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Peer reviewedKowaleski-Jones, Lori – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 2000
Using merged data on adolescents (N=860), research looks at how community resources affect adolescent risk-taking attitudes and problem behavior. Determined that among high-risk adolescents, selected community resources have significant associations with adolescent outcomes. Residential stability decreases both adolescent risk-taking attitudes and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Resources, Family Environment, High Risk Students
Family Strengths and Youth Behavior Problems: Analyses of Three National Survey Data Bases. Summary.
Download full textMoore, Kristin A. – 1993
This document summarizes research on the utility of family strength constructs to predict adolescent behavior problems. Three national survey and interview databases were analyzed for this study, the National Longitudinal Study of Youth-Child Supplement (NLSY-CS), the National Survey of Children (NSC), and the National Survey of Families and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Family Characteristics
Peer reviewedMcCluskey, Cynthia Perez; Tovar, Stephanie – Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 2003
Drew on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to compare impact of family processes on delinquency in Latino, White, and African American youth. Found that parent attachment, supervision, and involvement predicted delinquency for whites. Supervision was the only significant family influence for Latinos, and attachment to parents was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis
Sugland, Barbara W. – 1996
This study explored the relationship between perceived educational opportunities and the likelihood of first birth among young women. Data came from the first five waves (1979-1983) of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. A cohort of 1,747 females, 14 to 16 years of age at the first interview, who had not experienced a birth prior to the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Black Students
Tanner, Julian; Davies, Scott; O'Grady, Bill – 1999
Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) were used to identify the long-term effects of youth delinquency on education and employment. The study utilized data on 1,452 males and 1,397 females who were initially interviewed for the NLSY in 1979 and data collected on the same sample in 1990-1992. The 1990-1992 data set contained…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Crime, Delinquency, Educational Attainment
Lochner, Lance – 1999
A dynamic model of decisions to work, invest in human capital, and commit crime was developed and examined. By making all three activities endogenous, the model explains why older, more intelligent, and more educated workers tend to commit fewer property crimes of some types than others. The model includes the following predictions: (1) policies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Crime
