Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 135-149). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

A shool-based support programme for the intermedediate learner wuth depression This study is aimed at determining whether a school-based support programme can aid the intermediate learner with depression in decreasing his depression levels. It focuses on: the world of experience of the intermediate learner with depression; the role of the school as an overall health-promoting environment; and the creation of a school-based support programme for the intermediate learner with depression. The learner (the intermediate learner included) spends most of the day at school, so the educator can play an important role in identifying and following up problems and getting the school to function as a health-promoting environment. South African schools are focused mainly on primary and tertiary intervention, while secondary intervention reveals a serious deficiency. In the empirical investigation, 16 intermediate learners who were identified with depression were, involved in a purposeful convenience test sample by means of the CDI questionnaire. There was an experimental and a control group of eight members respectively. According to the results of the pretestposttest, the school-based support programme in which the experimental group participated caused their depression levels to decrease significantly. The need for a school support programme for the intermediate learner with depression was validated from this point of view. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005.

Thesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005.

Manualized, evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for children are being increasingly incorporated in community mental health clinics. Yet, providers hold concerns about the appropriateness of manuals for community populations, as suggested by the research of Jensen-Doss, Hawley, Lopez and Osterberg. Such concerns could lead them to adapt EBTs in the field, potentially diminishing or increasing their effectiveness. Therefore, it is striking how little is known about provider-level manual adaptation in community settings. The present study investigated the extent to which therapists mandated to use a manualized EBT adapt the treatment in the field, including patterns, predictors and outcomes of adaptation. A typology of provider-level manual adaptation was created to describe sessions double-dipped (i.e., repeated), skipped, or flipped (i.e., delivered in reverse order). Patterns of manual adaptation used by a sample of 38 community therapists treating 288 depressed youths with Lewinsohn and colleagues? Adolescent Coping with Depression course (CWD-A) were described. Hierarchical Linear Modeling was used to identify which client and therapist characteristics predict manual adaptation, and whether adaptation is associated with greater improvement or worsening in youths? therapy outcomes. Adaptation was widespread and largely unsystematic, with no significant client predictors of repeats or flips. Sessions were skipped more often for youths belonging to families with higher income and youths with greater pre-treatment symptom severity, but less often for Hispanic and Asian youths relative to Caucasians. A significant portion of variability in adaptation was attributable to therapists, who showed habits in manual adaptation: therapists with more years of experience working at the clinics double-dipped sessions more often, and Hispanic therapists flipped sessions much less often than Caucasian therapists did. Finally, adaptation was significantly related with outcomes, such that doubledips were associated with worsened symptom severity, skips were associated with improved symptom severity, and flips were associated with worsened functioning. Given that these data suggest manualized EBTs are likely to undergo vast adaptation in community settings, and that such adaptation is related to client outcomes, further research is necessary to better inform practitioners about when each type of manual adaptation may be appropriate. Practical implications for implementation efforts are discussed.

The inclusion of racial/ethnic minorities in treatment outcomes trials for children and adolescents with depression and anxiety is essential, particularly given the assumption, required by the NIH, that racial diversity is important to the generalizability of clinical trial outcomes. A search for randomized clinical trials on the treatment of child and adolescent depression and anxiety was conducted using the Medline and Psychinfo databases. These were then reviewed to determine whether race or ethnicity were 1) factored into recruitment strategies; 2) represented in the trial sample; and 3) included in moderator analyses to determine the extent to which they may influence trial outcomes. 37 original and 13 follow-up trials were identified (total N = 3330). None identified strategies for targeted recruitment of racial/ethnic minorities. Six did not report race. All minority groups except for Native Americans are underrepresented as compared to 2000 US Census figures; however, only one study reported Native Americans as participants. Overall, 67% of the sample was Caucasian, 26% minority, and 6% unreported. There was no trend in minority representation by year. Most studies reviewed do report the ethnic breakdown of their sample population, although methods vary. Six studies, three original and three follow-up, explored the ethnicity as a moderator. Without an increased presence of minorities in clinical trials, it is unclear that the results of these studies can reliably generalize to a diverse population. The importance of studies in minority samples becomes apparent, as does the need for a greater emphasis on recruitment.

A shool-based support programme for the intermedediate learner wuth depression This study is aimed at determining whether a school-based support programme can aid the intermediate learner with depression in decreasing his depression levels. It focuses on: the world of experience of the intermediate learner with depression; the role of the school as an overall health-promoting environment; and the creation of a school-based support programme for the intermediate learner with depression. The learner (the intermediate learner included) spends most of the day at school, so the educator can play an important role in identifying and following up problems and getting the school to function as a health-promoting environment. South African schools are focused mainly on primary and tertiary intervention, while secondary intervention reveals a serious deficiency. In the empirical investigation, 16 intermediate learners who were identified with depression were, involved in a purposeful convenience test sample by means of the CDI questionnaire. There was an experimental and a control group of eight members respectively. According to the results of the pretestposttest, the school-based support programme in which the experimental group participated caused their depression levels to decrease significantly. The need for a school support programme for the intermediate learner with depression was validated from this point of view. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Education))--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2005.

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O baixo peso ao nascer tem sido reconhecido como uma condição adversa ao desenvolvimento infantil, podendo, sob a perspectiva da psicopatologia do desenvolvimento, ser considerado uma condição de risco biológico. O impacto negativo para os desfechos comportamentais em escolares tem sido amplamente estudado, contudo os achados são escassos quando da avaliação da depressão infantil. Propôs-se um estudo prospectivo de coorte, com o objetivo geral de comparar e correlacionar os indicadores comportamentais e de depressão infantil de uma coorte de crianças em idade escolar, estratificada em cinco grupos de peso ao nascer, segundo os valores de referência da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), a saber: muito baixo peso ao nascer (MBP), baixo peso ao nascer (BP), peso insuficiente ao nascer (PI), peso normal ao nascer (PN) e muito alto peso ao nascer (MAP). Foram avaliadas 665 crianças, aos 10-11 anos de idade, de ambos os sexos, nascidas em Ribeirão Preto-SP. Procedeu-se à avaliação dos indicadores comportamentais, por meio do Questionário de Capacidades e Dificuldades (SDQ) respondido pelos pais e à avaliação dos indicadores de depressão, por meio do Inventário de Depressão Infantil (CDI) respondido pelas próprias crianças. Para o levantamento das condições clínicas das crianças e das características sociodemográficas das famílias, foram utilizadas informações de um Questionário Complementar. Os dados foram codificados de acordo com as proposições dos instrumentos e analisados por procedimentos de estatística não-paramétrica (p0,05). Em relação aos indicadores comportamentais, o grupo MBP apresentou escores mais elevados referentes à hiperatividade em comparação a todos os outros grupos, e aos problemas de relacionamento com colegas em comparação ao grupo MAP. Quanto aos indicadores de depressão infantil, o grupo MBP apresentou escores mais elevados de indicadores de depressão quando comparado aos demais grupos. No que se refere à associação dos indicadores comportamentais, relatados pelos pais, aos indicadores de depressão infantil, relatados pelas crianças, verificou-se, para todos os grupos, exceto para o MBP, que as crianças que apresentaram escores mais elevados de depressão infantil na sua autoavaliação, obtiveram também escores de dificuldades comportamentais gerais mais elevados na percepção dos pais. Considerou-se que a sintomatologia depressiva relatada pelas crianças foi identificada pelos pais como a presença de dificuldades comportamentais com manifestações diversas. Observou-se, para todos os grupos, que as variáveis sociodemográficas relativas à menor qualificação da ocupação do pai/chefe da família, à menor escolaridade dos pais e à inclusão em classes econômicas menos favorecidas foram as que apresentaram maior número de associações à presença de problemas comportamentais. O mesmo não foi observado para a depressão. Constatou-se uma maior vulnerabilidade das crianças expostas ao fator de risco biológico relativo ao muito baixo peso ao nascer para as dificuldades comportamentais, especialmente a hiperatividade, e para a depressão infantil. Destaca-se a importância da avaliação dos indicadores de problemas infantis por diferentes informantes visando resultados mais consistentes. A identificação precoce de dificuldades comportamentais e de indicadores de depressão associados ao peso ao nascer pode contribuir para o planejamento de programas de prevenção e intervenção para a promoção da saúde mental infantil. / Low birth weight has been recognized as an adverse condition to child development and may be considered as a biological risk condition, from the perspective of developmental psychopathology. The impact of this risk factor for behavioral outcomes in school-age children has been widely studied, however the findings about the assessment of children depression are still scarce. In this context, a prospective cohort study was proposed, with the general aim to compare and correlate behavioral and depression indicators in a cohort of school-age children, stratified into five groups of birth weight, according to the reference values of the World Health Organization (WHO), namely: very low birth weight (VLBW), low birth weight (LBW), insufficient birth weight (IBW), normal birth weight (NBW) and high birth weight (HBW). For this purpose, 665 children were evaluated, between the ages of 10-11 years old, of both sexes, from Ribeirão Preto, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Proceeded thus to the assessment of behavioral indicators, using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed by parents, and the assessment of depression indicators, using the Childrens Depression Inventory (CDI) answered by children. Aiming to survey the childrens clinical conditions and the families sociodemographic characteristics, information from a supplementary questionnaire were used. Data were coded according to the instruments propositions and analyzed by non-parametric statistics (p0,05). In relation to behavioral indicators, the VLBW group had higher scores regarding hyperactivity compared to all other groups, and peer relationship problem compared to HBW group. For indicators of child depression, the VLBW group showed higher scores for child depression when compared to other groups. Regarding the association of behavioral indicators, reported by parents, to child depression indicators, reported by children, it was verified, in all groups, except in the VLBW, that children who had higher scores of depression indicators in self-assessment, also obtained higher scores to general behavioral difficulties in parents perception. It was considered that the depressive symptoms reported by children were identified by parents as the presence of behavioral difficulties with diverse manifestations. It was also observed, in all groups, that the sociodemographic variables related to less qualified occupation of father or householder, lower parental education and belong to disadvantaged economic classes showed the greatest number of associations to the presence of behavioral problems. The same was not observed for child depression. Therefore, it was noticed that there was a greater vulnerability in children exposed to the biological risk factor related to very low birth weight for behavioral difficulties, especially hyperactivity, and child depression. It is important to highlight the value of assessing indicators of child problems by different informants, with the goal to find results more consistent. Early identification of behavioral difficulties and depression indicators associated with birth weight may contribute for planning prevention and intervention programs, in order to promote childrens mental health.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2006. / Thesis directed by E. Mark Cummings for the Department of Psychology. "April 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-90).

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2016-11-07T14:34:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE Elisabete Pereira Silva.pdf: 4339773 bytes, checksum: a63860d706be2142c5fba55b6d59af12 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-07T14:34:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE Elisabete Pereira Silva.pdf: 4339773 bytes, checksum: a63860d706be2142c5fba55b6d59af12 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-04-28 / A violência contra a mulher por parceiro íntimo (VPI) é considerada um sério e complexo problema de saúde pública, por desencadear, a curto e longo prazo, consequências bastante negativas para a saúde da mulher e dos seus filhos, que estão expostos aos episódios violentos, mesmo quando não são o alvo direto da violência. Os eventos negativos da vida, decorrentes da família, incluindo VPI e suas consequências maternas, têm sido considerados fatores de risco para o surgimento de problemas nas várias dimensões do desenvolvimento da criança. Em cada estágio do desenvolvimento, da lactância à adolescência, a VPI pode causar impactos diferentes, que englobam problemas comportamentais, emocionais, cognitivos, sociais e físicos. Esses problemas podem persistir durante a vida adulta, inclusive com a possibilidade da vítima se tornar agressor, que é um dos pressupostos da transmissão intergeracional da violência. O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as consequências da exposição da criança à VPI, para o desenvolvimento psicossocial. Este estudo é a 3ª etapa de uma coorte prospectiva que vem sendo conduzida desde 2005, com mulheres cadastradas em todas as Unidades de Saúde da Família do Distrito Sanitário II da cidade do Recife, Pernambuco. Foram avaliados 614 pares de mães-filhos. As mães já tinham sido avaliadas na gravidez e no pós-parto. Os problemas psicossociais da criança foram avaliados usando o Questionário de Capacidades e Dificuldades (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – SDQ) e o Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ). Entre as mulheres estudadas, 319 (52,0%; IC95%: 48,0%-55,9%) referiram algum tipo de violência (psicológica, física ou sexual) em algum período (durante a gravidez, no pós-parto ou nos últimos 7 anos). Violência durante a gravidez foi referida por 28,0% das mulheres (IC95%: 24,4%-31,5%); no pós-parto, por 22,0% (IC95%: 18,8%-25,4%); e nos últimos 7 anos, por 32,6% (IC95%: 28,9%-36,4%). Para 55% (IC95%: 44%-65%) das mulheres, com relatos de violência na gravidez e no pós-parto, houve continuidade nos últimos 7 anos. Foram avaliados 10 tipos de exposição da criança à VPI e as mães referiram que 60,6% das crianças foram expostas a algum tipo. Encontrou-se nas crianças uma incidência de 46,7% de problemas de comportamento e 15,3% de depressão. Mesmo depois de controlar os efeitos das possíveis variáveis de confundimento (do contexto familiar, da violência e individual da criança), os problemas de comportamento e depressão, em escolares, se mantiveram associados com exposição à VPI sofrida pela mãe. Os resultados também mostraram que a chance da criança ter problemas de comportamento e depressão foi maior quando vivenciou múltiplos tipos de exposição à VPI. A idade de início da exposição de maior comprometimento para problemas de comportamento, na idade escolar, foi a faixa etária de 1 a 2 anos e para depressão foi a exposição na fase pré-natal e de 0 a 11 meses. A influência do ambiente das relações mostra que o bem-estar emocional das crianças está diretamente associado ao funcionamento emocional dos seus cuidadores e das suas famílias. Portanto, se faz necessário, identificação e intervenção precoces, para interromper o ciclo da violência e prevenir futuras gerações de crianças expostas à VPI. / Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is considered a serious and complex problem of public health, by triggering the short and long term consequences negative for women's health and their children, who are exposed to violent episodes, even when they are not the direct target of the violence. Negative life events, arising from the family, including IPV and maternal effects, have been considered risk factors for the emergence of problems in the various dimensions of the development of the child. At every stage of development, from newborn to adolescence, IPV can cause different impacts, including behavioral problems, emotional, cognitive, physical and social. These problems may persist throughout adult life, including the possibility of the victim become aggressor, which is one of the assumptions of intergenerational transmission of violence. The objective of this study was to investigate the consequences of the child's exposure to IPV to the psychosocial development. This study is the third step of a prospective cohort which has been conducted since 2005, with women enrolled in all family health units Health District II of the city of Recife, Pernambuco. Were evaluated 614 pairs of mothers-children. The mothers had already been assessed in pregnancy and postpartum. The psychosocial problems of children were evaluated using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) e o Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ). Among the women studied, 319 (52.0%; 95% CI: 48.0%-55.9%) reported some kind of violence (physical, psychological or sexual) in some period (during pregnancy, postpartum or over the last 7 years). Violence during pregnancy was 28.0% (95% CI: 24.4%-31.5%); in the postpartum, 22.0% (95% CI: 18.8%-25.4%); and in the past 7 years, 32.6% (95% CI: 28.9%- 36.4%). To 55% (95% CI: 44%-65%) of women with reports of violence in pregnancy and postpartum, there was continuity in the last 7 years. Were evaluated 10 types of exposure of the child to the IPV and the mothers reported that 60.6% of the children were exposed to some form. The incidence of behavioral problems was 46.7% and of the depression was 15.3%. Even after controlling the effects of possible confounding variables (family, violence, and individual child’s context), the behavior problems and depression in schoolchildren, remained associated with IPV exposure suffered by the mother. The results also showed that the chance of the child having behavior problems and depression was higher when experienced multiple types of exposure to IPV. The age of onset of exposure of greater commitment to behavioral problems, in school age, was the age range of 1 to 2 years and for depression was exposure in prenatal phase and 0 to 11 months. The influence of the environment of relations shows how the emotional well-being of children is directly associated with the emotional functioning of their caregivers and their families. Therefore, it is necessary, early identification and intervention, to stop the cycle of violence and prevent future generations of children exposed to IPV.