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Does the reason matter? How student-reported reasons for school absence contribute to differences in achievement outcomes among 14–15 year oldsWe used data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children to examine the reasons for 14-15 year old absences and how they relate to outcomes in year 9.
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Worries, 'weirdos', neighborhoods and knowing people: a qualitative study with children and parents regarding children's independent mobilityThis study involved focus groups with 132 children and 12 parents in primary and secondary school in Victoria to explore children's independent mobility.
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Adolescent Bystander Behavior in the School and Online Environments and the Implications for Interventions Targeting CyberbullyingThe aim of this study was to add to the emerging knowledge about the role of bystanders in cyberbullying.
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School-based promotion of mental health and wellbeing to address bullyingThe complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach
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The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for researchThis review examines evidence of the association between the neighborhood built environment, green spaces and outdoor home area, and early (0-7 years) child...
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Why do psychiatric patients have higher cancer mortality rates when cancer incidence is the same or lower?People with mental illness are no more likely than the general population to develop cancer but more likely to die of it
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Relationships between Psychosocial Resilience and Physical Health Status of Western Australian Urban Aboriginal YouthThe aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which factors previously documented as buffering the impact of high-risk family environments on...
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Disruptive mood dysregulation disorderThe new diagnostic category of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) was introduced in DSM-5
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Early life events and motor development in childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal studyAntenatal, perinatal and neonatal factors affecting motor development from late childhood to adolescence were explored.
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Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents' cyberbullying behaviorCyber Friendly Schools program was associated with significantly greater declines in the odds of involvement in cyber-victimization and perpetration