Middle Childhood (5-12 years)

This study evaluated effects of Positive Action, a school-based social-emotional and character development intervention, on indicators of positive youth development (PYD) among a sample of low-income, ethnic minority youth attending 14 urban schools.

Students in urban schools may have difficulties with their social-emotional and character development skills.

Increases in combat deployments have been associated with rises in rates of child neglect in U.S. military families.

It is important to understand the associations between deployment and child neglect types in military families. This study examined 390 substantiated child neglect cases in four Army installations; the neglect type and the deployment status at the time of each neglect incident was investigated.