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van Geel, Mitch; Vedder, Paul – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This study examined the role of family obligations and school adjustment in explaining immigrant adolescents' adaptation. Despite a relatively low socio-economic status, immigrant adolescents have been found to have a pattern of adaptation superior to that of national adolescents. Immigrant adolescents' strong sense of family obligations and…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Economic Status, Adolescents, Student Adjustment
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West, Malcolm; Rose, M. Sarah; Spreng, Sheila; Sheldon-Keller, Adrienne; Adam, Kenneth – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1998
The Adolescent Attachment Questionnaire, an assessment of attachment characteristics in adolescents, was developed and validated with a normative sample of 691 adolescents and 133 adolescents in psychiatric treatment. Internal reliability and agreement for the 91 sample members who completed the scale twice were adequate. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Evaluation Methods
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Phelps, Susan B.; Jarvis, Patricia A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1994
Reported stressors and patterns of coping strategies of 484 high school students were studied through their responses on the COPE Inventory and other measures. Results support the measure's internal consistency but suggest significant gender differences and four factors among the subscales. Implications for the instruments' use with adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Coping, Educational Assessment