James K Nash
Biographic Data
| ID | 5942595 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James K Nash |
| GIVEN NAMES | James K |
| FAMILY NAME | Nash |
| SIGNATURE | NASH J K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Portland State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Attitudes of English Majors to Literary Study
In an Introduction to Literary Studies course for English majors, students begin the semester with an essay about their experiences of reading and studying literature. An examination of a group of these essays indicates that success in the course was significantly influenced by students' attitudes and histories. Those who never had serious difficulties with assigned reading or literary study—or who overcame their difficulties before the course be…
Patterns of Change over Time in Beliefs Legitimizing Aggression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Using an ecological developmental conceptual framework for understanding and preventing serious aggression, the authors examined the relationship over time between beliefs legitimizing aggression (BLA) and use of aggression. Data from seven waves of the National Youth Survey were used to fit a semiparametric group-based model that identified four distinct trajectories of BLA risk over time: low/stable, moderate/stable, moderate/decreasing, and hi…
The Effectiveness of Aftercare Services for African American Families in an Intensive Family Preservation Program
Objective: This project tested the effectiveness of extended aftercare in an intensive family preservation program for African American families. Method: Service providers collected pretest and posttest data for 49 families who received intensive services only and 69 who received aftercare in addition to intensive services. Results: In the year following termination, nonrelative placements for the entire sample were reduced to 20.3% from 41.5% in…
Residential Trajectories of Participants in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program
A semi-parametric mixture model was fit using data on 611 children with serious emotional disturbance who participated in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program from 1995 to 2000 to identify patterns of residential restrictiveness over time. Results revealed 4 distinct restrictiveness trajectories: low/stable, high/stable, increasing, and decreasing. Correlates of trajectory group membership included age, IQ, initial behavior, and region of the state…
Using Multilevel Statistical Models in Social Work Intervention Research
Statistical analyses of data from a classroom-based study illustrate the need to account for intra-class clustering in studies involving schools, classrooms, and other higher order units of analysis. Students were clustered in homerooms that were assigned to intervention and com-parison conditions. Standard multiple linear regression analysis yielded a significant group effect but incorrectly ignored intra-cluster response cor-relations. A multil…
Early Development and Pilot Testing of a Problem-Solving Skills-Training Program for Children
This pilot study examined the impact of a prototype problem-solving skills-training program, Making Choices, on proximal outcomes in 70 6th-grade students. Method: Students received three components of Making Choices and completed pretest and posttest measures of skills on each component. Paired-sample t tests were used to assess proximal effects. Baseline measures were used to identify four subgroups of children, and differences in skill acquisi…
The Carolina Child Checklist of Risk and Protective Factors for Aggression
Objective: Extending the Social Health Profile and other instruments that measure problem behavior in childhood, the Carolina Child Checklist (CCC) was developed to measure risk and protective factors related to aggressive behavior in children ages 6 to 12. This study reports the psychometric properties of the CCC. Method: The measure’s dimensionality, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest), standard error of measurement, and validity…
Perceived crime and informal social control in the neighborhood as a context for adolescent behavior
Greater understanding of adolescent perceptions of peer behavior can contribute to the development of effective interventions targeting adolescent problem behavior. The investigation discussed in this article drew from social disorganization theory to examine the effects of perceived neighborhood informal social control and perceived neighborhood crime on adolescents' perceptions of peers' behavior. The study used a nationally representative samp…
The Carolina Child Checklist of Risk and Protective Factors for Aggression
Objective: Extending the Social Health Profile and other instruments that measure problem behavior in childhood, the Carolina Child Checklist (CCC) was developed to measure risk and protective factors related to aggressive behavior in children ages 6 to 12. This study reports the psychometric properties of the CCC. Method: The measure’s dimensionality, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest), standard error of measurement, and validity…
Perceived crime and informal social control in the neighborhood as a context for adolescent behavior
Greater understanding of adolescent perceptions of peer behavior can contribute to the development of effective interventions targeting adolescent problem behavior. The investigation discussed in this article drew from social disorganization theory to examine the effects of perceived neighborhood informal social control and perceived neighborhood crime on adolescents' perceptions of peers' behavior. The study used a nationally representative samp…
Patterns of Change over Time in Beliefs Legitimizing Aggression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Using an ecological developmental conceptual framework for understanding and preventing serious aggression, the authors examined the relationship over time between beliefs legitimizing aggression (BLA) and use of aggression. Data from seven waves of the National Youth Survey were used to fit a semiparametric group-based model that identified four distinct trajectories of BLA risk over time: low/stable, moderate/stable, moderate/decreasing, and hi…
Residential Trajectories of Participants in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program
A semi-parametric mixture model was fit using data on 611 children with serious emotional disturbance who participated in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program from 1995 to 2000 to identify patterns of residential restrictiveness over time. Results revealed 4 distinct restrictiveness trajectories: low/stable, high/stable, increasing, and decreasing. Correlates of trajectory group membership included age, IQ, initial behavior, and region of the state…
The Effectiveness of Aftercare Services for African American Families in an Intensive Family Preservation Program
Objective: This project tested the effectiveness of extended aftercare in an intensive family preservation program for African American families. Method: Service providers collected pretest and posttest data for 49 families who received intensive services only and 69 who received aftercare in addition to intensive services. Results: In the year following termination, nonrelative placements for the entire sample were reduced to 20.3% from 41.5% in…
Early Development and Pilot Testing of a Problem-Solving Skills-Training Program for Children
This pilot study examined the impact of a prototype problem-solving skills-training program, Making Choices, on proximal outcomes in 70 6th-grade students. Method: Students received three components of Making Choices and completed pretest and posttest measures of skills on each component. Paired-sample t tests were used to assess proximal effects. Baseline measures were used to identify four subgroups of children, and differences in skill acquisi…
Perceived crime and informal social control in the neighborhood as a context for adolescent behavior
Greater understanding of adolescent perceptions of peer behavior can contribute to the development of effective interventions targeting adolescent problem behavior. The investigation discussed in this article drew from social disorganization theory to examine the effects of perceived neighborhood informal social control and perceived neighborhood crime on adolescents' perceptions of peers' behavior. The study used a nationally representative samp…
The Carolina Child Checklist of Risk and Protective Factors for Aggression
Objective: Extending the Social Health Profile and other instruments that measure problem behavior in childhood, the Carolina Child Checklist (CCC) was developed to measure risk and protective factors related to aggressive behavior in children ages 6 to 12. This study reports the psychometric properties of the CCC. Method: The measure’s dimensionality, reliability (internal consistency and test-retest), standard error of measurement, and validity…
Early Development and Pilot Testing of a Problem-Solving Skills-Training Program for Children
This pilot study examined the impact of a prototype problem-solving skills-training program, Making Choices, on proximal outcomes in 70 6th-grade students. Method: Students received three components of Making Choices and completed pretest and posttest measures of skills on each component. Paired-sample t tests were used to assess proximal effects. Baseline measures were used to identify four subgroups of children, and differences in skill acquisi…
Using Multilevel Statistical Models in Social Work Intervention Research
Statistical analyses of data from a classroom-based study illustrate the need to account for intra-class clustering in studies involving schools, classrooms, and other higher order units of analysis. Students were clustered in homerooms that were assigned to intervention and com-parison conditions. Standard multiple linear regression analysis yielded a significant group effect but incorrectly ignored intra-cluster response cor-relations. A multil…
Residential Trajectories of Participants in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program
A semi-parametric mixture model was fit using data on 611 children with serious emotional disturbance who participated in North Carolina's Willie-M. Program from 1995 to 2000 to identify patterns of residential restrictiveness over time. Results revealed 4 distinct restrictiveness trajectories: low/stable, high/stable, increasing, and decreasing. Correlates of trajectory group membership included age, IQ, initial behavior, and region of the state…
The Attitudes of English Majors to Literary Study
In an Introduction to Literary Studies course for English majors, students begin the semester with an essay about their experiences of reading and studying literature. An examination of a group of these essays indicates that success in the course was significantly influenced by students' attitudes and histories. Those who never had serious difficulties with assigned reading or literary study—or who overcame their difficulties before the course be…
Patterns of Change over Time in Beliefs Legitimizing Aggression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Using an ecological developmental conceptual framework for understanding and preventing serious aggression, the authors examined the relationship over time between beliefs legitimizing aggression (BLA) and use of aggression. Data from seven waves of the National Youth Survey were used to fit a semiparametric group-based model that identified four distinct trajectories of BLA risk over time: low/stable, moderate/stable, moderate/decreasing, and hi…
The Effectiveness of Aftercare Services for African American Families in an Intensive Family Preservation Program
Objective: This project tested the effectiveness of extended aftercare in an intensive family preservation program for African American families. Method: Service providers collected pretest and posttest data for 49 families who received intensive services only and 69 who received aftercare in addition to intensive services. Results: In the year following termination, nonrelative placements for the entire sample were reduced to 20.3% from 41.5% in…
Psychology (8 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Aggression (2 works) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies (2 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (2 works)