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Seek Help from Teachers or Fight Back? Student Perceptions of Teachers' Actions during Conflicts and Responses to Peer Victimization
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Aceves, Mario J.; Hinshaw, Stephen P.; Mendoza-Denton, Rodolfo; Page-Gould, Elizabeth – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Previous research has shown that teachers' actions when addressing conflict on school grounds can shape adolescent perceptions regarding how well the school manages victimization. Our objective in this study was to determine how these perceptions influenced the likelihood that adolescent students would react to victimization scenarios by either…
Descriptors: Conflict, Adolescents, Path Analysis, Aggression
Conflict, Support and Coping as Mediators of the Relation between Degrading Parenting and Adolescent Adjustment
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Caples, Heather S.; Barrera, Manuel, Jr. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Relatively few studies have examined psychological maltreatment as a risk factor for adolescent psychopathology. This cross-sectional study evaluated mother-adolescent conflict frequency, maternal support, and avoidant coping as mediators of relations between mother's degrading parenting and adolescent conduct problems and internalizing. Analyses…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mothers, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship
Sex Differences in the Causes of Adolescent Suicide Ideation.
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Simons, Ronald L.; Murphy, Phyllis I. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
A model that incorporates both socioenvironmental and psychological factors was developed in an attempt to explain adolescent suicide ideation. A sample of 407 high school students was used to test the model. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Problems, High Schools, Models
School Context, Gender, and Delinquency.
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Fiqueira-McDonough, Josefina – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Two high schools serving the same community are compared in order to examine how control/strain variables predict delinquency in two contexts. The school context characterized by a broader definition of success, more specialized discipline, and predictable supervision was found to have lower levels of delinquency for both genders. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Community Characteristics, Delinquency
Shyness, Sociability, and Parental Support for the College Transition: Relation to Adolescents' Adjustment
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Mounts, Nina S.; Valentiner, David P.; Anderson, Katherine L.; Boswell, Michelle K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
A path model was tested in an ethnically diverse sample of 350 college students in which shyness, sociability, and parental support for the college transition were related to loneliness and friendship quality. Furthermore, friendship quality and loneliness were related to depression and anxiety. High levels of shyness, low levels of sociability,…
Descriptors: Path Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Shyness, Models
Correlates of Romantic Attachment: A Path Analysis Study.
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Shea, Judy A.; Adams, Gerald R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1984
Based on the theories of Murstein and Reiss, this study found significant relationships between physical attractiveness, need for intimacy, self-disclosure, thought about one's dating partner, and reported romantic love. Data were collected for 656 college students. Sex differences and comparisons of dating relationships of varying duration were…
Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, College Students
Reciprocal Effects between the Perceived Environment and Heterosexual Intercourse among Adolescents
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Ream, Geoffry L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
This study proposes a transactional model for the reciprocal relationship between increased likelihood of adolescent sexual intercourse and decreased connection with the perceived environment. Connection with the perceived environment is operationalized as higher problem-focused interactions with parents, lower religious attendance, and lower…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sexual Orientation, Depression (Psychology), Religion