Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ671433
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Factors Associated with Community Adjustment of Young Adults with Serious Emotional Disturbance: A Longitudinal Analysis.
Armstrong, Kathleen H.; Dedrick, Robert F.; Greenbaum, Paul E.
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v11 n2 p66-76,91 Sum 2003
Rates of change in behaviors in relation to community adjustment were examined for 292 participants in the 7-year longitudinal National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study (NACTS) as they transitioned to the adult world. Participants with initially higher social-adaptive behavior and whose behavior improved over time attained higher adjustment scores. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Interpersonal Competence, Life Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies, Performance Factors, Secondary Education, Social Adjustment, Social Development, Socialization, Student Adjustment, Student Characteristics, Transitional Programs, Vocational Adjustment, Young Adults
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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