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Ames, Allison J.; Myers, Aaron J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2021
Contamination of responses due to extreme and midpoint response style can confound the interpretation of scores, threatening the validity of inferences made from survey responses. This study incorporated person-level covariates in the multidimensional item response tree model to explain heterogeneity in response style. We include an empirical…
Descriptors: Response Style (Tests), Item Response Theory, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents
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Vitaro, Frank; Beaver, Kevin M.; Brendgen, Mara; Dickson, Daniel J.; Dionne, Ginette; Boivin, Michel – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The goal of the present study was to replicate Burt et al. (2009) and Hou et al. (2013) findings by determining the contribution of peers' deviance to changes in participants' (monozygotic [MZ] twins') self-reported delinquency from mid- to late adolescence while controlling for possible gene-environment correlations (rGE) through the use of the…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Twins, Delinquency, Adolescents
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Oyefuga, Emiola; Shakeshaft, Charol – Youth & Society, 2023
This article aims to show the influence of social capital on the academic achievement of American students. Using data from Waves I and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), this study explored how one of the domains of social capital, the family, makes a difference to educational outcomes in higher…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Outcomes of Education, Family Income, Academic Achievement
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Duxbury, Scott W. – Sociological Methods & Research, 2023
This study shows that residual variation can cause problems related to scaling in exponential random graph models (ERGM). Residual variation is likely to exist when there are unmeasured variables in a model--even those uncorrelated with other predictors--or when the logistic form of the model is inappropriate. As a consequence, coefficients cannot…
Descriptors: Graphs, Scaling, Research Problems, Models
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Eitle, David; Eitle, Tamela McNulty – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2018
American Indians have among the highest prevalence rates for both substance use and obesity, yet there is a dearth of studies that have examined this relationship. We examined a subsample of American Indian adolescents (n=623), using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We examined the association between body mass index…
Descriptors: Body Weight, American Indians, Adolescents, Correlation
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Chambers, Brittany D.; Erausquin, Jennifer Toller – Journal of School Health, 2018
Background: Adolescence is a critical phase of development and experimentation with delinquent behaviors. There is a growing body of literature exploring individual and structural impacts of discrimination on health outcomes and delinquent behaviors. However, there is limited research assessing how school diversity and discrimination impact…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Peer Acceptance, Predictor Variables
Rochmes, Jane E. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2016
Health and education are reciprocally related, and research indicates that unhealthy students are poorly positioned to learn. Providing services that prevent health problems or help students cope with existing health concerns is one way that schools intervene in the relationship between student background and educational outcomes. Providing health…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Physical Health, Health Promotion, Prevention
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Eitle, David; Eitle, Tamela McNulty – Youth & Society, 2016
Despite evidence that American Indian (AI) adolescents are disproportionately involved in crime and delinquent behavior, there exists scant research exploring the correlates of crime among this group. We posit that Agnew's General Strain Theory (GST) is well suited to explain AI delinquent activity. Using the National Longitudinal Study of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, American Indians, Adolescents, Correlation
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Wong, Y. Joel; Maffini, Cara S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Although suicide-related outcomes among Asian American adolescents are a serious public health problem in the United States, research in this area has been relatively sparse. To address this gap in the empirical literature, this study examined subgroups of Asian American adolescents for whom family, school, and peer relationships exerted…
Descriptors: Public Health, Suicide, Risk, Adolescents
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Kao, Tsui-Sui Annie; Manczak, Melissa – Journal of School Nursing, 2013
This study explored the relationships among personal factors, family structure and family function, adolescents’ self-efficacy for safe sex, and sexual behaviors among sexually active adolescents. A subset sample from the first three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) was selected for this exploratory…
Descriptors: Family Influence, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Guarini, Tristan E.; Marks, Amy K.; Patton, Flannery; Coll, Cynthia Garcia – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
This article contributes new evidence on the associations among immigrant generation, gender, and sexual risk behavior among Latino adolescents in the United States. Longitudinal data from 3,272 Latino adolescents (grades 7-12) who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were examined for evidence of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Secondary School Students, Immigrants
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Erickson, Lance D.; McDonald, Steve; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Sociology of Education, 2009
Few studies have examined the impact of mentoring (developing a special relationship with a nonparental adult) on educational achievement and attainment in the general population. In addition, prior research has yet to clarify the extent to which mentoring relationships reduce inequality by enabling disadvantaged youths to compensate for the lack…
Descriptors: Mentors, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Background, Student Characteristics
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Choi, Yoonsun – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study tests whether the relationship between academic achievement and problem behaviors is the same across racial and ethnic groups. Some have suggested that academic achievement may be a weaker predictor of problem behaviors among Asian Pacific Islander American (API)…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Pacific Islanders, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
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Aceves, Mario J.; Cookston, Jeffrey T. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Prospective associations between violent victimization, the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, and the subsequent onset of violent aggression were examined. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), participants were divided into violent and non-violent cohorts based on whether they had committed an act…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Socialization, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship
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Schreck, Christopher J.; Burek, Melissa W.; Clark-Miller, Jason – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This research investigates low religiosity as a predictor of violent victimization. The theoretical framework the authors present here posits that religiosity should help structure daily activities in such a way as to (a) limit exposure to offenders by encouraging contact with peers who are less deviant, (b) lessen one's target suitability by…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Delinquency, Religion, Religious Factors
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