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Messer, Lynne C.; Halladay, Corrie; Hofert, Gina; Sheppard, Barbara K. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Positive youth development emphasizes that adaptive features of adolescence may contribute to teenage pregnancy prevention. Methods: Using data from approximately 1300 seventh-ninth graders, we describe positive youth development assets (external and internal) and their association with sexual risk taking. School-, sex-, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Risk, Adolescent Development, Pregnancy
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Alexandra Sandoval; Edmond P. Bowers – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
Youth participation in community-based, structured out-of-school time programs (OST) has been found to promote positive developmental outcomes by providing youth with resources to build interpersonal relationships and essential life skills. The increasing prevalence and multiplicity of youth participation in these activities leads us to expand the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Middle School Students, Low Income Groups, Participation
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Stepien-Nycz, Malgorzata; Bosacki, Sandra; Bialecka-Pikul, Marta – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
The theory of mind (ToM) is the ability to understand mental states in others. The previous research has highlighted age- and language-dependent effects during childhood and provided inconsistent data regarding the role of gender. Notably, these variables were rarely studied simultaneously among adolescents. Accordingly, this short longitudinal…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Adolescent Development
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Kathy T. Do; Natasha Duell; Seh-Joo Kwon; Kristen A. Lindquist; Mitch J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many prosocial behaviors involve social risks such as speaking out against a popular opinion, bias, group norm, or authority. However, little is known about whether adolescents' prosocial tendencies develop over time with their perceptions of social risks. This accelerated longitudinal study used within-subject growth-curve analyses to test the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Risk, Social Bias, Adolescent Development
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Jabbari, Mahsa; Shahidi, Shahriar; Panaghi, Leili; Mazaheri, Mohammad Ali; Oberle, Eva – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
Character strengths are an important foundation for positive development and thriving in adolescence. Most research on character strengths has been conducted with youths in Western cultures. We examined character strengths in relation to positive and negative well-being indicators in a sample of Iranian youths. We investigated the reliability and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Middle School Students, Personality Traits
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Shen, Yishan; Seo, Eunjin; Walt, Dorothy Clare; Kim, Su Yeong – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
This study focused on early adolescents' stress of language brokering and examined the moderating role of family cumulative risk in the relation of language brokering to adjustment problems. Data came from self-reports of 604 low-income Mexican American adolescent language brokers (54% female; X[bar] [subscript age]= 12.4; SD = 0.97; 75% born in…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Mexican Americans, Early Adolescents, Low Income Groups
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Brass, Nicole; McKellar, Sarah E.; North, Elizabeth A.; Ryan, Allison M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
This study examined group differences by grade (fifth graders in elementary school and sixth graders in middle school) and gender in academic (behavioral and emotional engagement, academic self-concept, and worry) and socio-emotional adjustment (self-esteem, social satisfaction, social self-concept, and worry). Self-report data were collected from…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 5, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
Garbacz, S. Andrew; Zerr, Argero A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Seeley, John R.; Stormshak, Elizabeth – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
The present study examined influences of sixth-grade student-reported parent educational involvement on early adolescent peer group affiliations at seventh and eighth grade. In addition, student gender and ethnicity were explored as possible moderators. Drawn from a large effectiveness trial, participants in this study were 5,802 early adolescents…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Middle School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Gender Differences
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Zullig, Keith J.; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of School Violence, 2019
This study evaluated a brief social self-efficacy (SSE) measure among 4,122 public middle school adolescents and its association with aggressive behavior. Data analytic procedures included calculating mean ratings, standard deviations in addition to inspecting the scale's reliability, internal structure, and relationships to demographic and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Early Adolescents, Correlation, Aggression
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Kiefer, Sara M.; Just, Megan A.; Jansen, Katie – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study examined the influence of peer crowd affiliation on subsequent engagement, peer classroom support, and school belonging during middle school (N=202, 61% females). Students self-identified actual and aspiring peer crowd affiliation (Athletes, Academics, Others) in the fall, and engagement, peer support, and belonging in the fall and…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Learner Engagement, Student School Relationship, Middle School Students
Gardner, Lee Nathan – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The transition from middle school to high school continues to challenge students, parents, and schools. Parents are recognized as important influences, but the current literature provides limited information about what matters to parents and what role parents may play in determining the success of students making the transition to high school.…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Middle School Students, High School Students, Grade 8
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Okilwa, Nathern S. A. – Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2016
This study explored the experiences of middle school students, particularly focusing on the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students. For low SES middle school students, the known cumulative effects of poverty coupled with school transition and early adolescence development heighten the potential risks for school failure. By…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Predictor Variables, Parent Participation
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Capp, Gordon; Berkowitz, Ruth; Sullivan, Kathrine; Astor, Ron Avi; De Pedro, Kris; Gilreath, Tamika D.; Benbenishty, Rami; Rice, Eric – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Purpose: Adult relationships provide critical support for adolescents because of their potential to foster positive development and provide protective influences. Few studies examine multiple ecological layers of adult relationships in connection with well-being and depression. This study examines the influence of relationships from multiple…
Descriptors: Adults, Interpersonal Relationship, Well Being, Adolescent Development
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Samuels, William Ellery; Tournaki, Nelly; Blackman, Sheldon; Zilinski, Christopher – Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Executive functioning (EF) is a strong predictor of children's and adolescents' academic performance. Although research indicates that EF can increase during childhood and adolescence, few studies have tracked the effect of EF on academic performance throughout the middle school grades. EF was measured at the end of Grades 6-9 through 21 teachers'…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Middle School Students
Mills, Leila A. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This research examines the relationship between career related self-concept and dimensions of informal learning of science. The overlapping dimensions of career interest development and informal learning suggest that self-directed informal learning of science can advance individual self-concept for "possible scientific self." Possible…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Vocational Interests, Career Development, Self Concept
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