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Hurd, Noelle M.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Xue, Yange – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
We investigated whether role models (individuals adolescents look up to) contributed to the resilience of adolescents who were exposed to negative nonparental adult influences. Our sample included 659 African American, ninth-grade adolescents. We found that adolescents' exposure to negative adult behavior was associated with increased…
Descriptors: Role Models, School Attitudes, Adolescents, Influences