Interpersonal stressors in the schoolyard and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: The mediating roles of rumination and co-rumination
Stressors have been identified as significant vulnerability factors in the development of adolescents’ depression. The present study focused on the relationship between depressive symptoms and two types of interpersonal stressors in the schoolyard, namely teacher-student interaction stressors (TSIS) and peer interaction stressors (PIS). More importantly, rumination and co-rumination were examined as two possible mechanisms to account for these relationships. A convenience sample of 570 Chinese adolescents aged from 12- to 19-years-old participated in this research. Results indicated that TSIS and PIS were significant...
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Fan, C., Chu, X., Wang, M., Zhou, Z. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Position paper for guiding response to non-suicidal self-injury in schools
Around the world, school staff are increasingly expressing concern about nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and how best to address this behavior in the school setting. However, there is a notable lack of informed guidance for schools, and clear inconsistencies in the practices school staff adopt. In this position paper we draw on our collective research and clinical expertise to provide best-practice guidelines for addressing NSSI in school settings. We outline the importance of a school protocol, and the key features all school protocols should contain. We also focus on how schools can minimize contagion of NSSI within their...
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hasking, P. A., Heath, N. L., Kaess, M., Lewis, S. P., Plener, P. L., Walsh, B. W., Whitlock, J., Wilson, M. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Preliminary study of the effect of Incremental Rehearsal with a morphological component for teaching Chinese character recognition
The current study examined the effectiveness of Incremental Rehearsal (IR) for teaching Chinese character recognition using a single-case experimental design. In addition, a morphological component was added to standard IR procedures (IRM) to take into account the role of morphological awareness in Chinese reading. Three kindergarten students in Hong Kong who were learning Cantonese-Chinese were taught Chinese characters with IR and IRM over six weeks using two ABAB designs. The study found that both IR and IRM effectively increased retention and maintenance of Chinese characters. (Source: School Psychology International)
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kwong, E., Burns, M. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Educational functioning of children of parents with chronic physical illness: A systematic review
A systematic review of the literature was performed to answer the question: What are the effects of parental chronic physical illness on children’s educational functioning? Thirteen studies that met the inclusion criteria for the purpose of this review were identified, indicating the paucity of research on the topic. The results found that children and adolescents of chronically ill parents missed more school days than their peers of healthy parents and were at a higher risk for lower academic performance. Parent’s physical impairments due to chronic illness and demands of parental illness impinging on parentin...
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chen, C. Y.-C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Parental and school bonding in Iranian adolescent perpetrators and victims of bullying
This study compared parental and school bonding in adolescents in Iran who are perpetrators of bullying, victims of bullying and not-involved in bullying. Secondary school students (N = 240) were selected by cluster random sampling and screening, and categorized as perpetrators of bullying (N = 80), victims of bullying (N = 80) and non-involved (N = 80) by teacher and vice-principal nominations. The Parental Bonding Instrument and the School Bonding Scales were completed by the students. With some exceptions (i.e., no between-group differences in maternal overprotectiveness and boys reported higher levels of school involve...
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mohebbi, M., Mirnasab, M., Wiener, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

School psychology research and practice in East Asia: Perspectives on the past, present, and future directions of the field
To engage in a comparison of school psychology research and practice in eastern and western countries, the current study sought to identify key themes that have influenced the field of school psychology in East Asian countries. Forty-six leading school psychology professionals in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan provided their perspectives to a six-question survey based on a survey created by McIntosh, Martinez, Ty, and McClain (2013) regarding pivotal ideas and findings related to research and practice in the past 25 years, present, and future that they find particularly exciting. Qualitative thematic a...
Source: School Psychology International - December 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brown, J. A., Watanabe, Y., Lee, D. H., McIntosh, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Family economic status and parental involvement: Influences of parental expectation and perceived barriers
Parental involvement in children’s education is a critical factor associated with children’s socio-emotional and educational outcomes. However, low parental involvement occurs more often among economically disadvantaged families. It is unclear what mechanisms may explain the association between family economic status and parents’ educational involvement. Using a large low-income sample from northwestern China (N = 12,724), we examined the influence of two proximal processes in parents – expectation for children’s highest educational attainment and perceived barriers to involve – in linki...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wang, Y., Deng, C., Yang, X. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Promoting positive learning in Australian students aged 10- to 12-years-old using attribution retraining and cognitive behavioral therapy: A pilot study
This study piloted an intervention using attribution retraining and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques to promote positive learning experiences and outcomes for students. This research is an important step to revitalise the dwindling field of attribution retraining research by assessing whether these techniques effectively improve student learning in modern classrooms. Participants were 50 students from grades five and six (age 10- to 12-years-old). Findings revealed that students in the intervention group showed significantly greater average reading levels compared to their control group peers at two months following...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chodkiewicz, A. R., Boyle, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Which emotional profiles exhibit the best learning outcomes? A person-centered analysis of students academic emotions
In this study, we adopted a person-centered approach to explore whether students can be grouped in terms of distinct academic emotion profiles and whether these groups differed in terms of key academic outcomes. Cluster analyses showed four distinct profiles across both domain-general (Study 1) and domain-specific (Study 2) academic emotions. Students with high levels of positive academic emotions and low levels of negative academic emotions exhibited the most adaptive educational outcomes followed by students characterized by high levels of positive emotions and moderately high levels of shame. The most maladaptive profil...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ganotice, F. A., Datu, J. A. D., King, R. B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The influence of emotional difficulty, parent-child relationship, peer relationships, materially-oriented and appearance-oriented attitudes on adolescent problem behavior
This study explored predictors of adolescent problem behavior utilizing panel data from the National Youth Policy Institute. Data were collected from June 2013 to August 2013 from 3195 middle school students living in 15 cities of South Korea. Data were analysed using hierarchical regression in two steps. The first step included gender and school record; the second step added emotional difficulty, parent-child relationship, peer relationships, self-esteem, materially oriented attitude, and appearance-oriented attitude. Results showed that male students had greater problem behaviors than female students. Greater emotional d...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bae, S. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Effect of gender on students emotion with gender-related public self-consciousness as a moderator in mixed-gender physical education classes
The present study investigates whether gender-related public self-consciousness moderates the relationship between students’ gender and emotions in mixed-gender physical education classes. The Positive and Negative Affect Scales and the Gender-related Public Self-Consciousness Scale were administered to 380 middle-school students in South Korea. The preliminary analysis included a t-test and ANOVA. Subsequently, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed. The results showed that girls’ gender-related public self-consciousness was significantly higher than that of boys. Further, gender-related public self-...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Moon, M., Jeon, H., Kwon, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Cultivating awareness at school. Effects on effortful control, peer relations and well-being at school in grades 5, 7, and 8
Effects of a mindfulness-based program, Compassion and Attention in the Schools (Compas), were studied in 358 pupils in grades 5, 7, and 8 in Sweden. An experimental group undertook Compas practices in class three times a week during an eight-week period. A control group undertook content area academic lessons . Pre-/post-intervention analyses showed a significant improvement in the experimental group, but not in the control group, in pupils’ capacity for effortful control, feelings of well-being at school and perceived peer relations. The positive effect of training increased with the number of times the participant...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Terjestam, Y., Bengtsson, H., Jansson, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Students perceptions of resilience promoting factors in Chinese and American middle schools
The current study first examined the applicability of the ClassMaps Survey (CMS)—a measurement of resilience in classroom/school settings developed in the US with Chinese middle school students and then compared the group differences on student perceptions of the resilience factors in the CMS across the two cultures. The findings suggest that the CMS and all its seven subscales have good to acceptable scalar measurement equivalence. The current study supports the use of the CMS and its seven subscales with Chinese middle school students as a measurement of resilience in classroom context. Furthermore, the study found...
Source: School Psychology International - September 27, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ni, H., Li, C., Wang, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Supervision for school psychologists in training: Developing a framework from empirical findings
This study extends recent qualitative research by surveying 310 school psychology students undertaking a preparatory doctoral training programme within the 12 approved universities in England and Wales. Data were obtained from a 21-item closed questionnaire developed from previous empirical findings and subjected to Exploratory Factor Analysis. Findings reveal three key supervisory components: Safe space for authentic learning, instructional support, and reference points for professional learning. Comparisons with other theoretical models are made and implications for practice explored. A framework for professional practic...
Source: School Psychology International - July 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gibbs, S., Atkinson, C., Woods, K., Bond, C., Hill, V., Howe, J., Morris, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The FRIENDS Cognitive Behavioral Program in Japanese schools: An examination of the treatment effects
This study examined the efficacy of the FRIENDS program, which is a CBT program used at a universal school level. Students (N = 154; 11- to 12-years-old) participated in either a program or waitlist condition and completed the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale at prior and subsequent to implementation of the program and during follow up. Results revealed a significant interaction between group and gender in the social phobia subscale and a significant main effect of gender in six subscales. The feasibility and limitations of universal CBT in a Japanese school setting are discussed. (Source: School Psychology International)
Source: School Psychology International - July 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matsumoto, Y., Shimizu, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: research