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Too Much Too Soon? Non-Radical Advanced Grade Placement and the Self-Concept of Gifted Students.
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Taylor, John Wesley, V – Gifted Education International, 1998
This study investigated the relationship between advanced-grade placement and the self-concept of 600 gifted adolescents. No differences were found in any facet of self-concept between grade-advanced and non-advanced students nor in interactions of advanced status and gender and/or grade level. Caucasian students were significantly more likely to…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Adolescent Development, Age Differences
The Effect of Agency and Communality on Self-Esteem: Gender Differences in Longitudinal Data.
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Stein, Judith A.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1992
Using data for 192 males and 462 females (432 whites, 97 African Americans 64 Hispanic Americans, and 61 Asian Americans) in Los Angeles County (California), this study confirmed that during adolescence, agency-related orientation predicts heightened self-esteem for males and communal orientation predicts heightened self-esteem for females at…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks
Developmental, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Ethnic Identity among Adolescents.
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Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Lightfoot, Marguerita; Moraes, Anna; Dopkins, Steve; LaCour, Jean – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Examined ratings of components of ethnic identity by African-American Latino, Filipino, and Anglo adolescents at an integrated, ethnically balanced high school. Found nonsignificant correlations among ethnic-identity components and a three-factor solution. Correlations among components and factor structure were similar for upper and lower grades.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Interpersonal Context as an Influence on Sexual Timetables of Youths: Gender and Ethnic Effects.
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Feldman, S. Shirley; Turner, Rebecca A.; Araujo, Katy – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1999
Examined whether relationship seriousness influenced youths' sexual behaviors and attitudes. Found that interpersonal context influenced sexual timetables of whites more than other groups. Some ethnic differences in sexual timetables were diminished when sociodemographic factors were controlled. Youth generally began sexual activities with a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Asian Americans, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Close and General Friendships among African American, Latino, and Asian American Adolescents from Low-Income Families.
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Way, Niobe; Chen, Lisa – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Examined friendship among 160 African American, Latino, and Asian American ninth graders from low-income families. Found significant gender and racial/ethnic differences in the characteristics and quality of close and general friendships. Correlates of friendship quality varied across the type of friendship and across gender. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Asian Americans, Blacks
Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice. Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control.
McCord, Joan, Ed.; Widom, Cathy Spatz, Ed.; Crowell, Nancy A., Ed. – 2001
This book discusses patterns and trends in crimes committed by children and adolescents, analyzing youth crime as a subset of general crime and studying the impact of race and gender. It evaluates different approaches to forecasting future crime rates. Data come from a national panel that examined what is known about juvenile crime and its…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, At Risk Persons, Child Development, Crime Prevention