether aggressive boys high on total CU traits and specific ICU dimensions show deficits in attentional orienting to negative stimuli on a dot - probe task that are consistent across race / ethnicity.

The aim of the present study was to perform a preliminary investigation of the relationships between emotion understanding, anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and attachment security in clinically anxious children.

The results of the present study showed that psychological need satisfaction experienced in the leisure activity domain is associated positively with adolescents» increased life satisfaction.

Another limitation of the present study is that it was carried out within a specific geographic, ethnic, and cultural context.

Twenty - five participants (12 males) were assigned to a preliminary phase; 48 females were assigned to a second step of the present study.

The second limitation concerns the time frame of the present study.

The aim of the present study was to assess empathic accuracy (EA), emotion recognition, and affective empathy in male adolescents with Conduct Disorder (CD) and higher versus lower levels of callous - unemotional (CU) traits, using a more ecologically - valid task than has been used previously.

Therefore, the aim of the present study is to assess adolescents» academic achievement during secure residential care and to identify factors that are associated with adolescents» achievement.

Since attachment style and socio - demographic variables are associated (Schachner et al., 2008; Del Giudice, 2011) and a representative study on the relationship status and attachment style is missing, the aim of the present study was to analyze attachment style and socio - demographic variables in a large representative sample.

The focus of the present study was to investigate the relationship between a count - based approach to coping and adjustment.

The results of the present study confirmed that the HADS has good psychometric properties in an Italian community sample, and that the HADS scores, especially the general psychological distress one, can be reliably used for assessing age and gender differences.