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George W. Howe
Researcher at George Washington University
Publications - 83
Citations - 3083
George W. Howe is an academic researcher from George Washington University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prevention science & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 78 publications receiving 2773 citations. Previous affiliations of George W. Howe include Florida State University College of Arts and Sciences & Vanderbilt University.
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Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation.
Denise C. Gottfredson,Thomas D. Cook,Frances Gardner,Deborah Gorman-Smith,George W. Howe,Irwin N. Sandler,Kathryn M. Zafft +6 more
TL;DR: A committee to review and update standards of evidence for evidence related to research on prevention interventions reported on the results of this committee’s deliberations, summarizing changes made to the earlier standards and explaining the rationale for each change.
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Genetic Questions for Environmental Studies: Differential Parenting and Psychopathology in Adolescence
David Reiss,E. Mavis Hetherington,Robert Plomin,George W. Howe,Samuel J. Simmens,Sandra H. Henderson,Thomas J. O'Connor,Danielle A. Bussell,Edward R. Anderson,Tracy Law +9 more
TL;DR: Parenting behavior directed specifically at each child in the family is a major correlate of symptoms in adolescents, and harsh parental behavior directed at a sibling may have protective effects for adolescents, a phenomenon the "siblin barricade".
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Nature and nurture: genetic contributions to measures of the family environment
TL;DR: The Nonshared Environment in Adolescent Development (NEAD) project as mentioned in this paper used questionnaire measures of parent-child and sibling interactions to investigate the genetic effects of the family environment on behavioral genetic analyses.
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Mothers' attributions and expectancies regarding their conduct-disordered children.
TL;DR: It is speculated that parents of conduct-disordered children hold cognitive stances of blame and helplessness that contribute to aversive parent behavior as well as to parent withdrawal in the face of escalating child aggressiveness.
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Job loss and depressive symptoms in couples: common stressors, stress transmission, or relationship disruption?
TL;DR: It is suggested that interventions to help couples cope with the aftermath of job loss may hold promise for preventing depressive reactions to stress.