David J DeWit
Biographic Data
| ID | 5167826 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J DeWit |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | DeWit |
| SIGNATURE | DEWIT D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Youth with chronic health problems
Youth with chronic health problems, particularly those with activity limitation as well, demonstrate a capacity to experience social and mood benefits associated with mentoring
Three-year trajectories of global perceived quality of life for youth with chronic health conditions
Findings suggest that youth with chronic conditions experience stable global perceived QOL across time, but that some individuals maintain stability at moderate to moderate/low levels which is related to ongoing personal and environmental influences. Potential benefits of universal strategies and programs to safeguard resilience for all youth and targeted interventions to optimize certain youths' global perceived QOL are indicated
Mentoring Relationships and the Mental Health of Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs
Previous research suggests that early mentoring relationship ( MR ) closures may have harmful consequences for the health and well‐being of youth participating in community‐based mentoring programs. However, knowledge of the factors that lead some MR s to close early has been slow to emerge. This study examined patterns and correlates of early versus on‐time MR closures among 569 youth participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters community mentoring…
The Role of Relational, Recreational, and Tutoring Activities in the Perceptions of Received Support and Quality of Mentoring Relationship During a Community-Based Mentoring Relationship
Previous research has shown that activities between volunteer mentors and youth mentees are associated with relationship quality. Using data from a longitudinal investigation of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community mentoring relationships across Canada, the current study investigated whether different types of activities (relational and skill, recreational, and tutoring) moderate the association between mentees’ perceptions of received suppo…
An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Family Resilience in Families Affected by Parental Alcohol Abuse
Resilient families are able to adapt to adversities, but the nature of family resilience is not well understood. This study examines patterns of family functioning that may protect families from the negative impact of alcohol abuse. Naturally occurring patterns of family functioning are identified and associations between these patterns and parenting, current parental alcohol use, recent family stressful events, supportive relationships outside t…
Age at First Alcohol Use
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the natural course of DSM-III-R alcohol disorders as a function of age at first alcohol use and to investigate the influence of early use as a risk factor for progression to the development of alcohol disorders, exclusive of the effect of confounding influences. METHOD: Data were obtained from a community sample (N=5,856) of lifetime drinkers participating in the 1990-1991 Mental Health Supplement of the On…
Evaluating an In-School Drug Prevention Program for At-Risk Youth
This study assessed an in-school program aimed at preventing or reducing drug use and other deviant behavior in a sample of 167 at-risk youth in their transition years. Over 10 weeks, 17 one-hour sessions were offered to youth who were identified using a self-report questionnaire (at 9 schools with 12 control sites in Ontario, Canada). Repeated measures analysis of covariance was used to assess program impact at posttest and six-month followup. P…
Parental Preferences for Sex of Children in Canada
Childhood stress and symptoms of drug dependence in adolescence and early adulthood
Retrospective data from 7,871 individuals age 16 to 64 were used to investigate whether, among those diagnosed with lifetime social phobia, its symptoms serve to link life events and chronic strains in childhood with symptoms of drug dependence in adulthood. Findings suggest social phobia as a pathway through which early life events and chronic strains affect the development of drug-related problems. Implications for research and clinical practic…
Educational attainment, age at first birth and lifetime fertility
Dans cet article, l'auteur réexamine de manière détaillée les rapports entre le niveau d'instruction, lâge à la naissance du premier‐né et la descendance finale des femmes au Canada dans les années 1980, compte tenu des changements en matière d'options socio‐professionnelles pour les femmes qui se sont produits au cours de la dernière génération. Les données employées sont tirées de l'Enquête nationale sur la fécondité au Canada de 1984 et concer…
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs
Previous research suggests that early mentoring relationship ( MR ) closures may have harmful consequences for the health and well‐being of youth participating in community‐based mentoring programs. However, knowledge of the factors that lead some MR s to close early has been slow to emerge. This study examined patterns and correlates of early versus on‐time MR closures among 569 youth participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters community mentoring…
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
Parental Preferences for Sex of Children in Canada
The Role of Relational, Recreational, and Tutoring Activities in the Perceptions of Received Support and Quality of Mentoring Relationship During a Community-Based Mentoring Relationship
Previous research has shown that activities between volunteer mentors and youth mentees are associated with relationship quality. Using data from a longitudinal investigation of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community mentoring relationships across Canada, the current study investigated whether different types of activities (relational and skill, recreational, and tutoring) moderate the association between mentees’ perceptions of received suppo…
Educational attainment, age at first birth and lifetime fertility
Dans cet article, l'auteur réexamine de manière détaillée les rapports entre le niveau d'instruction, lâge à la naissance du premier‐né et la descendance finale des femmes au Canada dans les années 1980, compte tenu des changements en matière d'options socio‐professionnelles pour les femmes qui se sont produits au cours de la dernière génération. Les données employées sont tirées de l'Enquête nationale sur la fécondité au Canada de 1984 et concer…
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Family Resilience in Families Affected by Parental Alcohol Abuse
Resilient families are able to adapt to adversities, but the nature of family resilience is not well understood. This study examines patterns of family functioning that may protect families from the negative impact of alcohol abuse. Naturally occurring patterns of family functioning are identified and associations between these patterns and parenting, current parental alcohol use, recent family stressful events, supportive relationships outside t…
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
Geographic distance and intergenerational contact
Educational attainment, age at first birth and lifetime fertility
Dans cet article, l'auteur réexamine de manière détaillée les rapports entre le niveau d'instruction, lâge à la naissance du premier‐né et la descendance finale des femmes au Canada dans les années 1980, compte tenu des changements en matière d'options socio‐professionnelles pour les femmes qui se sont produits au cours de la dernière génération. Les données employées sont tirées de l'Enquête nationale sur la fécondité au Canada de 1984 et concer…
Parental Preferences for Sex of Children in Canada
Childhood stress and symptoms of drug dependence in adolescence and early adulthood
Retrospective data from 7,871 individuals age 16 to 64 were used to investigate whether, among those diagnosed with lifetime social phobia, its symptoms serve to link life events and chronic strains in childhood with symptoms of drug dependence in adulthood. Findings suggest social phobia as a pathway through which early life events and chronic strains affect the development of drug-related problems. Implications for research and clinical practic…
Age at First Alcohol Use
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to describe the natural course of DSM-III-R alcohol disorders as a function of age at first alcohol use and to investigate the influence of early use as a risk factor for progression to the development of alcohol disorders, exclusive of the effect of confounding influences. METHOD: Data were obtained from a community sample (N=5,856) of lifetime drinkers participating in the 1990-1991 Mental Health Supplement of the On…
Evaluating an In-School Drug Prevention Program for At-Risk Youth
This study assessed an in-school program aimed at preventing or reducing drug use and other deviant behavior in a sample of 167 at-risk youth in their transition years. Over 10 weeks, 17 one-hour sessions were offered to youth who were identified using a self-report questionnaire (at 9 schools with 12 control sites in Ontario, Canada). Repeated measures analysis of covariance was used to assess program impact at posttest and six-month followup. P…
An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Family Resilience in Families Affected by Parental Alcohol Abuse
Resilient families are able to adapt to adversities, but the nature of family resilience is not well understood. This study examines patterns of family functioning that may protect families from the negative impact of alcohol abuse. Naturally occurring patterns of family functioning are identified and associations between these patterns and parenting, current parental alcohol use, recent family stressful events, supportive relationships outside t…
The Role of Relational, Recreational, and Tutoring Activities in the Perceptions of Received Support and Quality of Mentoring Relationship During a Community-Based Mentoring Relationship
Previous research has shown that activities between volunteer mentors and youth mentees are associated with relationship quality. Using data from a longitudinal investigation of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community mentoring relationships across Canada, the current study investigated whether different types of activities (relational and skill, recreational, and tutoring) moderate the association between mentees’ perceptions of received suppo…
Three-year trajectories of global perceived quality of life for youth with chronic health conditions
Findings suggest that youth with chronic conditions experience stable global perceived QOL across time, but that some individuals maintain stability at moderate to moderate/low levels which is related to ongoing personal and environmental influences. Potential benefits of universal strategies and programs to safeguard resilience for all youth and targeted interventions to optimize certain youths' global perceived QOL are indicated
Mentoring Relationships and the Mental Health of Aboriginal Youth in Canada
Mentoring Relationship Closures in Big Brothers Big Sisters Community Mentoring Programs
Previous research suggests that early mentoring relationship ( MR ) closures may have harmful consequences for the health and well‐being of youth participating in community‐based mentoring programs. However, knowledge of the factors that lead some MR s to close early has been slow to emerge. This study examined patterns and correlates of early versus on‐time MR closures among 569 youth participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters community mentoring…
Youth with chronic health problems
Youth with chronic health problems, particularly those with activity limitation as well, demonstrate a capacity to experience social and mood benefits associated with mentoring
Psychology (10 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)