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Chilenski, Sarah M.; Ridenour, Ty; Bequette, Amanda W.; Caldwell, Linda L. – Journal of Negro Education, 2015
Youth's free time is an opportunity for profound development of skills, attitudes and behaviors. Research on this topic has focused on middle class or White communities. The current study, conducted with an urban, low-income sample of 138 African American adolescents, examined associations between parental monitoring, support of autonomy and…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Parents, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Huebner, Angela J.; Betts, Sherry C. – Youth & Society, 2002
Investigated the utility of social control theory's attachment and involvement bonds as protective factors to examine gender differences in reports of delinquency and academic achievement. Surveys of 7th-12th graders indicated that although several of the involvement bond variables of social control theory were predictive of both delinquency and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior