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Hafen, Christopher A.; Allen, Joseph P.; Mikami, Amori Yee; Gregory, Anne; Hamre, Bridget; Pianta, Robert C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Student engagement is an important contributor to school success, yet high school students routinely describe themselves as disengaged. Identifying factors that alter (increase) engagement is a key aspect of improving support for student achievement. This study investigated students' perceptions of autonomy, teacher connection, and academic…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Educational Practices
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Moilanen, Kristin L.; Shaw, Daniel S.; Fitzpatrick, Amber – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine relations among maternal regulatory support, maternal antagonism, and mother-son relationship quality in relation to boys' self-regulation during early adolescence. As part of a larger longitudinal study on 263 low-income, ethnically diverse boys, multiple informants and methods were used to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Early Adolescents
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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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O'Connor, Meredith; Sanson, Ann; Hawkins, Mary T.; Letcher, Primrose; Toumbourou, John W.; Smart, Diana; Vassallo, Suzanne; Olsson, Craig A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This article responds to recent calls for a focus on successful development in young people and examination of its developmental precursors, in order to identify potentially modifiable targets for interventions. The current study examined child and adolescent precursors of positive functioning in emerging adulthood, including individual…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Young Adults, Family Relationship, Adolescents
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Crocetti, Elisabetta; Klimstra, Theo; Keijsers, Loes; Hale, William W., III; Meeus, Wim – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The aim of this five-wave longitudinal study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety and adolescent identity development. Participants were 1,313 adolescents who annually completed measures of anxiety and identity. Growth Mixture Modeling (GMM) analyses demonstrated that the adolescent population was best typified by two latent growth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation
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Hughes, Diane; Hagelskamp, Carolin; Way, Niobe; Foust, Monica D. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The current study examined relationships between adolescents' and mothers' reports of ethnic-racial socialization and adolescents' ethnic-racial identity. The sample included 170 sixth graders (49% boys, 51% girls) and their mothers, all of whom identified as Black, Puerto Rican, Dominican, or Chinese. Two dimensions of ethnic-racial socialization…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Socialization, Mothers, Racial Identification
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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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Magusson, David; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
The role of biological maturity in behaviors in adolescents which most often are considered as negative by adults was investigated for a normal group of girls. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Biological Influences, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing
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Waterman, Alan S.; Archer, Sally – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Three studies assessed the relationship between expressive writing (poetry writing and journal keeping) and ego identity development among high school and college students. Poetry writers were more likely to be in the identity achiever status. No differences were found between students keeping personal journals and those who had not. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Descriptive Writing, Developmental Stages, Diaries
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Graber, Julia A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Warren, Michelle P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The present investigation examines mediated pathways from pubertal development to changes in depressive affect and aggression. Participants were 100 white girls who were between the ages of 10 and 14 (M=12.13, SD=0.80); girls were from well-educated, middle-to upper-middle class families, and attended private schools in a major northeastern urban…
Descriptors: Puberty, Females, Depression (Psychology), Aggression
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Bailey, Susan L.; Hubbard, Robert L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1991
A longitudinal sample of 3,454 urban and rural school students in grades 6 through 8 at baseline was used to examine developmental changes in peer factors and their influence on marijuana initiation. Friends' drug-related behaviors, rather then attitudes, were more strongly related to respondents' likelihood of initiating drug use. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Drug Abuse, Friendship, Longitudinal Studies
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St. Clair, Sally; Day, H. D. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
To test the hypothesis that adolescent females who are high in ego identity have high interests in religious and political values, the relationship between the ego identity status of 80 senior high school females and their response to a survey of values was examined. Results partially supported the hypothesis. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Family Influence, Females
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Andersson, Tommy; Magnusson, David – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990
The relationship between biological maturation, as evidenced by skeletal growth, during adolescence and the development of drinking habits and alcohol abuse was studied for a representative group of Swedish males (N=88). Early and late maturers had more advanced drinking habits at age 14 years than did normally maturing subjects. (TJH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Biological Influences