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Diemer, Matthew A.; Rapa, Luke J. – Child Development, 2016
This research examines the complex patterns by which distinct dimensions of critical consciousness may lead marginalized adolescents toward distinct forms of political action. Structural equation modeling was applied to nationally representative data from the Civic Education Study (2,811 ninth graders; M[subscript age] = 14.6), first establishing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged, Social Action, Voting
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Jung, Sunyoung; Fuller, Bruce; Galindo, Claudia – Child Development, 2012
Poverty-related developmental-risk theories dominate accounts of uneven levels of household functioning and effects on children. But immigrant parents may sustain norms and practices--stemming from heritage culture, selective migration, and social support--that buffer economic exigencies. "Comparable" levels of social-emotional functioning in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Child Relationship, Depression (Psychology), Migration
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Evans, Gary W.; English, Kimberly – Child Development, 2002
This study examined the exposure to multiple physical and psychosocial stressors among low-income, rural, white 8- to 10- year-olds. Findings indicated that low-income children confronted a wider array of multiple physical and psychosocial stressors than did middle-income counterparts. Children showed evidence of higher levels of self- and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Emotional Adjustment, Low Income Groups