Loyola University Maryland

Children’s health care utilization and parenting stress as predictors of behavior problems

Previous research has found an association between children’s utilization of health care services and reduced child behavior problems. One reason for this relationship is that pediatricians have a unique role in the early identification of children’s mental health problems and in...

Score Reliability and Validity of a Mexican Dialect Spanish Translation of the Flourishing Scale With Mexican Earthquake Survivors

ABSTRACT The Flourishing Scale (FS) scores have demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties in general adult populations, but no previous research has validated its use among natural disaster survivors. This study examined the reliability, validity, and measurement invariance...

Self- and parent-reported executive function and self-determination in autistic teens: domain-specific relationships and cross-rater considerations

Abstract Background Self-determination, or the degree to which an individual perceives they have “causal agency” over their life plans, is an important predictor of quality of life, employment, and education for autistic people. However, little research has explored predictors of...