Identifies the educational-, social-, and health-related risk-taking behavior (RTB) for children and adolescents and investigates the presence of gender- and age-related patterns. Reveals that health-related RTB is the most easily identified; educational and social RTB was greater for males while health RTB was greater for females; and involvement…

Using an ecological framework, identifies sociodemographic, family, and community predictors of mothers' satisfaction with their children's medical care. Results indicate that demographics exert little influence on satisfaction, whereas family and community stressors do influence satisfaction. Mothers reporting greater perceptions of racism and…

Reports on a recently developed scale that examined adolescents'(N=400) perceptions of their family responsibility-taking. Results indicate that adolescents who felt they assumed more family responsibility reported less depression, more intimate relationships with their parents, and higher self-esteem. Adolescents viewed family…

Twenty-four black parents from Houston were interviewed for their perspectives on nature and environmental education. Four overarching questions addressed the importance of nature, environmental concerns, environmental practices, and views toward environmental education for their children. Parents spoke of commitment to environmental issues and…

Parental activities such as attending cultural events, doing volunteer work, and socializing with friends are investigated in relation to the educational attainments of children. Differences are found between fathers' and mothers' activities and their effects on the attainments of boys and girls. Alternative explanations are considered. (EMK)

Developed a comprehensive sequential family control model to explain the effects of family functioning variables, marital relations, and parent deviant models on early adolescent delinquency. Fourteen constructs were used to build and test the model, including mother's childbearing age, socioeconomic disadvantage, family adversity, onset of…

Investigated parental academic involvement with young adolescents both at home and at school. Considered contributions of personal characteristics to at-home and at-school parental involvement, parent educational level as a moderator, and contributions of at-home and at-school parental involvement in young adolescents' school functioning. (DLH)

Investigated differences in family narratives between mothers with and those without current depressive symptoms as an indicator of family functioning. Found that Family Narrative Consortium measures of narrative coherence distinguished level of symptom severity. Found that more coherent narratives were associated with marital satisfaction,…

Three interviews, one with a Holocaust rescuer and two with Holocaust survivors, explore the lessons of the Holocaust and how they can be applied by parents, educators, and others whose work involves helping students become caring citizens of the world. The importance of family in cultivating compassion in children and how schools can teach…

Investigates the relationship between family socialization processes, focusing on adaptability, cohesion, and parent-child communication, and adolescent moral thought. Used a sample of 271 Australian adolescents and their parents. Presents the findings. The results suggest that there is a relationship between family-socialization processes and…

Explores the relationships between the patterns of participation in lifelong learning of parents and children within families. Based on a large-scale study of lifetime participation in industrial South Wales. Suggests that individual participation trajectories remain similar within families and illustrates the varied manifestations of family…

This article discusses the importance of three contextual variables in ensuring Hispanic individuals' success in learning English: (1) consideration of the impact of majority social context and attitude toward immigrants; (2) the views of the individual's family on the importance of acquiring English; and (3) classroom instructional strategies.…

Study utilizes a longitudinal data set from Sweden to test hypotheses on the inheritance of welfare benefit recipiency as indicated by reliance on means-tested social assistance. A clear intergenerational effect was observed. Effect reflects a combination of social assistance in the family of origin, children's school adjustment, and parental…

Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health found that first-generation immigrant adolescents experienced less depression and greater well-being than native-born peers of similar demographic and family background. Second-generation immigrants did not differ from native-born youth. Cultural and family protective…

Used cross-sectional data from the 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study to explore the factors affecting the educational aspirations of African American eighth graders. Results, based on a sample of 3,009 students, indicate a combination of family, community, and school characteristics has a direct effect on aspiration. (SLD)