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Adolescent Hope as a Mediator between Parent-Child Connectedness and Adolescent Outcomes
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Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Hardy, Sam A.; Christensen, Katherine J. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
This study examines adolescent hope as a mediator between connectedness to mother and father, and positive and negative child outcomes. Participants included 489 adolescents aged 9 to 14 years (M = 11.29; SD = 1.01) and their parents from the "Flourishing Families Project", and data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Intervention, Mothers, Structural Equation Models
Sex and the Self: The Impact of Early Sexual Onset on the Self-Concept and Subsequent Risky Behavior of African American Adolescents
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Houlihan, Amy E.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Yeh, Hsiu-Chen; Reimer, Rachel A.; Murry, Velma M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
A 5-year longitudinal study of African American adolescents, aged 10 to 12 at Time 1, used the prototype/willingness (prototype) model to examine the (social) cognitive effects of the onset of sexual behavior on self-concept. Structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that becoming sexually active was related to favorable changes in adolescents'…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Sexuality, Self Concept