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Brown, Elizabeth Levine; Kanny, M. Allison; Johnson, Blake – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
A growing body of research considers the role of school settings in supporting adolescents' social-emotional and behavioral development through instructional, social, and organizational practices (Eccles & Roeser, 2009). Recent lines of inquiry have begun to investigate individual aspects of the school setting and their influence in promoting…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Educational Environment, African American Students, At Risk Students
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Crowther, E. M. – Educational Review, 1983
Essays discussing the influence of change upon the lives of English and Papua-New Guinean adolescents were analyzed. Younger adolescents saw change in relation to their own lives as immediate, direct, and brief. As age increased, so did the ability to view change comprehensively and to understand the change-stability cycle. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Change, Intellectual Development
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Protinsky, Howard; Farrier, Shirley – Adolescence, 1980
Guttman Scales were used to measure changes in four aspects of pre-adolescent and adolescent self-concept: stability of self-image, self-consciousness, self-esteem, and depressive affect. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Change
Petersen, Anne C.; And Others – 1987
Research has identified several factors which may be stressful in early adolescence, including school change, puberty, and family changes. This study used a longitudinal cohort sequential design to examine whether stressful changes in early adolescence have impact beyond early adolescence. Of the 335 sixth graders initially sampled, 169 were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents