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Are Ethnic Minority Adolescents at Risk for Problem Behaviour? Acculturation and Intergenerational Acculturation Discrepancies in Early Adolescence
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Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
The present study investigated the adjustment of Indian adolescents living in Britain as well as the links between parents' and adolescents' acculturation styles and the adolescents' problem behaviours. The sample consisted of 68 young adolescents (31 Indian and 37 English) between the ages of 10 and 13, and their mothers and fathers. Mothers,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Acculturation, Early Adolescents
Mother- And Father-Child Mutuality in Anglo and Indian British Families: A Link with Lower Externalizing Problems.
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Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004
We observed mother- and father-child dyadic mutuality (responsiveness, interaction reciprocity, and cooperation), and its association with child behavior problems, in a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of 125 male (51%) and female 7-to-9-year-old children. Dyadic mutuality and positivity were coded from in-home videotaped structured…
Descriptors: Indians, Child Behavior, Behavior Problems, Parent Child Relationship
Internalising and Externalising Problems in Middle Childhood: A Study of Indian (Ethnic Minority) and English (Ethnic Majority) Children Living in Britain
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Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison; Barrett, Martyn – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
The psychological adjustment of ethnic minority children has received little research attention, particularly in Britain. The present study set out to investigate the adjustment of Indian children living in Britain as well as the adjustment of their English peers. The sample consisted of 125 children (66 Indian and 59 English) between the ages of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students, Acculturation, Minority Group Children
Do Risk Factors for Problem Behaviour Act in a Cumulative Manner? An Examination of Ethnic Minority and Majority Children through an Ecological Perspective
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Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison; Deater-Deckard, Kirby – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Extensive research has identified risk factors for problem behaviour in childhood. However, most of this research has focused on isolated variables, ignoring possible additive influences. The purpose of this study was to examine whether risk factors for problem behaviour act in a cumulative manner, and to investigate whether cumulative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Ethnic Groups, Risk
Why Do Ethnic Minority (Indian) Children Living in Britain Display More Internalizing Problems than Their English Peers? The Role of Social Support and Parental Style as Mediators
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Atzaba-Poria, Naama; Pike, Alison – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
The purpose of this paper was to examine explanatory mechanisms of differences in children's internalizing problems between ethnic minority (i.e., Indian) and ethnic majority (i.e., English) children living in Britain. Fifty-nine English children (31 girls) and 66 Indian children (30 girls), and their parents constituted the sample of this study.…
Descriptors: Females, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Parent Child Relationship