Children and adolescents are a vulnerable group to develop post-traumatic stress symptoms after natural or man-made disasters. In the light of increasing numbers of refugees under the age of 18 years worldwide, there is a significant need for effective treatments. This meta-analytic review investigates specific psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents after man-made and natural disa...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness and specificity of a classroom-based psychosocial intervention after war. All students (n=2500) of six villages in Southern Lebanon designated as most heavily exposed to war received a classroom-based intervention delivered by teachers, consisting of cognitive-behavioural and stress inoculation training strategies. A random sample of tr...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined the attributes of the reciprocated friends (RF) of a group of clinically referred obese children and the impact of these friendships on emotional well-being. METHODS Classroom visits for 87 obese youth [body mass index (BMI) >95th percentile; 8- to 16-years old) were completed to obtain peer reports of social functioning, including reciprocated friendships...

BACKGROUND The nursing staff working in psychiatric care have a demanding work situation, which may be reflected in how they view their psychosocial work environment and the ward atmosphere. The aims of the present study were to investigate in what way different aspects of the ward atmosphere were related to the psychosocial work environment, as perceived by nursing staff working in psychiatric...

The concept of “school climate” has been defined in a wide variety of ways in the education research literature over the last thirty years. It has been equated with “the ecology of the school,” “a safe and healthy school setting,” “classroom participation structures,” a “caring school environment,” and the “culture of the school.” In recent years, school “climate” has been equated with “persona...