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Benner, Aprile D.; Wang, Yijie – Child Development, 2017
There is an extensive body of work documenting the negative socioemotional and academic consequences of perceiving racial/ethnic discrimination during adolescence, but little is known about how the larger peer context conditions such effects. Using peer network data from 252 eighth graders (85% Latino, 11% African American, 5% other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Well Being, Ethnicity, Race
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Miller, Brent C.; Fan, Xitao; Christensen, Mathew; Grotevant, Harold D.; van Dulmen, Manfred – Child Development, 2000
Compared adopted and nonadopted adolescents across variety of measures. Found that adopted adolescents were at higher risk in all domains examined, including school achievement and problems, psychological well-being, and physical health. Effect sizes for group differences were larger for males, younger or older adolescents, Hispanics or Asians,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development