L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser l’adaptation socio-affective et la satisfaction de vie des enfants âgés de 9 à 12 ans en lien avec les différents usages des Technologies Numériques de l’Information et de la Communication, tout en prenant en compte la qualité des relations amicales dans les contextes hors-ligne, en ligne et en mode mixte. À partir de l’approche écosystémique (Bronfenbrenner, 2005), le modèle opérationnel « P.P.C.T.» (Bronfenbrenner, 1996) a permis de procéder à l’analyse spécifique de l’impact des caractéristiques individuelles, contextuelles et temporelles sur le développement socio-affectif des enfants. Notre échantillon se compose de 508 enfants âgés de 9 à 12 ans, soit 248 garçons et 260 filles. Ils sont 87% à utiliser les TNIC à des fins communicationnelles. Le développement socio-affectif a été appréhendé à travers le Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ ; Goodman, 1997) et la version française de la Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS ; Huebner, 1994 ; Fenouillet & al., 2015). Les enfants, tout comme les parents, ont répondu à divers questionnaires, tels que le Network of Relationships Social Provision Version (NRI-SPV ; Furman & al., 1985) et des échelles que nous avons adaptées. Nos principaux résultats indiquent que quelle que soit l’utilisation des TNIC, la majorité des enfants présente une adaptation socio-affective satisfaisante ainsi qu’une satisfaction de vie harmonieuse. Toutefois, à l’intérieur des différentes plateformes utilisées, sur les Réseaux SocioNuméiques, nous retrouvons un effet significatif du genre, les garçons présentant plus de troubles aussi bien intériorisés qu’extériorisés que les filles. Il en est de même sur les troubles extériorisés lorsque les garçons communiquent sur les jeux en réseau. Le support social au travers de l’ami hors-ligne et/ou mixte est un facteur de protection tout comme le fait de partager un lien d’amitié sur le RSN avec des membres de la famille. À l’inverse, le support social de l’ami en ligne et un lien d’amitié sur le RSN avec des inconnus ou des célébrités sera un facteur de risque. De plus, le bien-être des enfants sera impacté lorsqu’ils utilisent les TNIC dans une pièce isolée. Cette recherche, à caractère exploratoire, du fait des rares travaux francophones dans ce domaine est néanmoins prometteuse et encourage à proposer des pistes de recherche ainsi que des pistes d’intervention. Dans un souci de prévention, il est nécessaire d’accompagner les enfants à risque de développer des troubles psychologiques afin de pouvoir réduire ou, mieux, éviter les impacts négatifs qui sont associés à ces usages. / The purpose of this study is to analyze the social emotional adjustment and the life satisfaction level of children between 9 to 12 years old related to their use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) taking into account the quality of their friendships in different contexts: online, offline and in a mixed mode. Following the ecological model (Bronfenbrenner, 1996), the PPCT operational model (Process, Person, Context, Time) allowed to specifically analyze the impact of individual, contextual and temporal characteristics on children's social emotional adjustment. Our sample consists of 508 children (248 boys and 260 girls). A vast majority of them (87%) use DICT for communication purposes. Social emotional adjustment is measured with the Strenghts and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) and with the French version of the Multidimensional Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale (MSLSS; Huebner, 1994; Fenouillet & al., 2015). Children, as well as their parents responded to several other measures like the Network of Relationships Social Provision Version (NRI-SPV; Furman & al., 1985) and other adapted scales. Our main results show that, whatever the use of DICT, the majority of children show a satisfactory level of social and emotional adjustment as well a good life satisfaction. However, relating to the use of DICT, we found a significant difference between boys and girls. That is, compared to girls, boys show more externalized and internalized symptoms than girls. The situation is the same with online videogames: boys show more externalized symptoms than girls. Social support offered by offline friends or mixed friends (online and offline) represents a protecting factor. This is also true for online friendships with family members. Conversely, exclusively online friendships with strangers or with celebrities is a risk factor for social emotional adjustment. The well-being of children is negatively affected by connecting online in an isolated space. Lastly, because there are only a few francophone studies in this field, this exploratory study is promising in terms of research and intervention projects in the future. In a prevention perspective, it is necessary to support at risk children in order to prevent the psychological problems that can be related to the use of DICT.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:40:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria de Betania Paes Norgren.pdf: 5358015 bytes, checksum: 50a1f24d0d8765b3993a4d590b3338f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The world has changed, the interpersonal relations has been modified, so have the hearing practices, the values and the reality representations. It is necessary to develop interventions that help people to deal with the modern life complexity, challenges, crises and transitions. This study had the motive to develop and evaluate a social emotional competence program done with purpose to facilitate in short term the transition from 4th to 5th grade in a public school. The method used was the intervention-research, in a social clinic context. In spite of, not leading to any assurance, insist on a personal comprehension of the world, of himself and as change agent; emphasizes subject singularity and implies the researcher in the quest of structure, meaning and intervention. (Lévy, 2001; Sèvigny, 2001). Art therapy knowledge, creativity health promotion and social emotional learning, on a contextualized perspective were used to elaborate the program. The program begun with demand construction and students, parents and teachers were interviewed. The intervention lasted eighteen meetings and dealt with the following themes: change and growing as human development stages; self knowledgement; interpersonal relations; problem and conflict resolution techniques and creativity. At the first phase, on 2007, 75 students on the 4th grade participated. On the next year, four months after the school change, 68 students were evaluated: at those, 41 had participated on the intervention and 27 came from other schools and becoming control group. They were evaluated on the following aspects: scholar performance, absence rate, sociometric evaluation, network chart (Sluski, 1997), school description, drawings, teacher s perception and evaluation, parent s interview. Most of the students that participated at the program have showed better than or at least as expected performance, confirming that the intervention contributed to student s adaption on a short term, being effective on developing social emotional abilities / O mundo mudou, as relações interpessoais se modificaram, assim como as práticas educativas, os valores e as representações que se têm da realidade. Há necessidade de intervenções que auxiliem as pessoas a lidar com a complexidade da vida moderna, desafios, crises e transições. Este doutorado teve por finalidade desenvolver e avaliar a efetividade de um programa de promoção de competências sociais e emocionais com intuito de facilitar a transição da 4ª para a 5ª série do ensino fundamental em curto prazo. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa-intervenção / qualitativa, no contexto da clínica-social, pois apesar, de não conduzir a nenhuma certeza, insiste na compreensão subjetiva como modo de apreensão do mundo, de si e como fator de mudança; enfatiza a singularidade do sujeito e implica o pesquisador na busca da estrutura, do sentido e na intervenção. (Lévy, 2001; Sèvigny, 2001). Para a elaboração do programa foram utilizados conhecimentos da arteterapia, criatividade, promoção de saúde e aprendizagem socioemocional, numa perspectiva contextualizada. O programa foi realizado em escola pública e teve início com a construção da demanda, na qual foram ouvidos os alunos, seus pais e professores. A intervenção, propriamente dita, teve a duração de dezoito encontros e abordou os seguintes temas: mudança e crescimento como etapas do desenvolvimento humano; autoconhecimento; relacionamentos interpessoais; técnicas de resolução de problemas e conflitos e criatividade. Da primeira etapa, em 2007, participaram 75 alunos da 4ª série. No ano seguinte, quatro meses após a mudança escolar, foram avaliados 68 alunos: 41 que participaram da intervenção e mudaram para a mesma escola; e 27 que vieram de outras escolas e se constituíram como grupo controle. Os aspectos avaliados foram: desempenho escolar, taxa de absenteísmo, avaliação sociométrica, mapa da rede (Sluski, 1997), descrição da escola, desenhos, avaliação e percepção dos professores e entrevista com pais. A maioria dos alunos que participou do programa teve desempenho melhor ou igual ao esperado, confirmando que a intervenção realizada contribuiu para a adaptação dos alunos em curto prazo, mostrando-se efetiva no desenvolvimento de habilidades sócio-emocionais

Excerpt: The social and emotional development of children and youth is of extreme importance for promoting a meaningful quality of life, both while in school and certainly beyond.

Researchers have stressed the importance of addressing the social/emotional needs of early childhood (EC) children, including the development of resilience; however, some U.S. school personnel focus more on academics than on these needs. When young children possess these skills, they can handle social/emotional challenges later in life. The purpose of this qualitative bounded case study was to explore school social workers' (SWs) perspectives about resilience in EC settings. Research questions focused on knowledge of existing programs, participants' perceptions of the successes and challenges of working with EC students, and their recommendations to improve EC students' education. Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and O'Neill's and Gopnik's work on needs of young children informed this study. Five elementary school SWs with at least 6 years' experience from 5 districts in the U.S. Midwest participated in 2 semistructured individual interviews. Interpretive phenomenological analysis, involving first-cycle, transition, and second cycle coding, was used to identify themes. SWs' experiences indicated a need for a clear definition of resilience, and needs of young children, including EC programs that develop psychological resilience of children's thoughts and an increase in adults to promote resilience. Additional research may expand and enhance educators' and families' understanding of resilience and help develop research-based preventive programs and strategies to foster psychological resilience in young children. These endeavors may enhance positive social change by adding components of psychological resilience to EC programs for school personnel and students and in parent/family workshops, which may result in sound mental health practices that enable them to become productive members of society.

Thirty percent of elementary schools that serve underprivileged students in a Texas school district are considered low-performing according to state standards in the 2016 2017 school year. Little is known about the perspectives on the support teachers need while teaching students with high social-emotional and academic needs. The purpose of this general qualitative study was to examine perspectives on principal support for teachers who teach these populations. Data were collected through interviewing 9 teachers, 3 principals, 3 counselors, 3 instructional coaches, and 1 district academic leader. Social cognitive theory, role theory, and cognitive evaluation theory constituted the conceptual framework. Individual interviews were conducted, transcribed, and coded. Teachers’ top 5 supports were “follow through with school systems,” “trust in teachers by the principal,” “teacher collaboration with the principal,” “principal stands up for teachers,” and “principal has a lending ear.” Principals identified “budget for human resources,” “follow through with school systems,” “teacher collaboration with the principal,” “professional development opportunities,” and “planning time,” “trust in teachers from principal,” and “leading by example” were tied in the fifth ranking. School and district personnel identified “professional development opportunities,” “follow through with school systems,” “budget for human resources,” “principal has a lending ear” and “lead by example” were tied in 4th, and “principal is visible” was fifth on their list. These findings contribute to positive social change by informing the education field about positive support systems that ultimately enhance learning of students with high social-emotional and academic needs.

Mental illness affects more women than men in the United States. Poor mental health in reproductive-age women has negative implications on population health. The purpose of this quantitative, correlational study was to examine the relationship between household structure and frequency of mental distress, with consideration of the mediation social-emotional support provides for reproductive-age women. The social ecological model was the theoretical framework for this research, in which frequency of mental distress related to the individual-level of the human-environment interaction construct. Household structure and social-emotional support were examined at the relationship-level. Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression were used to conduct a cross-sectional analysis of the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data set with a total sample size of 65,269 women, 18-44 years old. The confounding variables, health care access, race, income, marital status, number of children in the household, and pregnancy status, were included in the analysis. Although social-emotional support significantly influenced both household structure and frequency of mental distress, significance was not found between household structure and frequency of mental distress indicating that mediation does not exist. This study provides researchers and practitioners information about household structure that should be considered when designing innovative, nonprofessional support programs at the community-level. Positive social change implications include an understanding of the relationship between complex variables associated with social-emotional support, which could improve community support programs focused on mental health wellness of reproductive-age women.

The purpose of this study was to identify school-based practices that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth endorse as ways for high schools to provide social, emotional, and academic support to LGBTQ youth. A diverse sample of LGBTQ high school students (N = 18) from one large urban school district in a southeastern state participated in individual semi-structured interviews and/or small group brainstorming sessions. Eleven individual interviews were conducted to gather detailed accounts of a) supportive behaviors and policies that youth had experienced in their schools, as well as b) supportive behaviors and policies that were suggested as desired supports that had not actually been experienced. Participants' sentiments were coded based on the source of support (i.e., teachers, school mental health providers, administrators, policies, resources), nature of support (i.e., proactive, reactive), and social context of the support (i.e., impacting single students through one-on-one setting, impacting more than one student or groups of students). Three brainstorming sessions that included a total of 13 students were conducted to gather additional ideas from youth on ways for schools and school staff to provide support. Frequency counts of individual interview data indicated that teachers provided more experienced and desired supports than any other school-based source of support. Of the desired supports that participants had not actually experienced, Proactive Supports Impacting Groups were the most frequently described Support Type for teachers, school mental health providers, and administrators. Content Themes emerged within Support Types (e.g., Proactive Support Impacting Individuals, Reactive Support Impacting Groups) capture sentiments that were shared across multiple participants' responses. Data from interviews and brainstorming sessions were also analyzed together through a constant-comparative reduction process, resulting in 162 Specific Educator Behaviors/Policies corresponding to 8 Big Ideas of school-based supports for LGBTQ high school students: (1) Using Respectful Language and Interactions with Students; (2) Providing Comfort, Assistance, and Advice Matched to Student Needs; (3) Facilitating Connections with Community Supports; (4) Providing LGBTQ-Related Materials and Information; (5) Allowing and Supporting School-Based GSA and Pride Activities; (6) Addressing Professional Development, Human Resources, and School Culture Related Issues; (7) Implementing Policies that Address Bullying and Harassment of LGBTQ Students; and (8) Implementing Policies that Respectfully Account for Students' Diversity.) Pragmatic implications for teachers, school mental health providers, and administrators are discussed.

Many positive outcomes have been documented for children with hearing loss utilizing current treatment approaches such as early identification and intervention, including appropriately fit sensory devices and communication modes that focus on listening and spoken language. However, challenges related to social-emotional development have been widely observed. The development of communication skills in children with hearing loss is impacted by many factors, including the degree of hearing loss, the child's age at onset and identification, the presence of other disabilities, and when the child receives intervention. While there are a variety of therapeutic options available for children with hearing loss to develop communication skills, listening and spoken language is of particular interest to parents with normal hearing. In addition to affecting social competence and participation, problems with social-emotional development are linked to poor academic performance. This study examined the social-emotional development of a small group of young children who communicated using listening and spoken language as measured by parent and caregiver report. Three psychosocial scales were used to evaluate the children's social-emotional development in comparison to peers. These results were analyzed within the context of other demographic variables. One of the five children was identified as facing problems with social-emotional development.

Prof. Dr. med. J.M. FEGERT, ärztlicher Direktor an der Universität Ulm Kinder- Jugendpsychiatrie/ Psychotherapie, referierte auf dem Kongress am 18.04.2013 in Rheine zum Thema: „Auswirkungen traumatischer Erfahrungen – Folgen aus kinder- u. jugendpsychiatrischer und neurobiologischer Sicht“. Auf der einen Seite wurde deutlich, dass neurobiologische Erkenntnisse immer mehr pädagogische Relevanz besitzen, da Befunde belegen, dass das menschliche Gehirn wesentlich durch die Erfahrungen strukturiert wird, die ein Individuum während seiner Hirnentwicklung durchlebt. Auf der anderen Seite fügte Prof. Dr. med. FEGERT an, dass die Disziplin der Neurowissenschaften ebenso kritisch diskutiert werden kann. Das Gebiet der Kindheitsforschung setzt sich aus verschiedenen Fachrichtungen zusammen. Die Entwicklungspsychologie beschäftigt sich u.a. mit der frühen Eltern-Kind-Interaktion- respektive Kommunikation. Mehrere Autoren verweisen auf das präventive Potential konstruktiver Eltern-Kind-Dialoge. Hierbei stellt eine feinfühlige Interaktion bzw. Kommunikation zwischen den primären Bezugspersonen und dem Säugling ein bedeutsames Fundament für die kindliche Entwicklung im Allgemeinen sowie insbesondere für die Ausbildung sozial-emotionaler Fähigkeiten dar. Videogestützte Interventionen betonen vor allem die Bedeutung der Eltern-Kind-Interaktion für die kindliche Entwicklung im sozial-emotionalen Bereich. Zahlreiche Erkenntnisse des „kompetenten Säuglings“ konnten mithilfe von Videodokumentation gewonnen werden. Von der Holländerin Maria AARTS entwickelt, findet diese Methode heutzutage Verwendung als Videocoaching für Professionelle oder als Videoberatung für verschiedene Adressatengruppen. Die vorliegende Arbeit möchte die Bedeutung der Eltern-Kind-Interaktion für die sozial-emotionale Entwicklung unter Einbezug neurobiologischer Erkenntnisse aufzeigen und in einem weiteren Schritt präventive Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten für das Vorschulkind mit einem speziellen Bedürfnis mittels der videobasierten Kommunikationsmethode „Marte Meo“ darlegen. Inwieweit besitzen die frühen Interaktionen zwischen dem Elternteil und dem Kind unter Einbezug der neurobiologischen Erkenntnisse und in Verbindung mit der Marte Meo Methode einen Beitrag für die Ausbildung sozial-emotionaler Fähigkeiten sowie für die Entwicklung des kindlichen Gehirns? Die Ausarbeitung setzt sich zum Ziel, über den Weg der Rezeption von den Erkenntnissen der Neurowissenschaften zu profitieren, um einen gemeinsamen Dialog entstehen zu lassen. Dafür wird vor allem nach Analogien innerhalb der Disziplin der Erziehungswissenschaft, respektive der Entwicklungspsychologie sowie Kleinkindforschung, und der Fachrichtung der Neurowissenschaften gesucht. Grundlegend ist dabei mittels der Kommunikationsmethode „Marte Meo“ den Fokus auf sozial-emotionale Handlungskompetenzen innerhalb der Eltern-Kind-Interaktion zu setzen. Demnach soll der Heranwachsende kein „neuronengesteuerter Bioautomat“ sein, dessen Gehirn nach einem festgeschriebenen biologischen Programm arbeitet. Ferner wird „Das Kind mit einem speziellen Bedürfnis“ im darauffolgenden Kapitel beschrieben. Die Bedeutung einer konstruktiven Eltern-Kind-Interaktion erfährt in diesem Absatz eine Betrachtung. Des Weiteren unterstützen Einzelergebnisse neurowissenschaftlicher Forschungen sowie Modelle über Prozesse des Lernens oder der Emotionsentstehung, die Vorgehensweise dieser Ausarbeitung. Im Vordergrund steht des Weiteren die Bedeutung der primären Bezugspersonen für die Ausbildung sozial-emotionaler Fähigkeiten. Im darauffolgenden Absatz werden schließlich ausgewählte „Marte Meo“ Elemente in Verbindung mit den neurobiologischen Erkenntnissen und der sozial-emotionalen Entwicklung eines Kindes in Zusammenhang gebracht. Aus diesem können Implikationen für das pädagogische Arbeitsfeld gewonnen werden. Im Anschluss erfolgt eine Betrachtung von vier Experteninterviews zur Gewinnung von Kontextwissen. Abschließend werden die gewonnen Erkenntnisse zusammengefasst sowie kritisch unter Einbezug der Experteninterviews diskutiert.

abstract: The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine which social-emotional skills may predict postsecondary enrollment for students with disabilities. Students with disabilities are less likely to enroll in any form of postsecondary education and in turn experience poorer post-education outcomes than their general education peers. Using data from the second National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS2), a classification tree analysis was conducted on teacher-rated social-emotional behaviors in an attempt to determine which social-emotional skills were the strongest predictors of postsecondary enrollment. Items assessing social-emotional skills were selected from the second wave of teacher surveys based on their alignment with the broad taxonomy of social-emotional skills created by Caldarella and Merrell. The results of the classification tree analysis showed that one of the selected social-emotional items, teacher rated ability to follow directions, was the most significant predictor of postsecondary enrollment for students with disabilities. In general, the results suggest that compliance and, to a lesser extent, peer-relations skills, in addition to family income, predict postsecondary enrollment for students with high-incidence disabilities. This finding suggests that social-emotional skills play an important role in postsecondary enrollment for SWD, providing support for the use of social-emotional skills interventions in improving postsecondary enrollment rates and potentially post-educational outcomes for SWD. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Educational Psychology 2011