Duration of Mentoring Relationship Predicts Child Well-Being: Evidence from a Danish Community-Based Mentoring Program.

While a substantial body of literature suggests that lasting community mentoring relationships can have a range of positive effects on youths, little is known about these effects in the Nordic welfare context, where community mentees may have lower risk profiles compared to many previous samples. This study explores how the duration (length) of child mentoring relationships predicts parental perceptions of child well-being among 197 children served by Denmark's most extensive community-based youth mentoring program. We find that children who have had a mentor for at least one year are perceived to have significantly higher well-being.

Comparing Rape Myth Acceptance Among Police Trainees and Medical Students: A Preliminary Danish Validation of the Updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale.

Identifying rape myths among criminal justice and medical professionals is central to preventing secondary victimization. We present the first preliminary Danish validation of McMahon and Farmer's updated Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale using samples of police and medical trainees. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses result in a 14-item, four-factor measure that demonstrates acceptable model fit, satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity, and good internal consistency.

Having versus doing: The roles of moral identity internalization and symbolization for prosocial behaviors.

Moral identity has been identified as a consistent predictor of prosocial behavior, but the specific relationship and predictive strength of its two dimensions, internalization ("having") and symbolization ("doing"), are less clear. The current article explores this through two self-report studies. In study 1 (N = 228) a series of hierarchical regression analyses showed that, for three out of four domains of prosocial behavior, symbolization was the only significant predictor, and that its strength differed across outcomes.

Choosing when choices are limited: The role of perceived afforded choice and autonomy in prisoners' well-being.

Although prison life is generally characterized by little choice and autonomy, there exists considerable variation in the number and type of choices offered to different prisoners. Based on self-determination theory, which maintains that perceived afforded choice and autonomy are of crucial importance for individuals' psychological functioning, we investigated the relation between choice, autonomy satisfaction, and subjective quality of life among prisoners. We drew on quantitative cross-sectional data gathered among 156 Belgian prisoners (Mage = 38.

Substance misuse at presentation to an early psychosis program.

Background: Substance misuse is a significant problem in schizophrenia. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and correlates of substance misuse in individuals with a first episode of psychosis at the time they first present for treatment.

Method: The first 357 consecutive admissions to a comprehensive early psychosis program were included.

Duration of untreated psychosis: impact on 2-year outcome.

Background: The duration of untreated psychosis has been postulated to be a predictor of clinical outcome in schizophrenia. Although several prospective studies support the relationship, some studies do not. These differences may be due to a number of methodological issues.

Patterns of premorbid functioning in first-episode psychosis: initial presentation.

Premorbid functioning in first-episode psychosis has been reported to be associated with poorer outcome. We assessed premorbid functioning in a sample of 306 subjects newly admitted to an early-psychosis program. Using cluster analyses, we identified four patterns: stable-good, stable-moderate, deteriorating and poor-deteriorating.

Pathways to care: help seeking behaviour in first episode psychosis.

Objective: To determine the number of attempts it took before patients with a first episode of psychosis received adequate help, the signs or symptoms that led them to seek help and the people from whom they attempted to seek help.

Method: Subjects were 86 individuals with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, mainly schizophrenia, who were attending a comprehensive program for early psychosis treatment.

Results: Help-seeking attempts began in the prodromal phase of the illness and continued into the psychotic phase.

Assessment of premorbid function in first-episode schizophrenia: modifications to the Premorbid Adjustment Scale.

Studies have found Cannon-Spoor's Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS) to be a useful measure of premorbid function and an effective predictor of outcome in patients with chronic schizophrenia. Despite its widespread use, the applicability and reliability of the scale for use with young patients who experience their first episode of schizophrenia have not been thoroughly examined. We review the studies that used the PAS to assess premorbid function in patients with either chronic or first-episode schizophrenia.