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Adolescent Civic and Political Engagement: Associations between Domain-Specific Judgments and Behavior
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Metzger, Aaron; Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 2009
Judgments and justifications for different forms of civic involvement and their associations with organized and civic behavior were examined in 312 middle-class primarily White adolescents (M = 17.01 years). Adolescents applied moral, conventional, and personal criteria to distinguish involvement in community service, standard political, social…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Citizen Participation, Adolescents, Organizations (Groups)
The Development of Gendered Interests and Personality Qualities from Middle Childhood through Adolescence: A Biosocial Analysis
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McHale, Susan M.; Kim, Ji-Yeon; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Booth, Alan – Child Development, 2009
This study charted the development of gendered personality qualities and activity interests from age 7 to age 19 in 364 first- and second-born siblings from 185 White, middle/working-class families, assessed links between time in gendered social contexts (with mother, father, female peers, and male peers) and gender development, and tested whether…
Descriptors: Siblings, Mothers, Interests, Fathers
Parenting Styles and Conceptions of Parental Authority during Adolescence.
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Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 1995
Reports of parenting styles were assessed in 100 mostly white, middle-class, 6th, 8th, and 10th graders and their parents. Adolescents viewed their parents as more permissive and more authoritarian than parents viewed themselves, whereas parents viewed themselves as more authoritative than did adolescents. Differences were primarily over the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Middle Class Parents, Middle Class Students
Adolescent-Parent Conflict in Middle-Class African American Families.
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Gaines, Cheryl; Smetana, Judith – Child Development, 1999
Examined conflicts between middle-class African American preadolescents/early adolescents and their parents. Found that conflicts were relatively frequent, of low intensity, and occurred over issues such as the adolescent's room, chores, activity choices, and homework. Early adolescents rated conflicts as more intense than preadolescents. Mothers'…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Age Differences
School Leaving: A Longitudinal Perspective Including Neighborhood Effects.
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Ensminger, Margaret E.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined whether neighborhoods influenced the likelihood of high school graduation for a cohort of African-American children who were followed from 1966 to 1993. Found that living in a poverty census tract did not seem to influence the likelihood of high school graduation or school leaving over and above the impact of family and individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropouts, Family Influence, Graduation
Middle-Class African American Adolescents' and Parents' Conceptions of Parental Authority and Parenting Practices: A Longitudinal Investigation.
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Smetana, Judith G. – Child Development, 2000
Examined longitudinally conceptions of parental authority and ratings of parental rules and decision-making among middle- class African American adolescents and their parents. Found that nearly all subjects affirmed parents' legitimate authority to regulate and children's obligation to comply regarding oral, conventional, prudential, friendship,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Blacks
Development of Moral Judgment and Its Relation to Family Environmental Factors in Indian and American Families.
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Parikh, Bindu – Child Development, 1980
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies