NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chung, He Len; Mulvey, Edward P.; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
As a group, delinquent youth complete less education and show poor academic outcomes compared to their non-delinquent peers. To better understand pathways to school success, this study integrated individual- and neighborhood-level data to examine academic functioning among 833 White, Black, and Hispanic male juvenile offenders (age 14-17) living…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Delinquency, Academic Achievement, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Fiqueira-McDonough, Josefina – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Two high schools serving the same community are compared in order to examine how control/strain variables predict delinquency in two contexts. The school context characterized by a broader definition of success, more specialized discipline, and predictable supervision was found to have lower levels of delinquency for both genders. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Delinquency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bean, Roy A.; Barber, Brian K.; Crane, D. Russell – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
Associations among three dimensions of parenting (support, behavioral control, psychological control) and measures of adolescent depression, delinquency, and academic achievement were assessed in a sample of African American youth. All data were adolescent self-reports by way of school-administered questionnaires in random samples of classrooms in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Path Analysis, Metropolitan Areas, Depression (Psychology)