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Liang, Belle; Lund, Terese; Mousseau, Angela; White, Allison E.; Spencer, Renée; Walsh, Jill – Youth & Society, 2018
Scholars have differentiated other-oriented (OO) purpose (i.e., a personally meaningful life aim intended to contribute to the world beyond the self) and self-oriented (SO) purpose (i.e., a personally meaningful life aim without intention to contribute beyond the self). OO purpose is associated with adolescent thriving, yet little is known about…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Parent Child Relationship, Correlation
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Williams, Abigail B.; Ryan, Joseph P.; Davis-Kean, Pamela E.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; Schulenberg, John E. – Youth & Society, 2017
Little is known about what factors contribute to African American youth desisting from offending. Participants were 3,230 moderate- to high-risk adolescents from Washington State who completed a statewide risk assessment to assess the likelihood of recidivism. Participants were screened by juvenile probation officers between 2003 and 2010.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Youth, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency