PAXIS Institute
Exposure to parental verbal abuse is associated with increased gray matter volume in superior temporal gyrus
Objective Exposure to parental verbal aggression (PVA) during childhood increases risk for the development of...
Timing matters: long term effects of adversities from prenatal period up to adolescence on adolescents’ cortisol stress response
Objective Altered cortisol response is a vulnerability marker for a variety of stress-related diseases and...
The health and social consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) across the lifespan: an introduction to prevention and intervention in the community
This introduction to the themed issue overviews the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and discusses...
Stress, cortisol, and externalizing behavior in adolescent males: an examination in the context of multisystemic therapy
Stress and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dysregulation have been associated with externalizing behavior in adolescence, but...
Good behavior game: Effects of individual contingencies for group consequences on disruptive behavior in a classroom
Out-of-seat and talking-out behaviors were studied in a regular fourth-grade class that included several “problem...
Evaluation of a school-based, universal violence prevention program: low-, medium-, and high-risk children
The current investigation examined the differential effectiveness of Peace Builders, a large-scale, universal violence prevention...
Utility of TOCA-R scores during the elementary school years in identifying later violence among adolescent males
Objective To evaluate the utility of a teacher-rating instrument (TOCA-R) of aggressive behavior during elementary...
Trajectories of suicidal ideation from sixth through tenth grades in predicting suicide attempts in young adulthood in an urban African American cohort
The trajectory of suicidal ideation across early adolescence may inform the timing of suicide prevention...