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Bradley, Graham L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
All people influence, and are influenced by, the contexts they inhabit. Leisure contexts are no exception. The current research comprised three studies investigating the links between one leisure context, skate parks, and adolescent development. Using interview, observation, and questionnaire methods, the research shed light on several of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Integration, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Alva, Sylvia Alatorre; de Los Reyes, Rydda – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
Examined the relationship between stressful life events, internalized symptoms of stress, and academic achievement in urban Hispanic high school students. Found direct effects of stressful life events and perceived competence on school grades and internalized symptoms. Multiplicative interactions for perceived competence were not significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Competence
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Gullone, Eleonora; Moore, Susan; Moss, Simon; Boyd, Candice – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Examined psychometric properties of Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire, using 11- to 18-year-olds. Found that the four-factor risk structure was substantiated via confirmatory factor analysis. One week test-retest and internal consistency indices were sound. Older adolescents and boys perceived less risk and reported more risky behaviors than…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitude Measures
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Weigel, Daniel J.; Devereux, Paul; Leigh, Geoffrey K.; Ballard-Reisch, Deborah – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
This study examined changes in support and stress for 352 high school-age subjects at three points over a seven-month period. Questionnaire responses indicated that mothers were selected most often as primary support person. Perceptions of parental and family support were instrumental in predicting adolescents changing their nomination of support…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, High School Students
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Silverberg, Susan B.; Vazsonyi, Alexander T.; Schlegel, Alice E.; Schmidt, Sabine – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Examined variation in and relationships among delinquency, attachment to adults, optimism about occupational future, and disposition toward aggressiveness in German adolescent apprentices. Found considerable variation across the four variables. Attachment to adults predicted attitudes toward delinquency and optimism regarding occupational future.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Apprenticeships
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Eberly, Mary B.; Montemayor, Raymond – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Used the Adolescent Prosocial Behavior Inventory to explore sixth, eighth, and tenth graders' prosocial behavior toward parents as an embedded aspect of parent/adolescent relationships. Found that mothers received more prosocial behavior than did fathers. Daughters acted more prosocially than sons. Attachment had a direct and an indirect effect…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affection