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Sladek, Michael R.; Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.; Oh, Grace; Spang, Mary Beth; Tirado, Liliana M. Uribe; Vega, Luz M. Tilano; McDermott, Elana R.; Wantchekon, Kristia A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Theory and empirical evidence indicate that ethnic-racial discrimination serves as a risk factor for adolescents' psychosocial adjustment, whereas ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development promotes positive youth adjustment and can mitigate the negative outcomes of discrimination-related risk. In Colombia, the legacies of an ethnic-racial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Discrimination, Racial Identification, Predictor Variables
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Bass, Ellyn Charlotte; Saldarriaga, Lina; Cunha, Josafa; Chen, Bin-Bin; Santo, Jonathan Bruce; Bukowski, William M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
To better address the many consequences of peer victimization, research must identify not only aspects of individuals that put them at risk for victimization, such as aggression, but also aspects of the context that influence the extent of that risk. To this end, this study examined the contextual influences of gender, same-sex peer group norms of…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Structural Equation Models, Peer Groups, Victims
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Maslowsky, Julie; Keating, Daniel P.; Monk, Christopher S.; Schulenberg, John – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
Risk behavior contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality during adolescence. This study examined neurocognitive predictors of proposed subtypes of adolescent risk behavior: planned (premeditated) versus unplanned (spontaneous). Adolescents (N = 69, 49% male, M = 15.1 [1.0] years) completed neurocognitive tasks (Iowa Gambling Task [IGT],…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adolescents, Risk, Predictor Variables
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Causadias, Jose M.; Salvatore, Jessica E.; Sroufe, L. Alan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
The present study examines two childhood markers of self-regulation, ego control and ego resiliency, as promotive factors for the development of global adjustment and as risk factors for the development of internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in a high-risk sample. Teachers and observers rated ego control and ego resiliency when…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Evidence, Risk, Behavior Problems
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Veenstra, Rene; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Tinga, Frank; Ormel, Johan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
Some pupils already show unexcused, illegal, surreptitious absences in elementary education or the first years of secondary education. Are weak social bonds (see also Hirschi, 1969) and a lack of self-control (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1990) indicative of truancy at an early age? Of the children in our sample, 5% were persistent truants in late…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Truancy, Delinquency, Secondary Education
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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This study examined the independence and interplay between cognitive risk factors (poor executive function/emotion understanding) and maternal risk factors (low education/high depression) for preschool problem behaviors, indexed by multi-measure, multi-informant (mother/teacher/ researcher) ratings. A socio-economically diverse sample of 235…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Risk, Verbal Ability, Depression (Psychology)