Adolescents' educational outcomes in a social ecology of parenting, family, and community risks in Northern Ireland
This study examines the influence of social ecological risks within the domains of parenting, family environment, and community in the prediction of educational outcomes for 770 adolescents (49% boys, 51% girls, M = 13.6 years, SD = 2.0) living in a setting of protracted political conflict, specifically working class areas of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Controlling for religious community, age, and gender, youths’ lower academic achievement was associated with family environments characterized by high conflict and low cohesion. School behaviour problems were related to greater exposure to community violence, or sectar...
Source: School Psychology International - May 22, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goeke-Morey, M. C., Taylor, L. K., Merrilees, C. E., Cummings, E. M., Cairns, E., Shirlow, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
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Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Announcement Source Type: research
Chinese teachers' evaluation criteria as reflected in narrative student evaluations: Implications for psychological services in schools
To increase school psychologists’ understanding of school contextual culture in China, this study used a qualitative research method to investigate 30 Chinese elementary school teachers’ evaluation criteria as reflected in narrative student evaluations. In the study, 450 narrative student evaluations were coded and analysed. Overall, results showed that Chinese teachers’ evaluation criteria primarily included moral development, effort and learning, as they were referenced most frequently in students’ narrative evaluations. Teachers’ positive comments tended to focus on moral character, effort,...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ni, H., Jones, C., Bruning, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A comparison of the performance and importance ratings on intervention practices of preschool and elementary school educators in Thailand
The objectives of the present study were: (a) to compare the performance ratings on five aspects of intervention practices as determined by preschool educators to the performance ratings as determined by elementary school educators, (b) to compare the importance ratings on five aspects of intervention practices as determined by preschool educators to the importance ratings as determined by elementary school educators, (c) to determine if importance ratings are significantly higher than performance ratings. Questionnaires were employed to collect the data from preschool and elementary school educators in Thailand. It was fo...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tangdhanakanond, K., Archwamety, T., McFarland, M., Beckman, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Providing psychological services for children of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs): A challenge for school psychologists in the Philippines
In the last 30 years, there has been a rapid increase of Filipino parents leaving the country and their families for better job opportunities abroad. Existing literature points out the impact of migration on the families and on the well-being, academic performance, and school behaviours, family and peer relationships of the children left behind, and the need for interventions to address these concerns. A review of the literature and a survey on the current practices in schools reveals a lack of structured and programmatic interventions in school, which mental health professionals in schools recognize to be essential to hel...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tarroja, M. C. H., Fernando, K. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A holistic approach to school-based counselling and guidance services in Malaysia
Counselling services in Malaysian schools were first established in 1963. Several local research studies investigated the provision of school counselling services and revealed that they were unpopular among students and could be further improved. School-aged children are still under the care of their family, mostly their parents, and many authors suggested that the school counselling services for these children are inseparable from their family and community. A qualitative research study was conducted with 12 secondary school counsellors from Perak state in Malaysia. The counsellors were interviewed to explore their experi...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Low, S. K., Kok, J. K., Lee, M. N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
School psychology and school-based child and family interventions in Singapore
This article presents an overview of the range of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions based on the Singapore Education Ministry-developed whole-school framework for pupil management and support. At the preventive level, a range of school-wide programmes are implemented to provide learning, emotional, and behavioural support for students. Where school-level programmes are inadequate to address specific student concerns, there are school counsellors or teacher-counsellors to work with those at-risk or experiencing difficulties. Students with specific learning disabilities receive in-class or pull-out support from ...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chong, W. H., Lee, B. O., Tan, S. Y., Wong, S. S., Yeo, L. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
'External conditions affecting a harmonious family': Lessons learned from a school-based parent education programme in Hong Kong
This article documents a parent education presentation on ‘External conditions affecting a harmonious family’ within a school-based parent education programme in Hong Kong. The presentation adopted an eco-systems approach for understanding families and argued for the need to include the external conditions for a harmonious family as an important element for a school-based parent education programme. External conditions affecting a family included the impact of globalization on the family, such as: (1) Consumerism on parenting and conceptions of marriage; (2) neo-capitalism creating new issues of family-work bal...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Luk-Fong, P. Y. Y. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Evaluating school-based psychological and counselling services in Macao using a qualitative approach
The purpose of this study was to explore the status of psychological services in schools in Macao, and the role of school counsellors providing these services. At present, school psychology is not a recognized profession within the territory and school counsellors appointed by the Direcção dos Serviços de Educação e Juventude (DSEJ) through their designated agencies provide the only psychological services to children and families. Adopting a qualitative approach, the researchers collected the viewpoints from three teachers and seven school counsellors regarding the central question: &lsqu...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Schalkwyk, G. J. v., Sit, H. H. Y. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Understanding the development of school psychology services in the Republic of Taiwan
School psychology is one of the most important fields within applied psychology, which is closely related to education and as a developing specialty it is important to be considered. Taiwan is an important Western ally and is highly developed in many ways. Taiwan is influenced by both Western and Eastern cultures, and this has inevitably impacted the development of psychology, including school psychology. Due to its complicated relations with Mainland China, most studies on school psychology in China do not include information in Taiwan. In addition, worldwide international studies of school psychology also often neglect T...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wang, Y., D'Amato, R. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Understanding the development of school psychology in Mainland China
This article explains the significance and the important effects of school psychology in Mainland China, and provides a general account of the developmental history and the status quo of school psychology. It also compares mental health services in Mainland China with those in other countries. The objective of this article is to present an overall description of school psychology, understand new trends, and discuss the need for the future development of school psychology in Mainland China. This article completed a comparative analysis with the USA and considered current practices in Mainland China. (Source: School Psychology International)
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: D'Amato, R. C., van Schalkwyk, G. J., Zhao, B. Y., Hu, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Providing psychological services and counselling in Pacific Rim countries: Where is school psychology in Asia?
School psychology services and the functions of school psychologists providing assessment, consultation, and intervention for children and their families are still greatly underdeveloped in the Pacific Rim countries, particularly those with a Chinese heritage culture. For the most part, school psychology services are provided by educational psychologists, school counsellors, and/or teacher-counsellors with varying levels of training and expertise, while the development of school psychology as a profession has been slow in coming. Nonetheless, Asian countries are gradually accepting the notion that children should be in sch...
Source: School Psychology International - March 26, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Schalkwyk, G. J. v., D'Amato, R. C. Tags: Introduction Source Type: research
Mediation of school bonding and peer norms on the reciprocal effects of friend victimization and problem behavior
Peer victimization is a pervasive problem among children and associated with numerous psychological and behavioural problems for all participants. Research is needed to understand the complex relations between factors that increase risk of victimization and its consequences. We used autoregressive cross-lagged modelling with self-report data to examine the longitudinal reciprocal effects of victimization by friends with problem behaviour, as well as the mediating effects of school bonding and peer norms. Participants were 316 4th grade students in socioeconomically disadvantaged elementary schools in California, USA, most ...
Source: School Psychology International - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Morrison, G. M., You, S., Sharkey, J. D., Felix, E. D., Griffiths, A. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Evaluation of a short-term, cognitive-behavioral intervention for primary age children with anger-related difficulties
This study evaluated the school-based short-term, cognitive-behavioral group anger management programme, ‘Learning How to Deal with our Angry Feelings’ (Southampton Psychology Service, 2003). Thirteen groups of children aged 7- to 11-years-old were randomly allocated to two different cohorts: One cohort (n = 35) first received the intervention and was then assigned to a no-intervention period; the other (n = 35) first had a no-intervention period and subsequently received the intervention. Both cohorts showed statistically significant improvements in their understanding of anger directly post-intervention, but ...
Source: School Psychology International - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Cole, R. L., Treadwell, S., Dosani, S., Frederickson, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Influence of psychological and social factors on bystanders' roles in school bullying among Korean-American students in the United States
This study investigated the associations of psychological and social variables with the likelihood of exhibiting three different behaviors as a bystander in a bullying situation. The sample comprised 238 Korean-American and Korean students, from the 3rd to 12th grades, studying in the USA. Students receiving classmate support showed a lower probability of exhibiting outsider behaviors in a bullying situation as compared to non-involvers, whereas those receiving teacher support showed less likelihood of exhibiting assistant, outsider, and defender behaviors as compared to non-involvers. Furthermore, students showing higher ...
Source: School Psychology International - January 23, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Choi, S., Cho, Y. I. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
