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The prevalence and determinants of PTSD were assessed among 121 Palestinian children (6–16 years; 45% girls and 55% boys) living in the area of bomb

We provide a summary of the limited research on three uniquely stressful experiences of military families: relocation, separation, and reunion.

Child maltreatment in the United States has provoked considerable interest in recent years. Child abuse and neglect are prevalent in all parts of American society.

Head Start centers were randomly assigned to intervention (parent training) or control conditions, and the role of maternal mental health risk factors on participation in and benefit from parent training w

It is important to study the relationship between deployment and domestic violence. By administering anonymous surveys to both deployed and non-deployed male Service members, the study examined the relationship between deployment and domestic violence.

Although military deployment has been suggested as a possible cause of increases in domestic violence, little is known about it. The purpose of this study was to determine if deployment of 6 months to Bosnia predicted early postdeployment domestic violence.

This study examined the combined impact of individual-level and group-level variables on self-reported intimate partner violence, operationally defined as mild to severe physical aggression on the Modified

A national shortage of fully certified special education teachers has been a persistent concern over the years.

A group of 170 third-grade students participated in this study to determine whether children of military parents are healthier and more active than children of civilian parents.

Background and Objectives: It is not knownwhether parental activity levels influence children’s physical fitness. Members of the military are required to maintain standards of physical fitness, whereas the civilian population is not.

A comprehensive mission for schools is to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible, socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens.

This article reports a meta-analysis on social skills training as a measure for preventing antisocial behavior in children and youth.

The high prevalence of drug abuse, delinquency, youth violence, and other youth problems creates a need to identify, and disseminate effective prevention strategies.

Gulf War Veterans and non-Gulf War Veterans completed surveys in 1995 about their experiences and health status. This study examined the association between deployment, deployment stress, and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

The authors estimated the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and illness resembling chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in the entire population of Gulf War and non-Gulf-War veterans.

A random sample of male Vietnam War Veterans who were members of the American Legion completed surveys in 1984 and 1998 to investigate risk factors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in this cohort.

Risk factors affecting the course of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are poorly understood.

A classroom observation study was conducted in the 2001-2002 school year among a selection of Washington schools to identify the extent of constructivist teaching activity.

The prevalence of lifetime exposure to combat or violence, natural disaster, or major accident involving injuries or fatalities was examined in two population-based samples of active-duty U.S.

Military families are placed under a great deal of stress while serving in the armed forces.

In the United States, urban public schools are attended primarily by students from various racial minority groups. Statistically, teachers in these schools are often White and becoming more so annually.

Among the 1.4 million active duty United States military service members, 6% receive outpatient treatment for a mental disorder each year.

Background: Veterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991 have reported symptoms attributed to their military service.

This study presents a model of harsh parenting that has an indirect effect, as well as a direct effect, on child aggression in the school environment through the mediating process of child emotion regulation.

Student motivation is an important concern for all teachers.

This article seeks to problematize the relationship between military service, masculinity, and citizenship, from the perspective of lower-class soldiers who serve in blue-collar roles in the Israeli military

Many struggling readers in middle school are disengaged from reading. In addition to low achievement, these students can have low motivation for reading.

The hypothesis was tested that children whose families differ in socioeconomic status (SES) differ in their rates of productive vocabulary development because they have different language-learning experience