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Rowe, David C.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Used a longitudinal sibling research design and a large, nationally representative sample of 15- to 22-year-old siblings to study shared and unshared environmental influences on delinquency. Although no unshared family environmental influences were found for sisters and mixed-sex siblings, they may have existed for brothers. Data suggested…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Birth Order, Blacks
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Pasternack, Robert; Martinez, Kathleen – Preventing School Failure, 1996
Review of a New Mexico study on factors discriminating between recidivist and resilient youth following incarceration led to development of guidelines for fostering resiliency by correctional educators. Specific guidelines address lesson planning, classroom management, and revising educational goals. (DB)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Classroom Techniques, Correctional Education, Delinquency
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Rigby, K. – Journal of Moral Education, 1989
Examines recent studies from several countries that compared adolescent male and female attitudes toward authority. Reports that these studies do not support M. Emler and S. Reicher's (1987) assertion that delinquent behavior results from a failure to inculcate favorable attitudes toward authority through socialization. Finds the relationship…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Delinquency
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Condly, Steven J. – Urban Education, 2006
In spite of the most adverse circumstances, some children manage to survive and even thrive, academically and socially, into adulthood. A complex array of individual, family, and community factors has been identified that best explains resilience and lays the foundation for programs and interventions targeted at fostering the development and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Children, Literature Reviews, At Risk Persons
Levin, Boris Mikhailovich; Levin, Mikhail Borisovich – Soviet Education, 1990
Posits reasons for accelerated alcohol use and accompanying personality changes among Soviet adolescents. Analyzes the relationship between difficult family environment and poor academic performance. Contends that students who are alienated from school seek to meet needs in antisocial groups where the frequency of drinking to excess often produces…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior