This meta-analysis evaluated the relation between social support and depression in youth
and compared the cumulative evidence for 2 theories that have been proposed to explain …

Community violence is recognized as a major public health problem (WHO, World Report on
Violence and Health, 2002) that Americans increasingly understand has adverse …

Meta-analytic techniques were used to estimate the effects of exposure to community
violence on mental health outcomes across 114 studies. Community violence had its …

Objectives. We examined whether the burden of violence in a child's community
environment alters the child's behavior and functioning in the classroom setting. Methods. To …

The present study was an investigation of the potential moderating effect of social support on
academic performance for students living in poverty. Data were collected in one urban …

Background Exposure to violence in childhood has been associated with lower school
grades. However, the association between violence exposure and performance on …

The primary goals of this study were to (a) investigate the relationships among students'
perceived social support and a wide range of academic, behavioral, and social indicators; …

The high prevalence of mental health problems among children in the United States has
continued to stimulate service-oriented professionals to seek targets for preventive …

Anxiety disorders represent one of the most common and debilitating forms of
psychopathology in children. While empirical research, mental health funding, and mental …

The extent to which parent, school, and peer support differentially affected multiple domains
of resilience was examined among 2,600 sixth, eighth, and tenth graders from an urban …