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Constante, Kevin; Cross, Fernanda L.; Piceno, Viviana; Medina, Michael A.; Rivas-Drake, Deborah – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Expecting discrimination in one's future occupation is known to have negative implications for adolescents' career pathways. However, little is known about how such discriminatory expectations emerge. The current contentious sociopolitical climate toward immigrants, especially those of Latinx heritage, has contributed to heightened discrimination…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Adolescents, Racial Discrimination, Ethnic Groups
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Matsuyama, Yusuke; Subramanian, S. V.; Fujiwara, Takeo – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
Higher education increases the likelihood of a healthy and successful life. This study investigated the association between relative deprivation and aspiration for college education in adolescents in Japan. The data of the 2016 survey of the Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the twenty-first Century, a nationwide birth cohort study following…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Adolescents, Poverty, Academic Aspiration
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Green, Darlene; Karafa, Kacie; Wilson, Stephanie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
The Dual-Process Model of grieving suggests that oscillation between negative and positive emotions occurs throughout the grieving process. If either negative or positive emotions are overly emphasized the grieving process could be stymied. To determine how art therapy can support this model, this study evaluated changes in positive and negative…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Grief, Death, Coping
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Liddle, Melissa; Sonnentag, Tammy L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Children with developmental disabilities require more medical experiences than typically-developing children and struggle to cooperate with healthcare encounters. Adaptive care plans, delivered by child life specialists, are individualized patient-centered plans created to address the challenges that children with developmental disabilities…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Developmental Disabilities, Patients
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Caqueo-Urízar, Alejandra; Mena-Chamorro, Patricio; Atencio-Quevedo, Diego; Flores, Jerome; Urzúa, Alfonso – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This study aimed to evaluate the association between learning difficulties and self-esteem in adolescents in northern Chile. The study sample comprised 116 students aged 13-17 years from government-subsidized schools. The Child and Adolescent Assessment System (SENA) was used to measure the variables considered in this study. The results showed…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Adolescents, Learning Problems, Predictor Variables
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Marshall, S. Alexandra; Driver, Nichola; Allison, M. Kathryn – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
Despite a national decline in teenage pregnancy rates, Arkansas continues to have one of the highest rates in the USA. More teenagers in the state reported not using any method of contraception (20%) compared to the USA (13.8%). National-level research suggests that misinformation and lack of awareness about contraception is prevalent. This study…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Parents, Attitudes
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Korn, Liat; Haynie, Denise L.; Luk, Jeremy W.; Sita, Kellienne; Simons-Morton, Bruce G. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Prevention of early age initiation of cannabis use is a national priority, highlighting the importance of identifying cannabis-specific attitudes, norms, and perceived behavioral control in relation to initiation age. Methods: Data were from the NEXT Generation Health Study, a national longitudinal sample of US adolescents followed…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Behavior Problems, Age Differences, Marijuana
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Skrzypiec, Grace; Alinsug, Earvin; Amri Nasiruddin, Ulil; Andreou, Eleni; Brighi, Antonella; Didaskalou, Eleni; Guarini, Annalisa; Heiman, Tali; Kang, Soon-Won; Kwon, Soonjung; Olenik-Shemesh, Dorit; Ortega-Ruiz, Rosario; Romera, Eva M.; Roussi-Vergou, Christina; Sandhu, Damanjit; Sikorska, Iwona; Wyra, Mirella; Xi, Juzhe; Yang, Chih-Chien – Journal of School Violence, 2021
Research is sparse on who targets whom in peer aggression. In this study, we investigated the harm associated with the type of relationship between aggressed and aggressor with an international sample of over 5,000 students aged 11-16, living in 12 nations. Best friends and individuals with whom the respondent had no relationship were the least…
Descriptors: Aggression, Peer Relationship, Friendship, International Studies
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Pacewicz, Christine E.; Pfeiffer, Karin A.; Nuttall, Amy K.; Branta, Crystal F.; Haubenstricker, John L.; Seefeldt, Vern – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2021
Excess adipose tissue may impact the motor performance of youth. Therefore, the current study examined: (1) if adiposity influenced performance in the jump and reach and 30-yard dash; and (2) if maturation predicted motor performance. Participants (N = 267) included girls aged 8 to 16 years. Latent growth curves were used to assess changes in…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Maturity (Individuals), Females, Psychomotor Skills
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Hill, Patrick L.; Burrow, Anthony L. – Child Development Perspectives, 2021
A core attribute of the positive youth development movement has been to nullify negative perceptions of youth's capacities. Toward this end, measurement and classification systems benefit from efforts to view youth's capacities as assets contextualized by developmental potentials and opportunities. In this article, we consider this point with…
Descriptors: Youth, Intention, Quality of Life, Self Concept
Seilstad, Brian David – Multilingual Matters, 2021
This book juxtaposes superdiversity with the reality of English-centricity in the United States, set against the long-standing challenges regarding migration and language policy in the US, most recently underlined by Donald Trump's 2016 election win and subsequent aggressive and partially successful attempts to limit migration. The book explores…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Immigrants, Multilingualism, Educational History
Daniels, Denise A. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Having same-sex parents is often linked with negative effects to the well-being of children into their adult years. The reported experiences from teenagers with same-sex parents and the stressors they experience are next to nonexistent. For this study, an interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted to understand how teenagers age 13-16…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, LGBTQ People, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence
Aeniqua Burks Flowers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of social media on adolescent mental health. The study was intentional in examining the effects of social media usage on depression, self-esteem, and academic achievement. The research was completed during the fall and spring of 2020 and 2021 with 136 ninth grade students within a large…
Descriptors: Social Media, Depression (Psychology), Self Esteem, Academic Achievement
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Caitlin Lisk; Lisa Mische Lawson; Prasanna Vaduvathiriyan – Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Animal-assisted interventions are increasingly used for children with ASD to promote inclusion and quality of life but are not accessible to many families. Companion animals may provide similar benefit but have not been well-investigated within this population. This scoping review presents the state of research regarding natural-based animal…
Descriptors: Animals, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Adolescents
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Marie-Eve Boisvert-Hamelin; Delphine Odier-Guedj – Inclusion, 2021
To facilitate the learning of writing of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a setting that is inclusive, it is instructive to examine writing difficulties from a strength-based perspective by looking at the meanings students give to writing activities. This qualitative study explored the meanings and motives for writing of two…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Writing (Composition)
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