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Religious Involvement among Rural Youth: An Ecological and Life-Course Perspective.
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King, Valarie; Elder, Glen H., Jr.; Whitbeck, Les B. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Studied religious development in 365 adolescents from white, two-parent families participating in the Iowa Youth and Families Project. Found that farm youth had stronger ties to religious institutions and expressed stronger commitments to religious values than nonfarm youth. The correlates of religious change and continuity indicate that social…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Individual Development, Life Events
Elaborating Developmental Contextualism in Adolescent Research and Intervention: Paradigm Contributions from Community Psychology.
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Trickett, Edison J.; And Others – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1996
Examined shared paradigm assumptions between developmental contextualism and community psychology, including: models for understanding social context; sociocultural influences; research methods for investigating relations between people and contexts; empowerment; and ethical issues in research and intervention. Purpose was to promote discussion…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Psychology, Context Effect
Volunteerism in Adolescence: A Process Perspective.
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Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick; Beebe, Timothy; Mortimer, Jeylan T.; Snyder, Mark – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1998
Used panel study of representative community sample to compare volunteer and nonvolunteer adolescents and identify effects of volunteerism on development. Found that volunteers had higher educational plans and aspirations, grade point averages, academic self-esteem, and intrinsic motivation toward school work than did nonvolunteers. Volunteerism…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development
Longitudinal Trajectories of Self-Esteem from Early to Middle Adolescence and Related Psychosocial Variables among Rural Adolescents.
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Deihl, Laura M.; Deike, Randall C.; Vicary, Judith R. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Examined intraindividual and interindividual differences in self-esteem among 142 rural adolescents during a four-year period encompassing the transition to high school. Cluster analysis identified three distinct, divergent trajectories of self-esteem change from early to middle adolescence: (1) consistently high; (2) small increase; and (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Cluster Analysis
Dysphoric Adolescents as Young Adults: A Prospective Study of the Psychological Sequelae of Depressed Mood in Adolescence.
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Gjerde, Per F.; Westenberg, P. Michiel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1998
Evaluated the longitudinal implications of age-18 dysphoric mood in 23-year olds using a multidata, multi informant design. Findings indicated that adolescent dysphoric mood was an important predictor of psychological distress in young adults, especially in young adult women, for whom the prospective correlations of adolescent dysphoria were more…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Predicting Adolescent Mothers' Transition to Adulthood.
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Mylod, Deirdre E.; Whitman, Thomas L.; Borkowski, John G. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1997
Investigated relationships among prenatal maternal resources, perceptions about parenting, and children's temperament at 6 months, and adaptation of 90 adolescent mothers three years after the birth of their first child. Found that maternal resources uniquely predicted later maternal cognitive functioning, personal adjustment, and child abuse…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Abuse