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We are pleased to announce that Kaila Manns has successfully defended her MA thesis, titled “Exploring The Role of Temperament in Predicting School Behaviour Problems: Implications for Intervention and Case Planning.” The quality of her work was accepted without any revisions.

Abstract
Children with complex temperamental risk/needs factors (e.g., negative emotionality) are often considered challenging to support within schools. In fact, schools may not have dedicated sufficient time and resources to identifying students’ most imminent temperamental risk/needs; therefore, ‘problem’ behaviour is likely to persist. The current study examines the role of temperament in predicting school behaviour problems, while also considering the impact of other criminogenic risk/needs factors (e.g., family dysfunction, family/child criminal justice dysfunction, age, and gender). Results from the sequential logistic regression suggest that, when controlling for all other variables in the model, negative emotionality, age, and gender are significantly associated with school behaviour problems. More specifically, higher scores on negative emotionality correspond with an increased odds of school behaviour problems. Likewise, younger students are more likely to have school behaviour problems, whereas female students are less likely to have school behaviour problems. Implications for school intervention and policy are discussed.

Congratulations to Kaila on her successful defense and best wishes for her future.