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Wellisch, Mimi – Gifted Education International, 2021
This case study outlines the challenges of eight Australian mothers with intellectually gifted preschoolers. The ideal ways of nurturing children's giftedness, the parents' role in early identification and the effect of maternal depression and possible association with twice exceptionality (gifted with a disorder) are discussed. The narratives of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Talent Identification, Parent Role
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Varghese, Mary E.; Pistole, M. Carole – Journal of College Counseling, 2017
In an online survey (N = 338) at a large midwestern university, frequency counts indicated that 51 (15.1%) undergraduate students were cyberbully victims during college, and 27 (8.0%) were cyberbully offenders during college. In simultaneous regressions, maternal attachment anxiety explained unique variance in cybervictimization and…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Online Surveys
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Napier, Taylor R.; Howell, Kathryn H.; Schaefer, Lauren M.; Schwartz, Laura E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Few studies have explored the impact of insecure attachment on college student mental health. The present study examined how anxious and avoidant attachment to a mother, father, and best friend were related to depression and resilience in emerging adults exposed to trauma. Participants: Participants included 372 trauma-exposed emerging…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Attachment Behavior, Resilience (Psychology)
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Tyler, Kimberly A.; Ray, Colleen M. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Understand the relationship between risk factors (eg, different sexual assault types -- coercive, physical, incapacitation by alcohol/drugs) and protective factors (eg, strong maternal ties) with depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among college students. Participants: Six hundred twenty-five…
Descriptors: Mental Health, College Students, Sexual Orientation, Risk
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Taylor, Julie Lounds; Henninger, Natalie A.; Mailick, Marsha R. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
This study examined correlates of participation in postsecondary education and employment over 12?years for 73 adults with autism spectrum disorders and average-range IQ whose families were part of a larger, longitudinal study. Correlates included demographic (sex, maternal education, paternal education), behavioral (activities of daily living,…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Adults, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Brown, R. Michael; Brown, Stephanie L.; Johnson, Aron; Olsen, Berit; Melver, Kristen; Sullivan, Mark – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
We tested predictions generated from an evolutionary account of self-destructive motivation in two survey studies of 18-24-year-old university students. As hypothesized, hierarchical regressions showed that the positive relationship between perceived burden to family and suicide ideation was amplified for participants with low measured health and…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Suicide, Motivation, Models