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Flynn, Megan; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This research investigated the prospective contribution of childhood maltreatment to low self-worth, low relationship quality, and symptoms during adolescence. Further, the stability and cross-lagged effects of these sequelae of maltreatment were examined over time. History of maltreatment during childhood was obtained, and youth (407 maltreated,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Self Esteem, Interpersonal Relationship, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Roberts, Megan E.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Gerrard, Meg; Weng, Chih-Yuan; Murry, Velma M.; Simons, Leslie G.; Simons, Ronald L.; Lorenz, Frederick O. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
This study investigated how early experience with racial discrimination affected the subsequent risky sexual behaviors of a diverse sample of African American youths (N = 745). The analyses focused on 3 risk-promoting factors thought to mediate the hypothesized discrimination--risky sex relation: negative affect, affiliation with deviant peers,…
Descriptors: African Americans, Youth, Structural Equation Models, Racial Discrimination
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Washington, Amy; Dunham, Mardis – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
This study compared early parenting practices and adolescent behavior to determine whether parental attachment-promoting behaviors in the first year of life were associated with psychosocial adjustment in teenagers. The mothers of 22 adolescents completed a behavioral assessment of their teenager and an inventory of their recollected parenting…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Adolescents, Child Development