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From Work to Self: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Meaning of Occupational Identity Exploration to Adolescents with Self-Regulatory Failure
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Schultz, Todd W. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Adolescents typically use the self-regulation skills that they develop earlier in childhood to explore their identities. However, some adolescents do not develop self-regulation skills for a variety of reasons. Identity formation and self-regulation could develop concurrently for adolescents with self-regulatory failure as they explore a valued…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Failure, Self Management, Professional Identity
Familism as a Predictor of Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Developmental Outcomes for Adolescents in Armenian American Immigrant Families
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Ghazarian, Sharon R.; Supple, Andrew J.; Plunkett, Scott W. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2008
We investigated associations between familism, parent-adolescent relationships, and developmental outcomes for a sample of 97 Armenian adolescents in immigrant families. Our results suggested that adolescents emphasizing family needs over their own were more likely to report conformity to parents' wishes, respect for parental authority, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Parents, Values, Immigrants
Understanding Youth: Adolescent Development for Educators
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Nakkula, Michael J.; Toshalis, Eric – Harvard Education Press, 2006
Adolescent development research and theory have tremendous potential to inform the work of high school teachers, counselors, and administrators. "Understanding Youth" bridges the gap between adolescent development theory and practice. Nakkula and Toshalis explore how factors such as social class, peer and adult relationships, gender…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, High School Students, Theory Practice Relationship, Social Class
Family Learning Environment: The Subjective View of Adolescent Males and Females.
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Seginer, Rachel – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
This study investigated six differences in the effects of parents' educational expectations and relationship with parents on 105 young Israeli adolescents. Results showed differences in both aspects of family learning environment, including a negative relation for females and a positive relation for males between realistic expectations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Expectation, Females
Modeling Mexican Americans' Educational Expectations: Longitudinal Effects of Variables across Adolescence.
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Trusty, Jerry; Plata, Maximino; Salazar, Carmen F. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2003
This study used a national sample of Mexican Americans to develop structural equation models of the effects of 4 eighth- grade latent variables on educational expectations 6 years later. Findings indicated that parents' influences had a strong positive effect on educational expectations at late adolescence. Parents' influence dominated effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development
Academic Motivation of Adolescents. Adolescence and Education Series.
Pajares, Frank, Ed.; Urdan, Tim, Ed. – 2002
Academically motivated students engage their schoolwork with confidence and interest, are less likely to drop out of school, suffer fewer disciplinary problems, and are more resilient in the face of setbacks than less motivated students. This book presents the work of numerous scholars of adolescent academic motivation and represents the varied…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development
Frontiers in Strength-Based Treatment
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Laursen, Erik K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
"Reclaiming Children and Youth's" guest editor introduces this special issue on promising practices employing strength-based approaches to education and treatment. If we are serious about the commitment to "leave no child behind," then we must be able to cultivate strengths in all children and families. This article surveys the strengths…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Social Work, Outcomes of Treatment, Counseling Techniques