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Direct linkLansford, Jennifer E.; Zietz, Susannah; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Adolescent Development
Leer, Jane; Gassman-Pines, Anna; Djé Blé, Eric; Kainessie, Josephine; Kennedy, Catherine; Press, Sarah; Schubert, Heidi – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
This study investigated attitudes toward restrictive gender norms among adolescents in Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone (pooled N = 1,793, M[subscript age(baseline)] = 10.3, M[subscript age(follow-up)] = 11.6, 50% boys/girls). We examined individual and contextual predictors of gender attitudes, assessed change in gender attitudes over 2 years, and…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Bias, Social Attitudes
Bird, Hector R.; Shrout, Patrick E.; Davies, Mark; Canino, Glorisa; Duarte, Cristiane S.; Shen, Sa; Loeber, Rolf – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: This report provides descriptive longitudinal findings over three waves of a study designed to assess the development of antisocial behaviors in young and early adolescent Puerto Rican children at two sites. Method: Through the use of standard assessment measures, representative samples of Puerto Rican children of both genders 5 to 13…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Metropolitan Areas, Antisocial Behavior
French, Sabine Elizabeth; Seidman, Edward; Allen, LaRue; Aber, J. Lawrence – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The development of ethnic identity is a critical facet of adolescence, particularly for adolescents of color. In order to examine the developmental trajectory of ethnic identity, African American, Latino American, and European American early and middle adolescents (N=420) were assessed over 3 years. Two components of ethnic identity were…
Descriptors: African Americans, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewedDeyhle, Donna; LeCompte, Margaret – Theory into Practice, 1994
Examines the design of middle schools and cultural differences in the ways Anglos and Navajos view the stages of human development, noting interpretations of child development and their concomitant requisites for appropriate parenting. The article concludes with a discussion of the mismatch between Navajo culture and middle school planners in the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Child Rearing
Download full textLeTendre, Gerald – 1996
This study explored middle school teachers' perspectives on and expectations of adolescence and puberty, using observations and interviews of 15 teachers in two Japanese middle schools and two United States (U.S.) middle schools, as well as a survey of teachers in selected schools in both nations. Teachers in the U.S. described puberty as being…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedGay, Geneva – Theory into Practice, 1994
Examines the current status of cultural diversity in middle school education theory, suggests some developmental characteristics of young adolescents of color that are often overlooked, and proposes some ways that middle school education could be modified to be more responsive to the ethnic and cultural diversity of early adolescents. (SM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
