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Direct linkWinters, Ken C.; Arria, Amelia – Prevention Researcher, 2011
Research now suggests that the human brain is still maturing during adolescence. The developing brain may help explain why adolescents sometimes make decisions that are risky and can lead to safety or health concerns, including unique vulnerabilities to drug abuse. This article explores how this new science may be put to use in our prevention and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Abuse, Brain, Adolescent Development
Williams, Lela Rankin; Steinberg, Laurence – Child Development, 2011
The over-time reciprocal links between parenting and adolescent adjustment were examined in a sample of 1,354 serious adolescent offenders followed for 3 years (16 years of age at baseline, SD = 1.14). Parallel processing growth curve models provided independent estimates of the impact of parenting on adolescent functioning as well as the impact…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Child Rearing, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment)
Tajima, Emiko A.; Herrenkohl, Todd I.; Moylan, Carrie A.; Derr, Amelia S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
We investigate parenting characteristics and adolescent peer support as potential moderators of the effects of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) on adolescent outcomes. Lehigh Longitudinal Study (N = 416) data include parent and adolescent reports of childhood IPV exposure. Exposure to IPV predicted nearly all adverse outcomes…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Violence, Physical Activities, Child Abuse
Washington, Amy; Dunham, Mardis – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
This study compared early parenting practices and adolescent behavior to determine whether parental attachment-promoting behaviors in the first year of life were associated with psychosocial adjustment in teenagers. The mothers of 22 adolescents completed a behavioral assessment of their teenager and an inventory of their recollected parenting…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Adolescents, Child Development
Gummerum, Michaela; Keller, Monika – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2008
Recently, experimental economists have become increasingly interested in behaviors relating to morality, and one of the main tools for examining these issues has been game theory. Even though developmental psychologists have investigated similar topics for decades, this research has found little resonance. Similarly, economists have only recently…
Descriptors: Game Theory, Developmental Psychology, Moral Values, Moral Development
Cadwallader, Tom W.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Cairns, Beverley D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
This chapter explores the relationship between childhood aggressive behavior and later adjustment, with a focus on the transition to high school. Pattern-oriented prodigal analysis is used to identify four homogeneous groups, based on stability or change in risk and nonrisk status over time. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Behavior, Student Behavior, Student Adjustment
