Students’ behaviour difficulties, sense of coherence and adjustment at school: risk and protective factors

Autor: M. Efrati‐Virtzer, Malka Margalit
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: European Journal of Special Needs Education. 24:59-73
ISSN: 1469-591X
0885-6257
DOI: 10.1080/08856250802596758
Popis: The objectives of the study were to examine the characteristics of non‐referred children with behaviour difficulties (BD) (such as verbal and physical aggression towards children and objects), aged 9–12 years and attending mainstream schools, and to compare them with children with no BD. The second objective was to evaluate the contribution of a risk and protective factors model to the explanation of the social and academic characteristics of these students. The sample consisted of 337 students (Grades Three to Six from seven schools in the central area of Israel) divided into two groups: 163 students with BD (142 boys and 21 girls), and 174 students without BD (145 boys and 29 girls). The groups were compared, using the following measures: teachers’ assessment of academic achievement and behaviour problems (reactive and proactive aggression; hyperactive behaviour); peer’s ratings of social status (degree of social acceptance and rejection, reciprocal friendship and reciprocal rejection), and students’ se...
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