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Adolescent Views of Time Management: Rethinking the School Day in Junior High School
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Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D.; Sindel-Arrington, Tricia – American Secondary Education, 2016
Junior high school presents a significant increase in time demands both for study and for social relationships. The students (N = 240) in grades 7 and 8 at a junior high school anonymously completed online the Time Management Poll concerning their own use of time and the way their school managed time. The 20 items in the poll allowed them to…
Descriptors: Time Management, Adolescent Attitudes, Junior High School Students, Scheduling
Single Mothers of Early Adolescents: Perceptions of Competence
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Beckert, Troy E.; Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D.; Darre, Kathryn; Weed, Ane – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine similarities and differences in single mothers' and adolescents' perceptions of parenting competencies from a developmental assets approach. A multi-source (mothers [n = 29] and 10-14-year-old adolescent children [n = 29]), single-method (both generations completed the Parent Success Indicator)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Child Rearing, Adolescents, One Parent Family
Adolescent Perception of Mothers' Parenting Strengths and Needs: A Cross-Cultural Approach to Curriculum Development for Parent Education
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Beckert, Troy E.; Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Robert D. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2007
Black, Hispanic, and White American early adolescents (N = 573) were administered the Parent Success Indicator. The performance of their mothers was rated for 60 items, included within six subscales, that consider Communication, Use of Time, Teaching, Frustration, Satisfaction, and Information Needs. Each racial group described favorable…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Information Needs, Mothers, Parent Education
African-American Fathers: Perceptions of Two Generations.
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Strom, Robert D.; Amukamara, Humphrey; Strom, Shirley K.; Beckert, Troy E.; Moore, Elsie G.; Strom, Paris S.; Griswold, Dianne L. – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Examines how African-American fathers of 10-14-year-olds view their assets and limitations as parents, and how children see the parental performance of their fathers. Independent variables entering the greatest effect on how both generations perceived parental success were: amount of time father and child spent together; having an adult at home…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Blacks, Fathers, Intermediate Grades
Black, Hispanic, and White American Mothers of Adolescents: Construction of a National Standard
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Strom, Robert D.; Strom, Paris S.; Strom, Shirley K.; Shen, Yuh-Ling; Beckert, Troy E. – Adolescence San Diego, 2004
Black, Hispanic, and White American mothers (n = 739) and adolescents (n = 806) completed the Parent Success Indicator to rate maternal performance on subscales of Communication, Use of Time, Teaching, Frustration, Satisfaction, and Information Needs. A weighted method corresponding to ethnic proportions in the American population was applied to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Racial Differences, Mothers