Teachers / Program Staff

The increased stress on military families during wartime can be particularly difficult for adolescents.

Moving between states or countries provides military youth with a unique experience during an important developmental stage for social connection. This study examined the experiences of adolescents at multiple bases via focus groups of military adolescents, parents, and school personnel.

To create and sustain high quality youth development programs it is important to understand the challenging situations and dilemmas that emerge in program leaders’ daily work with youth.

Quality youth programs are composed of well-trained and competent youth workers who regularly encounter challenging situations.

This study evaluates a model for considering domain-general and domain-specific associations between teacher–child interactions and children's development, using a bifactor analytic strategy.

Teachers' strategies and interactions with students may influence child development outcomes.

Bidirectional theories of social development have been around for over 40 years (Bell, 1968), yet they have been applied primarily to the study of antisocial development.

This longitudinal study evaluated the bidirectional relationships between children’s prosocial behavior and parental sensitivity.

The global war on terror has placed a number of stressful demands on service members and their families. Although the military offers a wide range of services and supports to military families, not all families are willing or able to use them.

Children of Service members must navigate many stressors and transitions, which prompted the U.S. Marine Corp to develop the school liaison program to promote academic success among children of Marines.