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Schmidt, Jennifer A.; Shumow, Lee; Kackar, Hayal Z. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Youth who participate in service activities differ from those who do not on a number of key demographic characteristics like socio-economic status and other indicators of risk; and most studies demonstrating positive outcomes among service participants employ small non-representative samples. Thus, there is little evidence as to whether the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Participation, Community Services, At Risk Persons
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Fanti, Kostas A.; Demetriou, Chara A.; Kimonis, Eva R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Callous-unemotional traits are believed to be a childhood precursor to psychopathy, and among youth with conduct problems they designate those showing a particularly severe, stable, and aggressive pattern of antisocial behavior. Youth with callous-unemotional traits are a heterogeneous population and, analogous to adults with psychopathy, research…
Descriptors: Risk, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Antisocial Behavior
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Marceau, Kristine; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Lichtenstein, Paul; Reiss, David – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
The literature consistently shows an association between pubertal maturation and internalizing problems in girls. The association for boys is less clear. The present study examines genetic and environmental influences on the association between pubertal maturation and internalizing problems for boys and girls in two primarily Caucasian adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Twins, Intervention, Females
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Al-Yagon, Michal – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Investigation of the role of adolescents' patterns of close relationships with significant adults may be of particular interest in populations with learning disabilities ("LD") during adolescence, because attachment relationship variables may act as risk or protective factors during this developmental period when trajectories are set that can lead…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Mothers
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Mrug, Sylvie; Borch, Casey; Cillessen, Antonius H. N. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Adolescents' friendships with other-sex peers serve important developmental functions, but they may also facilitate engagement in problem behavior. This study examines the unique contributions of other-sex friendships and friends' behavior to alcohol use, smoking, and initiation of sexual intercourse among late adolescent girls and boys. A total…
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Network Analysis, Drinking
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Montague, Marjorie; Cavendish, Wendy; Enders, Craig; Dietz, Samantha – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate the trajectories of behavioral problems for a sample of predominately minority adolescents (n = 212, 91% African-American and/or Hispanic, 45% boys, 55% girls) in a large, urban school district and to determine the impact of parental and peer relationships, gender, and risk status on their development…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Behavior Problems, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Fleming, Charles B.; Catalano, Richard F.; Haggerty, Kevin P.; Abbott, Robert D. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
While prior research has examined family, school, and peer factors as potential predictors of problem behavior, less attention has been given to studying when these factors are most predictive of problems and if and when changes in these factors signal risk. Using annual data on a community sample of 1,040 individuals (47% female; 81% White), this…
Descriptors: Crime, Late Adolescents, Risk, Adolescents
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Lewin-Bizan, Selva; Lynch, Alicia Doyle; Fay, Kristen; Schmid, Kristina; McPherran, Caitlin; Lerner, Jacqueline V.; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Although the positive youth development (PYD) model initially assumed inverse links between indicators of PYD and of risk/problem behaviors, empirical work in adolescence has suggested that more complex associations exist between trajectories of the two domains of functioning. To clarify the PYD model, this study assessed intraindividual change in…
Descriptors: Race, Pacific Islanders, American Indians, Adolescents
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Chen, Wan-Yi – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Exposure to community violence can seriously threaten healthy adolescent development. This longitudinal study examines the relationship between exposure to violence in the community and the internalizing behaviors of Asian American and African American adolescents. Data analyzed was from 901 adolescents (57.9% female and 42.1% male, and 84.7%…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cultural Pluralism, African Americans
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Gavazzi, Stephen M.; Lim, Ji-Young; Yarcheck, Courtney M.; Bostic, Jennifer M.; Scheer, Scott D. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Greater empirical attention directed toward gender-sensitive assessment strategies that concentrate on family-specific factors is thought to be both timely and necessary, especially with regard to outcome variables associated with mental health and substance abuse in at-risk adolescent populations. A sample of 2,646 court-involved adolescents was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Substance Abuse, Females, Structural Equation Models
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Vazsonyi, Alexander T.; Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth; Young, Maureen A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
The current study provides new information on the etiology of adolescent problem behaviors in African American youth by testing the importance of known predictors, namely parenting measures (monitoring, support, and communication), peers, and neighborhood characteristics across rural and non-rural developmental contexts. More specifically, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Rural Areas, African Americans, Context Effect
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Harris, Irving D.; Howard, Kenneth I. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1984
In an effort to measure adolescents' perception of parental criticism, a questionnaire covering 18 criticizable behaviors or attitudes was administered to high school students. Gender differences were examined as were the relationship between perceived criticism and self-image and the differential impact of criticism in the context of parental…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Attitude Measures, Behavior Problems, Generation Gap