MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'The Journal of Early Adolescence' source. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350014&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F2%2F305%3Frss%3D1 This study seeks to establish the relevance of middle school students’ naïve beliefs about knowledge and learning in science to their achievement motivation in this domain. A predominantly Hispanic and lower-income sample of 459 middle school students (sixth through eighth grades) completed measures of epistemic beliefs along with several measures of motivation. Results indicated that a belief that scientific knowledge develops and that justification is necessary to valid knowledge in science were positively related to mastery goals, task value, and self-efficacy. Epistemic beliefs were also found to predict science grades over and above the contributions of motivational factors. Surprisingly, an uncritical acceptance of authority figures and a belief in scientific knowledge as ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350014 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350013&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F2%2F277%3Frss%3D1 Cross-sectional studies suggest that assets are associated with youth abstinence, but whether these relationships are constant across developmental age groups has not been shown. Data for this study were obtained from two independent datasets collected across a 2-year period using in-person, in-home interviews of youth (52% female; 44% Caucasian, 23% Hispanic, 23% African-American, 10% other) and their parents (N = 2163 youth/parent pairs). Eighty-eight percent of teens aged 12-14 and 58% of teens aged 15-17 reported no sexual intercourse. Individual logistic regression models for assets and abstinence found 5 youth assets with significant adjusted odds ratios for both age groups: Non-Parental Adult Role models; Family Communication; Use of Time (Religion); Responsible Choices; and Peer Ro... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350013 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350012&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F2%2F246%3Frss%3D1 Elliot and McGregor’s (2001) 2 x 2 model of achievement motivation (mastery approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach and performance-avoidance) was used among 143 Latino adolescents to examine how achievement motivation changes over time, and whether perception of academic climate influences eventual academic outcomes. A series of hierarchical regressions revealed that perception of a task-focused academic climate moderated the association between mastery-approach achievement motivation and teacher-rated academic outcomes. A Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (RM-ANOVA) also revealed that eighth graders reported an increase in mastery-approach achievement motivation and task-focused academic climate as they transitioned to high school. Findings suggest 1) that perception... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350012 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350011&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F2%2F225%3Frss%3D1 Network position (isolate , member, liaison), peer-group substance use, and their interaction were examined as predictors of cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use in a sample of 163 urban sixth, seventh, and eighth graders.Two measures of peer substance use were compared: one based on social network analysis (SNA), the other on perceptions of use. Results varied by substance. For cigarettes, network position and the interaction between position and peer-group use predicted use in the model using SNA to measure peer use. Liaisons were most likely to smoke, but isolates’ and members’ smoking was significantly associated with peer smoking. For alcohol, perceptions of peer-group alcohol use predicted individual use. For marijuana, peer-group use and the interaction between position... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350011 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350010&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F2%2F205%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the temporal ordering of global self-esteem and appearance satisfaction across the early adolescence transition, from age 10 to age 14, as well as the independent associations of self-esteem and appearance satisfaction on self-reported dieting at age 14. Participants were 130 firstborn European American adolescents (40% girls). Adolescents who were less satisfied with their appearance at age 10 reported declines in self-esteem from age 10 to age 14. Adolescents with lower global self-esteem at age 10 did not decline in appearance satisfaction. Girls, adolescents with higher body mass index scores at age 10, and adolescents who were less satisfied with their appearance at age 14 all reported more frequent dieting at age 14. Implications for etiological and intervention m... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350009&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F2%2F204%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350009 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:52:51 +0100 3350009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148874&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F171%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the factorial invariance and construct validity equivalence of a self-report of victimization and exclusion (SVEX) for Latino and European American early adolescent participants (fifth and sixth grades; mean age 11.3).The instrument included an expanded set of relational victimization items that more thoroughly tapped exclusion behaviors relevant to developmental and cross-cultural use. Confirmatory factor analyses techniques demonstrated acceptable (partial) factorial invariance across ethnic groups, fifth and sixth graders, and across gender. Linkages between the SVEX scores, peer nominations, internalizing indices, and three demographic variables also supported construct validity equivalence for the SVEX. Findings supported a two-factor model similar to that of Crick... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148874 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148873&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F138%3Frss%3D1 The present study investigated the role of theory of mind (ToM) skills in three forms of involvement in bullying: ringleader bullying, defending the victim(s), and victimization. Individual (affective empathy) and interpersonal variables (social preference and perceived popularity) were assumed to moderate the associations between ToM and the ways of being involved in bullying. Moderation effects by gender were also explored. Participants were 211 primary school pupils (average age = 10 years and 2 months, SD = 6 months), who took part in a ToM interview and filled in self- and peer-report questionnaires on empathy, social status, and involvement in bullying. ToM skills were positively linked to defending, and among boys this association was further strengthened by social preference. Pract... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148873 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148872&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F122%3Frss%3D1 Because the mechanism of harm used in social aggression generally involves the manipulation of peer relationships, it is important to consider its social correlates. The current article uses social dominance theory as a frame to review developmental research on social aggression perpetration and three indicators of social position: sociometric status, perceived popularity, and social network position. Consistent with social dominance theory, social aggression is positively associated with indicators of social position that reflect influence in the peer hierarchy (i.e., perceived popularity and social network position). However, these behaviors are also negatively associated with indicators of social position that reflect likeability (i.e., sociometric status), suggesting that they are not ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148872 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148871&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F102%3Frss%3D1 The current study examined social dominance and peer victimization as possible intervening and moderating variables of the association between peer liking and relational aggression because previous findings suggest that social dominance and peer victimization are important for predicting the acceptableness and success of aggression. A total of 367 5th- and 6th-grade students from Quebec, Canada, completed peer ratings of their classmates on measures of peer liking, relational aggression, social dominance, and peer victimization. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses demonstrated that peer victimization worked as a mediator and a moderator, such that victimization explained the link between peer liking and relational aggression, and that this association was only significant at high lev... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148871 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148871 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148870&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F76%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated the independent and interacting effects of classroom-level embeddedness (i.e., hierarchical vs. egalitarian) and classroom density on the perceived popularity and social preference of aggressive and victimized 3rd-4th grade students (N = 881). A cohesive blocking procedure was used to compute embeddedness. Multilevel analyses indicated that aggressive children achieved much higher perceived popularity in hierarchical classrooms with high density. While children with high victimization scores were unpopular across classrooms, they were least unpopular in egalitarian classrooms with high density. Furthermore, aggressive children were more disliked in low-density classrooms, and victimized children were more disliked in hierarchical classrooms. Implications for educati... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148870 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148869&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F50%3Frss%3D1 Drawing on social dominance theory and the contact hypothesis, we developed and tested a two-mediator model for explaining gender differences in early adolescents’ attitudes toward gay males and lesbians. Data from more than 400 ninth graders were analyzed. As predicted, gender differences in attitudes toward gay males were partially explained by social dominance orientation (SDO) and knowing a gay male. Gender differences in attitudes toward lesbians were partially mediated by SDO, while knowing a lesbian was not a mediating variable. Beyond their mediating roles, both SDO and knowing a member of the target group each significantly added to the prediction of attitudes toward each target group. Implications for policies to reduce victimization of sexual minorities in schools are disc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148869 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148868&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F27%3Frss%3D1 This study conducted among Christian, Muslim, and nonreligious early adolescents living in the Netherlands used intergroup theory for examining religious group evaluations. There was evidence for a religious group divide with a third of the Christian and nonreligious participants explicitly indicating negative feelings toward Muslims, and Muslim children having negative feelings toward Christians, nonbelievers, and Jews. Furthermore, the Muslim early adolescents had high religious in-group identification and higher identification was associated with more negative feelings toward nonbelievers and Jews. In addition, the results show that increased opportunities in school for contact between early adolescents from different religious and nonreligious groups contributes to more positive group ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148868 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148867&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 This article briefly reviews these articles and presents original data that examine microcontextual characteristics (i.e., context of specific events) of sixth and ninth graders’ peer victimization. Students completed daily reports on 5 school days across 2 weeks. Adolescents’ experiences were mostly public (i.e., witnessed by another individual) and perpetrated by a single student from the same grade. Adolescents were unlikely to receive help from others (less than half the time when a witness was present). Ninth-grade data suggest that friends are the most likely witnesses to help the target. Strangers to the target never intervened or tried to help. These findings are discussed in light of implications for prevention and intervention. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescenc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148867 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3148866&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3148866 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:19 +0100 3148866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966933&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F898%3Frss%3D1 This study compares levels of bullying others, victimization, and aggressiveness in native Norwegian and immigrant adolescents living in Norway and shows how bullying is related to proactive and reactive aggressiveness. The sample consists of 2,938 native Norwegians (1,521 girls, 1,417 boys) and 189 immigrant adolescents (97 girls, 92 boys) in school grades 8, 9, and 10. Data were collected via self-assessments. Structural equation models were conducted separately for girls and boys in both groups. The levels of victimization, reactive and proactive aggressiveness were the same for both native Norwegians and immigrant adolescents but there was a significant difference in the levels of bullying others. Compared with the native Norwegians, immigrant adolescents were found to be at higher ris... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966933 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966932&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F862%3Frss%3D1 School bullying has negative implications for adolescent academic competence, making it important to explore what factors promote such competence for adolescents who bully and who are bullied. Potential contextual and individual variables linked to academic competence were examined in the context of bullying. Data were derived from the Grades 5 and 6 of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a national longitudinal investigation of adolescents in the United States that began in 2002. Longitudinal random effects hierarchical regression analyses with a subsample of 620 adolescents indicated that being a bully negatively impacted academic competence beyond demographic background, including sex and maternal education, and prior year academic competence. Concurrent random effects hierarch... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966932 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966931&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F839%3Frss%3D1 This study examined associations among early adolescent romantic relationships, peer standing, problem behaviors, and gender as a moderator of these associations, in a sample of 320 seventh-grade students. Popular and controversial status youth were more likely to have a romantic partner, whereas neglected status youth were less likely to have a romantic partner. Similarly, youth perceived as conventional and unconventional leaders were also more likely to have a romantic partner than were non-leaders. Youth who had a romantic partner drank more alcohol and were more aggressive than were youth who did not have a romantic partner. Among those youth who had romantic partners, those who reported having more deviance-prone partners were themselves more likely to use alcohol and to be more aggr... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966931 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966930&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F826%3Frss%3D1 The current study investigates linear and curvilinear associations between overt aggressive behavior and the adolescents’ reports of the quality of their friendships over time. Moderation by gender was also investigated. The sample consisted of 246 boys and 253 girls from the sixth and seventh grades of a large public middle school. Findings suggested a curvilinear association between aggression and friendship quality for boys such that nonaggressive and highly aggressive boys tended to perceive their relationships with friends more positively than did boys who exhibited moderate levels of overt aggression. In contrast, a negative linear association was found between aggression and friendship quality for girls. These findings provide evidence that the association between friendship q... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966930 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966929&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F800%3Frss%3D1 The current study examines latent growth models of parental knowledge of boys’ behavior from ages 10 to 15, and whether earlier child or family characteristics are related to intercept and growth in parental knowledge. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study on the precursors of antisocial behavior, 288 boys completed interviews at ages 10, 11, 12, and 15 years. Boys’ reports started low, increased and plateaued at age 12. High levels of maternal responsivity in early childhood were associated with a high initial status in knowledge. Growth was predicted only by high levels of boys’ prior externalizing problems. Results are discussed with respect to differences in factors that predict initial status versus growth in parental knowledge during the transition to adolescence... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966929 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966928&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F6%2F773%3Frss%3D1 By focusing on school-based behaviors, this study examined the validity of a lay assumption that peers match, and even surpass, parents in terms of their importance as socialization agents by early adolescence. Self-reported academic and social behaviors, peer group norms, and perceived parent values were assessed among fourth, sixth, and eighth graders (n = 364). Results indicated academic and social behaviors, and perceived peer group norms for each, were more negative among older youth than younger youth. Sixth and eighth graders also reported parents valuing social behaviors less than fourth graders, although perceptions of parent values of academic behaviors remained high for all grades. Regression findings suggested perceived parent values predict academic and social behaviors at eac... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966928 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2966927&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F6%2F772%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2966927 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:29 +0100 2966927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800138&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F743%3Frss%3D1 This study examines how attachment to mother and father predicts worries about academic demands and relationships with teachers generated by the transition from elementary to middle school through its contribution to adolescents’ emotional problems (depression and anxiety). The study sample includes 626 young adolescents (289 boys and 337 girls) in sixth grade who completed the Security Scale to assess security of attachment to their mothers and fathers. The results of analyses based on structural equation modeling showed that attachment to mother predicts adolescents’ teacher-academic worries about the middle school transition through anxiety symptoms. These results are discussed in light of the literature on attachment theory, emotional problems during adolescence, and the co... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800138 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800137&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F718%3Frss%3D1 Possible differences between childhood-limited antisocial youth and their stable high-antisocial counterparts were examined. Children were 11 years old at wave 1 (T1) and 13.5 at wave 2 (T2). At both waves, the same parent, teacher, and self-reports of antisocial behavior were used. Stable highs and childhood-limited antisocial youth differed somewhat in family and individual background. Stable highs had less effortful control, perceived more overprotection, had a higher level of familial vulnerability to externalizing disorder, and lived less often with the same parents throughout their lives than the childhood-limited group. Both groups had similar levels of service use before T1, but after that period, the childhood-limited youth received more help from special education needs services ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800137 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800136&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F693%3Frss%3D1 We extended past research that focused on the relation between family conflict and preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms. In a sample of 160 11- to 12-year-olds, we examined whether private religious practices moderated the relations between family conflict and preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms. Although preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms were not significantly associated with their private religious practices, preadolescents’ private religious practices moderated the relations between: (a) both mother- and preadolescent-reported family conflict and preadolescents’ anxiety symptoms; and (b) both mother- and preadolescent-reported family conflict and preadolescents’ depression symptoms. The relation between family conf... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800136 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800135&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F664%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the longitudinal relationship of early elementary predictors to adolescent depression 7 years later. The sample consisted of 938 students who have been part of a larger longitudinal study that started in 1993. Data collected from parents, teachers, and youth self-reports on early risk factors when students were in 1st and 2nd grade were compared to adolescent self-reported depression 7 years later. Regression analyses were conducted with each risk factor separately and combined, while also examining gender and the gender x risk factor interaction. Results showed that the risk factors predominately in the individual characteristic group (depression, anxiety, and antisocial behavior) were predictive of depression 7 years later. Gender differences among the longitudinal ri... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800135 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800134&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F638%3Frss%3D1 Parents’ role in children’s ethnic identity development was examined among 95 immigrant Chinese families with young adolescents living in Canada. Children reported their feelings of ethnic identity and perceptions of parental family obligation expectations. Parents reported their family obligation expectations; parents and children reported on parenting practices. Mothers’ expectations, but not fathers’, were positively associated with children’s feelings of ethnic identity. This relation was mediated by children’s perceptions of parental expectations, suggesting that children must first perceive their parents’ expectations for these expectations to influence their ethnic identity. More positive parenting practices were related to stronger feelings... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800134 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800133&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F5%2F617%3Frss%3D1 Perceived similarity of personality in same-sex friends was examined in a sample of 124 adolescents (63 girls). Adolescents rated themselves and a nominated friend (n = 42 reciprocated, 82 non-reciprocated dyads) on developmentally relevant personality items assessing autonomy, prosociality, and responsive caregiving. Results from hierarchical linear modeling and multiple regression analyses generally supported predictions: Greater perceived similarity was marginally positively associated with more favorable ratings of friendship quality and significantly negatively associated with conflict ratings in the friendship. Adolescents in reciprocated friendships rated themselves as more similar in personality and more positive in friendship quality than did non-reciprocated dyads. A mediational ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800133 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800132&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F5%2F616%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800132 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2800132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580018&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F571%3Frss%3D1 The present study examines the mechanisms by which students' perceptions of family and school experiences moderate the association between their emotionality and their habitual involvement in bullying and victimization. The authors hypothesize that students with internalizing and/or externalizing difficulties are less likely to be categorized as bullies and/or victims if they report coming from more cohesive and adaptable families and attending schools characterized by higher adult monitoring, lower levels of aggression and disorder, and higher levels of school bonding. Home and school environments in which these characteristics are less evident to students were expected to exacerbate the likelihood of being bullies and/or victims. Middle school youth (N = 2,506) and their teachers complet... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580018 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580017&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F541%3Frss%3D1 Contributions of parental involvement in educational pursuits as well as math teachers' classroom behavior to students' motivation and performance in math were investigated. By the end of the first school term, 365 Slovene eighth graders reported on their parents' academic involvement (pressure, support, and help) and their math teachers' behavior in the classroom (support, academic press, and mastery goal). During the second term, the students filled-in the questionnaires on their motivational beliefs about math, and at the end of the school year, their final math grade was obtained from school records. Both of the social contexts significantly predicted students' outcomes. Students' perceptions of math teachers' behavior were predictive of both motivational beliefs and achievement in mat... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580017 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580016&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F518%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the extent to which antisocial behavior, parenting, and school connectedness moderated the association between peer deviancy in preadolescence and externalizing problems in early adolescence. The participants included 500 boys and girls, most of them African Americans. Peer deviancy was measured with teacher reports of aggressive-disruptive behavior for classmates identified by target children as friends. Parents provided information on parenting practices (nurturance and harsh and inconsistent discipline) and children's antisocial behavior. Children reported on their school connectedness and externalizing behaviors (delinquency and substance use) in preadolescence and early adolescence. Externalizing problems in early adolescence were associated with preadolescent exte... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580016 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580016 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580015&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F497%3Frss%3D1 The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high levels of self-control consistently decrease aggressive and delinquent behavior in the subsequent 6 months follow-up intervals. Results for the total sample do not support the hypothesis that self-control is influenced by previous levels of aggression or delinquency. For boys, the partial evidence found indicates reciprocal effects of self-control and delinquency. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580015 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580014&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F476%3Frss%3D1 The current study tested models to determine the extent to which self-worth and social goals mediate the influence of ethnic identity on aggression among aggressive European and African American preadolescents. Ethnic identity emerged as important for both groups, but in different ways. Different patterns of influence of ethnic identity and of mediation were found for the European and African American preadolescents. Ethnic identity was found to mediate the relation between self-worth and preadolescents' aggressive behavior for European Americans, and ethnic identity and dominance/revenge-oriented social goals resulted in direct main effect nonsignificant trends when predicting aggression for African Americans. Implications are discussed for ethnic identity in aggressive preadolescents. (S... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580014 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580013&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F4%2F449%3Frss%3D1 This study addresses the development of health-related behavior during childhood and adolescence and the protective influence of an authoritative parenting style. The study is based on two samples followed from Grades 2 through 5 and from Grades 4 through 7. The first sample consisted of 432 second graders with a mean age of 7.9 years at the beginning of the study, while the second sample consisted of 366 fourth graders with a mean age of 10.1 years. Later health behavior showed substantial correlations to previous health behavior over a 3-year interval. Moreover, there was an increase of favorable health behavior during elementary school and a decrease in the subsequent age periods. The slope for negative health behavior showed an inverted pattern. The level of this general trend was sign... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580013 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580012&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F4%2F448%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580012 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2580012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414360&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F3%2F426%3Frss%3D1 This study examines patterns of organized activity and their concurrent association with academic achievement, problem behavior, and perceived adult support in a sample of urban, early adolescent, middle school students (mean age = 13.01; N = 2,495). Cluster analyses yielded six activity profiles: an uninvolved group ( n = 775, 31.1%), a multiply involved group (n = 247, 9.9%), a sports group (n = 469, 18.8%), a church group (n = 486, 19.5%), a school and community clubs group (n = 278, 11.1%), and a community clubs and sports group (n = 240, 9.6%). These profiles are differentially associated with academic achievement, problem behavior, and adult support. While some form of organized activity is generally associated with more positive outcomes, the school and community and community and s... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414360 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414359&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F3%2F405%3Frss%3D1 The first aim of the present study was to examine associations between different aspects of adolescent friendship relations (i.e., frequency of contact with friends, trust in friends, and perceived friends' deviance) on one hand, and adolescent problem behavior and self-esteem on the other hand. The second aim was to determine whether the findings hold for adolescents from three different ethnic groups and for boys and girls. A sample of 508 Dutch, Turkish, and Moroccan adolescents living in the Netherlands filled in a battery of questionnaires at school. Having contact with deviant friends was the strongest contributor to both aggressive and delinquent problem behavior. Trust in friends was the strongest contributor to self-esteem. In general, gender differences were more pronounced than ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414359 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414358&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F3%2F376%3Frss%3D1 This investigation examined associations between early adolescents' relationships with parents and teachers and indicators of school-adjustment. Participants were primarily students of color (91% Latino) in a low-income urban environment, and analyses were conducted to examine the relative contributions of parent-child and teacher-student relationships to school adjustment among these youth. Findings indicated that parent-child relationship quality accounted for a significant portion of the variance in student-rated school engagement, school competence, and standardized achievement in reading. Teacher-student relationship quality accounted for a significant amount of variance in student-reported engagement, grades in language arts, grades in mathematics, and mathematical achievement. Uncle... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414358 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414357&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F3%2F357%3Frss%3D1 This study considers the importance of interactive effects of peer victimization and pubertal status during the early adolescent period. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414357 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414356&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F3%2F333%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the stress-buffering roles of coping and social support in reducing the likelihood of bullying in response to stress. Students in Grades 5-7 (N = 312) completed questionnaires assessing stress levels (daily hassles, stressful events), coping strategies (active, avoidance, distraction, support seeking), social support (from peers, family, teachers), and bullying. Consistent with previous research, correlational analyses indicated that stress is significantly related to self-reported bullying but not to peer-assessed bullying. Regression analyses revealed that family support moderated and distraction coping amplified the stress-bullying relationship. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414356 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414355&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F3%2F332%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414355 Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2414355 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299365&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F307%3Frss%3D1 This study prospectively examines gender differences in the relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. One hundred thirteen 11-to 14-year-old middle school students complete questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms and three dimensions of anxiety (worry and oversensitivity, social concerns and concentration, and physiological anxiety) as well as total anxiety symptoms at an initial assessment and 1 year later. Total anxiety and worry and oversensitivity symptoms are found to predict later depressive symptoms more strongly for girls than for boys. There is a similar pattern of results for social concerns and concentration symptoms, although this does not reach statistical significance. Physiological anxiety predicts later depressive symptoms for both boys... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299365 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299364&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F285%3Frss%3D1 In this study, the authors hypothesized a role of neighborhood social capital. Data on 11-year-olds were obtained from the baseline measurements of a family cohort study (n = 328). The data had a cross-level structure: neighborhood level, school level, and individual level. After including individual-level confounders, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and social cohesion were not associated with school achievement in boys or girls. However, lower levels of neighborhood informal social control were associated with lower school achievement scores in boys only. In boys, a wider social environment that contributes to obedience to norms and values may be conducive to superior educational achievement. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299364 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299363&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F258%3Frss%3D1 Groups of adolescents were identified on the basis of developmental trajectories of their families' rules and their parents' knowledge of their activities. Characteristics of the adolescent, peer antisociality, and family context were tested as antecedents. In sum, 404 parent-adolescent dyads provided data for adolescents aged 10-16. Most adolescents were classified into groups characterized by low levels and reductions in family rules over time. However, low socioeconomic status and residence in unsafe neighborhoods increased membership in the group characterized by consistently high levels of family rules. Most adolescents were assigned membership in groups characterized by relatively stable moderate-to-high levels of parental knowledge of their activities. However, greater externalizing... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299363 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299362&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F233%3Frss%3D1 This study examines characteristics of young adolescents who experience self-care, associations between self-care and academic achievement, and whether associations of self-care with academic adjustment vary by child, family, or community characteristics. Using data from the nationally representative 1999 National Household Education Survey, hierarchical log-linear models assessed how self-care was associated with several academic and behavioral measures for 9- to 13-year-olds. Overall, more self-care was significantly associated with lower academic performance and with school behavior problems, although those associations varied by gender, parent-child communication, and whether young adolescents in self-care also participated in some supervised out-of-school activities. Findings are disc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299362 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299361&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F212%3Frss%3D1 The relationships among communication, modeling, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors in preadolescent girls were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 69 girls in fourth through sixth grade and their mothers. Participants completed questionnaires assessing familial and peer influences, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors. Positive communication was significantly more frequent than negative communication; however, only negative communication was associated with body image dissatisfaction and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses suggested negative communication was associated with body image dissatisfaction, whereas modeling was associated with maladaptive eatin... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299361 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299360&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F2%2F177%3Frss%3D1 The present study was designed to investigate trajectories of identity development and their relationship to family functioning in a sample of Hispanic adolescents and their primary caregivers. Two hundred fifty adolescents completed measures of identity coherence and confusion and of family functioning, and parents completed measures of family functioning. Significant variability over time and across individuals emerged in identity confusion, but not in identity coherence. As a result, the present analyses focused on identity confusion. Changes in adolescent-reported, but not parent-reported, family functioning were significantly related to changes in identity confusion. Follow-up analyses suggested that family functioning primarily influences identity confusion in early adolescence, but ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299360 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2299359&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F2%2F176%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2299359 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2299359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106371&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F142%3Frss%3D1 This longitudinal study linked concepts of familism and social capital to investigate emotional support and educational guidance from parents, siblings, friends, and teachers in predicting Latino early adolescents' math grades during their transition from elementary school to junior high. Thirty-one Latino youth were interviewed twice and their school transcripts analyzed. Youth reported that parents and siblings provided the most support and guidance across these years, followed by friends, and to a lesser extent, teachers, who primarily helped with homework. However, only families' support, guidance, and income predicted math grades. Implications for research, policy, and practice highlight immigrant Latino families with modest schooling as resources and how Latino youth draw resources f... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106371 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106370&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F122%3Frss%3D1 As the U.S. Latino population continues to diversify, it is necessary to understand their experiences of minority status and its implications for well-being. The present cross-sectional study investigates early adolescents' perceptions of public regard for their ethnic group and perceptions of the extent to which opportunity is differentiated by their socioeconomic background (perceived socioeconomic stratification). A comparative approach is taken to examine the extent to which the experiences of Dominican American youth (n = 103) mirrored those of their Black American peers (n = 129). For all youth, more positive public ethnic regard is associated with fewer somatic symptoms, whereas more perceived socioeconomic stratification is associated with more somatic symptoms. For Black youth, in... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106370 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106369&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F99%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the associations among parent-child relationship characteristics, acculturation and enculturation, and child externalizing symptoms in a sample of 40 Latino parent-adolescent dyads. Specifically, the associations between parent-child relationship characteristics (i.e., communication and parental involvement) and adolescents' externalizing symptoms are examined. Also examined is whether the relationship between these two aspects of the parent-child relationship and adolescent functioning would be moderated by acculturation and enculturation differences between parents and their children. Significant relationships are found among parent-child communication, parental involvement, and child externalizing behaviors; however, neither the acculturation nor enculturation gap mo... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106369 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106368&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F71%3Frss%3D1 This study examined behavioral and emotional adjustment in family contexts in which there was high versus low demand for adolescents to serve as language brokers in a sample of 73 recently immigrated Latino families with middle-school-aged adolescents. Language brokering was conceptualized as a family process rather than merely an individual phenomenon. Multiple agents were used to assess language brokering and parent and youth adjustment. Results indicated that those in high language brokering contexts, compared with those in low language brokering contexts, demonstrated higher levels of family stress, lower levels of parenting effectiveness, and poorer adolescent adjustment in terms of academic functioning, socioemotional health, and substance use. The findings are particularly important... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106368 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106367&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F43%3Frss%3D1 Youth's social relationships at school and at home have been shown to predict a wide variety of school outcomes, such as behavior at school and academic performance. Specifically, relationships with teachers, parents, and peers have all been shown to affect student performance. The current study utilized data collected from 848 Latino middle school students to examine direct and indirect linkages of students' relationships with teachers, parents, and friends with student outcomes. Structural equation models revealed that teacher support was associated with both student behavior and satisfaction with school and was indirectly associated with time spent on homework and grades. Parental support, friend support, friends' school behavior, and parental monitoring of educational issues were direc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106367 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106366&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F16%3Frss%3D1 This study examined interactive relations between adolescent, maternal, and paternal familism values and deviant peer affiliations in predicting adolescent externalizing problems within low-income, Mexican-origin families (N = 598). Adolescent, maternal, and paternal familism values interacted protectively with deviant peer affiliations to predict lower levels of externalizing problems according to two independent teacher reports. These relations were not found with parent reports of adolescent externalizing problems although these models showed a direct, protective effect of maternal familism values. Consistent with the view that traditional cultural values are protective for Latino adolescents, these results suggest that supporting familism values among Mexican-origin groups is a useful ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106366 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106365&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F29%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 This article reflects on the state of the literature with respect to Latino early adolescents. An overview of the studies included in the special issue is provided and their unique contributions to the field are discussed. The article closes with directions for future research on Latino early adolescents, which include utilizing assessments from multiple informants, accounting for the diverse demographic characteristics of Latinos (e.g., linguistic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity), and focusing more prominently on resilience and how Latino adolescents' culturally related strengths may minimize the negative effects of commonly experienced stressors. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106365 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2106364&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F29%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2106364 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2106364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941879&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F4%2F583%3Frss%3D1 Following suggestions from prior research, this 2-wave longitudinal study examined whether parental solicitation and control influenced adolescents' later perceptions of privacy invasion. Data from 307 Dutch adolescents were tested with structural equation modeling (SEM). Differences in adolescents' invasion perceptions were examined in terms of gender and the quality of interactions with parents. Parental control influenced later invasion perceptions among adolescents reporting higher quality interactions with parents, particularly among males. Parental solicitation also predicted perceptions of invasion. Results are discussed in terms of Kerr and Stattin's (2000) reinterpretation of parental monitoring, gender differences, the dialectical tension between openness and closedness in family... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941879 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941878&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F4%2F555%3Frss%3D1 Using a three-wave longitudinal design, the present study examined adolescents' cognitive appraisals and coping strategies following exposure to interparental conflict and their long-term symptoms of emotional and behavioral distress. Participants were 252 adolescents (122 boys, 130 girls; ages 11 to 12 years in the 1st year of the study), their parents, and their teachers. Controlling for initial symptom levels (Time 1), the proposed theoretical model linked parent reports of interparental conflict at Time 1 (1999) to children's appraisals of self-blame and threat relating to marital conflict at Time 2 (2000) and their coping strategies as indexed by proactive mediation, avoidance, overinvolvement, and masking behavior at Time 3 (2001). Children's appraisals and coping strategies were in ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941878 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941877&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F4%2F528%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relationship between overt and relational peer victimization and depression in a sample of predominantly Mexican American students in Grades 3 through 5 in a Southwestern U.S. school district. Acculturation level was assessed and included as an independent variable along with gender and grade (a proxy for age). Fifty six percent of eligible students participated. Chi-square analyses found no differences in rates of overt or relational victimization or on depression scores by age, gender, or level of acculturation. Victims (all types combined) had more depressive symptoms than did nonvictims. Relational victimization was the only significant predictor of depressive symptoms in a regression analysis. Acculturation, gender, and grade did not predict depression in this ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941877 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941876&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F4%2F503%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the relation between conflict resolution styles in parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent delinquency. Questionnaires about conflict resolution styles were completed by 284 early adolescents (mean age 13.3) and their parents. Adolescents also completed a questionnaire on delinquency. Hierarchical regression analyses show that combinations of adolescents' and parents' conflict resolution styles are significantly related to delinquency. In adolescent-father relationships, the demand-withdraw pattern was found to be related to delinquency, and in adolescent-mother relationships the interaction characterized by mutual hostility was found to be related to delinquency. The results stress the interdependence of adolescents and parents in conflict resolution and demonst... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941876 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941875&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F4%2F477%3Frss%3D1 This study examined (a) the unique contribution of mothers' involvement in their children's organized activity, fathers' involvement in the activity, social integration in the activity peer group, and social support from the activity leader on youth adjustment and (b) the moderating effects of youths' gender and prior adjustment on these associations. The dimensions of adjustment included academic achievement, problem behaviors, depressive symptoms, and persistence of participation. Study participants were 115 youths (59% girls; X = 13.39). Participation in organized activities and the interpersonal relationships within these activities were assessed in the 7th grade. The dimensions of adjustment were measured both in Grades 6 and 7. Altogether, the findings revealed few main effects of th... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941875 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1941874&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F28%2F4%2F476%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1941874 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1941874 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624086&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F455%3Frss%3D1 This study examined rates, correlates and an interpersonal model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among a sample of 508 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Questionnaires assessing NSSI, related health-risk behaviors, and relationships with parents were administered two times over an 11-month period. Overall, 7.5% reported engaging in NSSI within the past year with no significant differences across genders, ethnicities, or grade. Those engaging in NSSI were more likely to report having smoked cigarettes, taken drugs, and engaged in maladaptive eating behaviors. Consistent with an interpersonal model, those engaging in NSSI reported significant increases in the quality of their relationships with fathers over time. Clinical implications include considering the role of family members in eff... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624086 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624085&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F428%3Frss%3D1 To explore the link between interparental hostility and adolescent problem behaviors, the current study examines four important maternal parenting dimensions as potential mediators: acceptance, harshness, inconsistency, and psychological intrusiveness. With a primary sample of 1,893 sixth-grade students, the measures included adolescent and teacher reports. Structural equation modeling revealed that each parenting construct partially mediated both internalizing and externalizing adolescent problems. Harshness was the strongest mediator for adolescent externalizing. Psychological intrusiveness and low maternal acceptance were the strongest mediators for adolescent internalizing. Inconsistency linked similarly to both internalizing and externalizing. Stronger linkages were found in families ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624085 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624084&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F405%3Frss%3D1 This study explores the link between peer problems in school and contextual variations in negative mood and state self-esteem over a 5-day period. Fifth-grade children completed measures of mood and state self-esteem while they were at home in the morning and while they were at school each day, allowing for an examination of whether psychological states change from context to context and whether these changes are influenced by types of peer events that children report experiencing at school. Results indicated that children who experienced more peer problems at school showed, on average, a shift toward more negative mood and lowered state self-esteem from mornings at home to afternoons at school during the week of data collection. Peer problems were also associated with higher levels of neg... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624084 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624083&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F375%3Frss%3D1 This study used self-report symptom inventories administered in school classrooms to examine relations among gender, psychological symptoms, stress, and coping in 1,200 low-income African American urban early adolescents. Girls reported more symptoms than boys, accounted for by higher internalizing symptoms. Boys reported more stress than girls, particularly major events, controllable events, exposure to violence, and sexual stressors. Boys in gangs reported greater exposure to sexual stressors than non-gang members. Expressing feelings coping, used more by girls, was related to more symptoms and is posited to be a type of co-rumination. Rumination coping, used as a primary strategy by both boys and girls, was related to higher symptom levels. Risk to low-income African American boys from ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624083 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624082&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F356%3Frss%3D1 This study compares predictions from the Hopelessness Theory of depression (Abramson, Metalsky, & Alloy, 1989) with the Response Styles Theory of depression (RST; Nolen-Hoeksema, 1987) with data obtained from a preadolescent sample (ages 9 to 13 years). Three hundred ten preadolescents completed self-report measures of stress, sense of control, rumination, and depressive symptoms. Neither rumination nor perceived control moderated the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms. However, path models revealed that perceived control was a more powerful mediator of the relationship between stress and depressive symptoms than rumination. Rather than having a direct impact on depressive symptoms, rumination exerted an indirect effect by predicting lowered perceived control. Overall,... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624082 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624082 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624081&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F3%2F333%3Frss%3D1 This study used dominance analysis to examine the relative importance of ninth grade, Mexican-origin adolescents' perceptions of academic support from significant others (i.e., mothers, fathers, teachers, and friends) in relation to aspects of academic success. Self-report and school record data were collected from 216 Mexican-origin adolescents living in intact families. The results revealed that teachers' academic support was the most salient predictor of academic satisfaction and grade point average for both female and male students. Academic support from the opposite-sex parent explained the most variation in academic motivation. Academic support from friends was least important in explaining academic outcomes. Implications for schools and educators are presented. (Source: The Journal ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624081 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624081 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1624080&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F28%2F3%2F332%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1624080 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1624080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357389&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F304%3Frss%3D1 Discriminant function analysis assessed the predictive relevance of nine characteristics measured in sixth grade for differentiating among social identities claimed 4 years later by 616 participants in the Michigan Study of Life Transitions. For females, the first discriminant function, associated with academic motivation, self-esteem, and appearance, accounted for 47% of between-group variability, and the second (sports competence and social skills) accounted for 36%. For males, the first discriminant function (academic ability and self-concept of appearance, in opposite directions) accounted for 54% of variability, and the second (sports competence) accounted for 30%. Findings suggest that differences among individuals with particular high school social identities predate adolescence and... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357389 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357388&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F277%3Frss%3D1 Annual survey data on 776 students from sixth through ninth grade were used to examine the relationships among after-school activities, misbehavior in school, and delinquency. The social development model hypothesizes that antisocial behavior in one developmental time period leads to less involvement in activities and interactions that have positive socializing influence in the next developmental time period. Although the overall correlations between structured activities and both misbehavior in school and delinquency did not indicate strong protective influences of structured activities, results of a cross-lagged model that adjusted for prior activity and behavior patterns provided support for the hypotheses. However, antisocial behavior did not predict involvement in activities across th... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357388 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357387&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F252%3Frss%3D1 The present study includes externalizing problems, internalizing problems, mother-adolescent relationship quality, and father-adolescent relationship quality in the same structural equation model and tests the longitudinal reciprocal association among all four variables over a 1-year period. A transactional model in which adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems are negatively related to the quality of adolescents' relationships with their parents and relationship quality is related to internalizing and externalizing problems is hypothesized. Moderation by gender, ethnicity, and parental marital status is also investigated. The sample consists of 246 boys and 253 girls from the sixth and seventh grades of a large public middle school. The study's final model suggests a longitu... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357387 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357386&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F230%3Frss%3D1 Although previous research has examined correlates of running away among samples of currently homeless and runaway adolescents, little is known about what factors will predict the likelihood that a housed adolescent with no prior history of running away will leave home. As such, the current study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine predictors of running away among a diverse sample of housed adolescents ages 12 through 13. Results indicate that socioeconomic status, being African American or Hispanic, and monitoring were significantly predictive of a decrease in the mean rate of running away in midadolescence. In contrast, being female, neighborhood victimization, personal victimization, school suspension, and delinquency all significantly increased the expected freque... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357386 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357386 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357385&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F206%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the hypothesis that effective parental influence stems from the qualities of the parent-adolescent relationship rather than from explicit efforts to alter adolescents' behaviors. Adolescents' versus parents' perceptions of parental influence as predictors of parent-adolescent relationship quality and of adolescents' social functioning are examined using observational and multireporter data obtained from a sample of 167 adolescents (90 female, 77 male; age M = 13.34 years, SD = 0.65), their parents, and their same-sex peers. Analyses revealed that adolescents' and parents' perceptions of parental influence were uncorrelated with one another and were differentially related to qualities of adolescents' relationships with parents and friends. Adolescents' perceptions of hig... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357385 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357384&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F2%2F185%3Frss%3D1 This article longitudinally examines pathways of antisocial behavior among predominantly African American adolescents residing in inner-city, poor neighborhoods. Data were collected from 354 youth (ages 12 through 15) in an ongoing longitudinal study designed to identify the life-course trajectories of behaviors and associated developmental outcomes in inner-city youth. Growth mixture modeling was used to classify antisocial behavior trajectories, which identified three distinct developmental trajectories of antisocial behavior: high starter, incremental, and steady. Understanding developmental trajectories of antisocial behaviors is important in that it informs prevention and intervention efforts, particularly for high-risk youth populations. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357384 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1357383&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F28%2F2%2F184%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1357383 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1357383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167931&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F153%3Frss%3D1 In this study, the authors examined the ways in which mothers and fathers scaffold conversations about past emotional events with their preadolescent children. Narratives of positive and negative shared family events were coded for parental expression and explanation of emotion, and these variables were related to measures of children's developing self-esteem and emotional and behavioral adjustment 2 years later. Overall, mothers express and explain more emotion than do fathers, and maternal expression and explanation of emotion within family narratives is generally related to positive self-esteem and adjustment in sons and daughters. However, paternal expression and explanation of emotion within family narratives generally appears to be related to poorer self-esteem and adjustment for son... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167931 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167931 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167930&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F115%3Frss%3D1 This study examines relations between early adolescent girls' well-being, achievement, and emerging identities. Variable-centered results showed that girls' moral and student identities were the strongest predictors of their achievement, whereas their moral, student, physical, and peer identities predicted their well-being. Person-centered results delineated four subgroups of girls based on their profiles of well being and achievement. The largest group of girls (46%) was characterized by well being and positive school achievement and had balanced adult- and peer-oriented identities. The second largest group (35%), characterized by emotional distress and average school achievement, had positive student and negative physical and peer identity representations. The third group (12%), characte... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167930 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167929&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F92%3Frss%3D1 This study also demonstrates that ethnicity is an important factor in identity status research, as significant effects for the relational (particularly parental) support variables varied between the ethnic groups. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167929 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167928&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F70%3Frss%3D1 A 5-year longitudinal study of African American adolescents, aged 10 to 12 at Time 1, used the prototype/willingness (prototype) model to examine the (social) cognitive effects of the onset of sexual behavior on self-concept. Structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that becoming sexually active was related to favorable changes in adolescents' self-concepts and that this effect was moderated by gender. The effect was more pronounced among boys than girls. Positive self-concept, in turn, was related to subsequent risky sexual behavior. Sexual onset was also associated with positive changes in adolescents' images of the typical adolescent who has sex (i.e., sex prototype). This increase in prototype favorability marginally predicted subsequent willingness to have risky sex. In sum, sexual d... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167928 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167927&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F51%3Frss%3D1 The authors assessed the emergence of a South African identity among Black, Colored (mixed ancestral origin), White (predominantly English speaking), and Indian adolescents participating in a birth cohort study called "Birth to Twenty" in Johannesburg, South Africa. They examined young people's certainty of their self-categorization as South African; the centrality of their personal, racial, linguistic, and South African identities in their self-definition; and their perceptions of South African life and society today. These results reflect a historical opportunity for full citizenship and national enfranchisement that the end of apartheid heralded for Black and Colored individuals. Black and Colored youth tend to be more certain about their South African-ness, have a more collective ident... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167927 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167926&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F16%3Frss%3D1 The current longitudinal study tested the premise that Latino adolescents' (N = 323) proactive coping with discrimination would mediate the relationship between ethnic identity and self-esteem. Each component of ethnic identity (i.e., exploration, resolution, and affirmation) was positively associated with concurrent assessments of adolescents' self-esteem. However, in the longitudinal analyses, none of the ethnic identity components predicted future levels of self-esteem. Ethnic identity resolution was the only ethnic identity component to predict proactive coping over time. Furthermore, proactive coping did not mediate the relationship between ethnic identity and self-esteem. However, there was evidence to suggest that the association between proactive coping and self-esteem was bidirect... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167926 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167925&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F28%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 This article reviews contemporary issues in the study of self and identity and introduces the special issue. Particularly highlighted are the need to integrate the various currents in self and identity, the need to study the role of context in the development of self and identity, research on self and identity in ethnic minority and international populations, and studies of national identity. The article concludes with recommendations for future research on self and identity. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167925 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167924&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F28%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167924 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1167924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962243&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F545%3Frss%3D1 Children and adolescents of immigrant and non-English proficient parents often translate for their parents and other adults, a practice known as language brokering. The personal and emotional impact for adolescents of having to language broker for parents is not well understood. Ninety-eight Mexican American 7th graders (female = 47, male = 49, and did not state = 2) answered a questionnaire about their language brokering experience, their emotions experienced when language brokering, their level of self-esteem, and problems within the family. Participants who had more problematic family relations had higher ratings of negative emotions such as feeling angry, anxious, ashamed, calm, embarrassed, nervous, obligated, scared, uncomfortable, and worried when language brokering. Self-esteem rel... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962243 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962242&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F509%3Frss%3D1 This article presents findings from a study of the role of prior childhood adversity in the pubertal narratives of 16 African-American and White girls, defining adversity as the experience of stressful circumstances (e.g., abandonment, abuse) or psychological states (e.g., depression) that influence the experience of later life events, relationships, and self-perception. A majority of the girls reported such adversity, explaining that it either trivialized the problems typically ascribed to early puberty or demanded early maturity, particularly adult female roles, which consequently affected their adjustment to early pubescence. The author discusses the implications of childhood adversity for the salience of early puberty, examining the ways these identity features intersect to blur the st... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962242 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962241&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F479%3Frss%3D1 This study examined gender differences in the interactions early adolescent students report having with significant others following academic failure and the consequences of these interactions for student worry. The 5th- through 8th-grade students ( N = 297) reported on their general strategies for coping with academic failure, the nature of their everyday interactions with family members and friends following failure, and their levels of academic worry. Gender differences emerged in students' reports of their postfailure interactions and the consequences of these interactions for student worry. The findings are consistent with evidence that girls' interactions are more supportive than boys' interactions but that these seemingly supportive interactions may lead to some negative rather than... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962241 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962240&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F457%3Frss%3D1 Commitment and attachment to school and perception of school norms were examined in a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to determine whether bullies, victims, bully victims, and students who reported no or low levels of bullying and victimization differed in their level of bonding to school and their perceptions of standards and expectations for behavior in the school environment (protective factors). Risk factors for bullying were also examined. Results of a discriminant analysis demonstrated differences among the groups on the measures of risk and protective factors and perception of school norms. The grouping of variables differentiated between the comparison group and the bully, victim, and bully victim groups on a dimension of healthy functioning indicated by low risk for b... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962240 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962239&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F431%3Frss%3D1 The activities and self-direction allowed after school provide children in different countries with distinct developmental opportunities that promote culturally valued orientations and outcomes. Fourth-grade children in Bulgaria, Taiwan, and the United States (countries with contrasting social values and expectations) reported their usual activities during each after-school hour on 2 weekdays and 1 weekend day. The children also reported whether the activities were self-chosen or chosen by an adult. There were considerable differences in the reported activity patterns, with particular contrast between the American and the Taiwanese children. Compared to American children, Taiwanese reported spending more time in academic and extracurricular pursuits and less time in playing, reading for fu... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962239 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962238&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F4%2F405%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relationships of adolescent acculturation orientations to adolescent and parent reports of family functioning and behavior problems in a sample of 338 Hispanic families. Acculturation orientations are derived from the model proposed by Berry. Results indicate that integrated adolescents, who both maintain heritage culture practices and adopt receiving culture practices, reported the highest levels of parental involvement, positive parenting, and family support and that assimilated adolescents, who adopt receiving-culture practices and do not retain heritage culture practices, reported the greatest levels of aggressive behavior. Implications for intervention, as well as benefits of using a bidimensional model to evaluate the relationships of acculturation to individu... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962238 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=962237&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F27%2F4%2F404%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=962237 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 962237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776564&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F386%3Frss%3D1 Self-reports of grade at first menstrual period for 1,967 fourth-grade through ninth-grade girls were used to categorize girls as early maturers. The categories of early maturer and other (on-time or late maturers) were then examined for stability over a 3-year period using McNemar tests and coefficients. Although the results showed significant stability, 15% through 20% of the early maturing girls were eventually reclassified into the other category. This was true for Hispanic, Black, and White girls as well as for 1-, 2-, and 3-year time spans. Implications for measuring menarcheal timing and its effects are discussed. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776564 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776564 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776563&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F363%3Frss%3D1 According to Blatt and Zuroff's 1992 specific vulnerability hypothesis, individuals high in self-criticism or dependency will likely exhibit increases in depressive symptoms following negative achievement and interpersonal events, respectively. The hopelessness theory hypothesizes a distinct subtype of depression, hopelessness depression, with a unique symptom profile. Recent evidence suggests a possible link between dependency or self-criticism and hopelessness depression. The present study examined whether early adolescents with high levels of self-criticism and/or dependency are vulnerable to developing hopelessness depression symptoms following negative events congruent with their personality predispositions. Seventy-nine seventh grade children completed questionnaires assessing self-c... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776563 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776562&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F346%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relationships between social network position and the use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and inhalants in a sample of 1,119 sixth-grade youth. Social network analyses of peer nominations were used to categorize youth as members of social groups, liaisons between groups, or social isolates. The results revealed that liaisons were more likely to use tobacco than members or isolates and were more likely to use alcohol than isolates. Youth in the three social positions did not differ on their use of marijuana or inhalants. The findings are discussed with reference to previous social network research on adolescent relationships and substance use. The effects of gender, ethnicity, and residence location on substance use also are reported. (Source: The Journal of Early Ad... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776562 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776562 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776561&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F324%3Frss%3D1 This study aimed to generalize and extend research on identity styles among early adolescents in the Netherlands. The study investigated associations between perceived parent-adolescent relations and identity-processing styles among 13-year-old adolescents and the role identity styles played in mediating relationships between parent-adolescent relations and the identity commitments early adolescents held and the levels of self-regulation they exercised. Associations between perceived parent-adolescent relations and a normative style were positive and those with a diffuse-avoidant style were negative. Parental information solicitation was related to information-style scores. All three styles were related to identity commitments and self-regulation. Linkages with the normative style were pos... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776561 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776560&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F296%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relation between self-restraint and exposure to violence (witnessing violence and victimization) in predicting increased frequencies of aggression and drug use among an ethnically diverse sample of sixth graders attending four rural middle schools (n = 913). Lower levels of self-restraint predicted higher rates of witnessing violence and victimization, but neither witnessing violence nor victimization was related to changes in self-restraint over time. Indirect effects of self-restraint on aggression and drug use were found through increased witnessing violence and victimization. Gender differences were tested using multiple-group structural equation modeling, and for all models, a constrained model in which paths and correlations were fixed to be equal for boys and... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776560 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776559&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F3%2F269%3Frss%3D1 Global self-worth and five domains of self-esteem (scholastic competence, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, social acceptance) were tested for measurement equivalence in a sample of Anglo American, Mexican American, African American, and Native American youth aged 9 through 14 years. The results revealed that global self-worth and scholastic competence showed strong factorial invariance in all groups, and the remaining self-esteem domains showed strong factorial invariance in some of the groups. Functional equivalence analyses revealed that the relations between self-esteem and two developmental outcome variables, conduct disorder and attitudes toward substance use, were similar in groups in which strong factorial invariance was established. Implications for mul... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776559 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776558&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F27%2F3%2F268%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776558 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 776558 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560103&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F2%2F241%3Frss%3D1 This article specifically focuses on the use of Photovoice as a promising way to engage youth in social change as they take photos capturing strengths and issues in their environment and use these as the basis of critical dialogue and collective action plans. Adding to a growing body of information on using Photovoice, this article reports how early adolescents in the YES! afterschool program experienced the Photovoice process, moving from photography and writing to initiate group-designed social action projects. Recommendations are offered for others engaged in empowerment work with early adolescents. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560103 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560101&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F2%2F223%3Frss%3D1 Prior research has found that proactive and reactive aggression differentially relate to many variables, including peer relations. However, no research has examined the relation between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency, an important proximal predictor of adolescent antisocial behavior. The current study examined the relationship between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency in a 2-year longitudinal study of 77 children ranging from 9 through 12 years of age (X = 10.85). Of interest was whether proactive and/or reactive aggression predicted changes in peer delinquency, and whether peer delinquency predicted changes in proactive and/or reactive aggression. Results indicated that reactive aggression was associated with increases in peer delinquency and p... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560101 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560099&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F2%2F192%3Frss%3D1 Discussion focuses on how relationship quality moderates the impact of maternal employment and household work on young adolescent well-being. Implications for further research on children's household work are considered. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560099 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560099 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560097&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F2%2F175%3Frss%3D1 This investigation examined the extent to which homophobic victimization predicted multiple indicators of psychological and social distress for middle school students (n = 143) during a 1-year assessment period. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that homophobic victimization significantly predicted increased anxiety and depression, personal distress, and lower sense of school belonging in males and higher levels of withdrawal in females after controlling for previously reported levels of each variable. Results suggest that being the target of homophobic victimization has significant psychological and social consequences for students, although differentially for males and females. Although use of such content may occur within peer groups and appear to be harmless banter between fri... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560097 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560095&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F2%2F145%3Frss%3D1 This article examines the amount of middle school students' bullying and nonbullying behaviors observed in three less-structured school venues: the monthly school dance, the cafeteria, and the locker/hall area. Two questions guided our analysis: (a) How do students' bullying and victimization behaviors and nonbullying social behaviors vary by context? (b) How does social status as a bully or target of bullying influence students attendance at school dances? Findings revealed that, although one school showed much higher incidences of aggression, overall the amount of bullying behavior observed was low compared to nonbullying behaviors. When bullying behavior was observed, it was most often in the cafeteria and least often at the school dances, and there were very few incidences of aggressio... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560095 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560092&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F27%2F2%2F144%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560092 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345455&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F1%2F115%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of this study is to compare the inter-ethnic and co-ethnic friend-ships of 390 junior high school students in multi-ethnic neighborhoods of Montreal and Toronto. Friendship dyads were identified on the basis of reciprocal nomination as close friends. The quality of the friendships was measured by questionnaires completed by both members of each friendship dyad. Co-ethnic friendships were characterized by greater closeness and more conflict than interethnic friendships. Co-ethnic friendships were more likely than inter-ethnic friendships to survive during a 6-month interval. Inter-ethnic friendships that survived after 6 months tended to increase in conflict. Regardless of sex composition, friendships characterized by conflict and lacking in overall positive quality were more li... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345455 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345454&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F1%2F90%3Frss%3D1 A modern clustering technique was applied to age-10 and age-13 sociometric data with the purpose of identifying longitudinally stable peer status clusters. The study included 445 girls from a Swedish longitudinal study. The identified temporally stable clusters of rejected, popular, and average girls were essentially larger than corresponding groups identified according to the frequently used Coie, Dodge, and Coppotelli (CDC) classification method. It was further shown that all stably rejected and all (but one) stably popular CDC girls were members in corresponding clusters. Although no stable clusters of neglected or controversial girls were identified, some temporally volatile clusters were found, which were interpreted as largely accidental groupings. Rejected and popular clusters showe... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345454 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345453&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F1%2F67%3Frss%3D1 Rates of mental health problems in mothers and children in families affected by maternal HIV as compared to those not affected by maternal HIV but living in similar inner-city, low-SES, primarily ethnic-minority neighborhoods were examined. In addition, correspondence between mother and child mental health was explored. Interviews were conducted with 220 mother/child dyads regarding symptoms of depression and anxiety. Participants included HIV-negative early adolescents (ages 10 through 14 years) and their mothers, approximately half of whom were HIV-positive. Overall, mothers with HIV exhibited more depressive symptomatology than uninfected mothers. There were no significant differences, however, in depressive symptomatology between children of mothers who were HIV-positive and children o... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345453 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345452&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F1%2F40%3Frss%3D1 We examined the influence of income source within the context of persistent poverty on children's disruptive classroom behavior at age 12 and whether these associations were mediated by maternal supervision at ages 10 and 11. Using a subsample (N = 1,112) from the Quebec Longitudinal Study, we coded four economic circumstances indicating persistent poverty (income-toneeds ratio less than 1.5 times the poverty line) and income source (working poor, welfare dependent, work and welfare dependent, vs. never poor working) from ages 8 through 11. Children in welfare-dependent families showed an increase of 2.23 points on the disruptive scale compared with children in never-poor families, which could not be prospectively explained by maternal supervision. These results are above and beyond the in... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345452 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345451&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F27%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 The authors test biosocial models that posit interactions between biological variables (testosterone, estradiol, pubertal status, and pubertal timing) and social context variables (family, peer, school, and neighborhood) in predicting adolescent involvement with cigarettes and alcohol in a sample of 409 adolescents in Grades 6 and 8. Models including the biological and contextual variables and their interactions explain significantly more variance in adolescent cigarette and alcohol involvement than do models including only the main effects of the biological and contextual variables. Post hoc analyses of significant interactions suggest that, in most cases, moderation occurred in the hypothesized direction. Consistent with dual hazards models of adolescent antisocial behaviors, the relatio... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345451 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345451 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=345450&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F27%2F1%2F3%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=345450 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100 345450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229828&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F26%2F4%2F509%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229828 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229827&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F4%2F491%3Frss%3D1 Similarities between adolescents are often the cornerstone of a friendship; yet researchers know little about the similarities in friends’ perceptions of the relationship. In the current study, the authors examine similarities in friends’ perceived friendship qualities during the transition into early adolescence (n = 77 third graders, 110 fourth graders, 86 fifth graders, 81 sixth graders). The same study participants were assessed every year, but different self-selected friends of the study participants were assessed each year. Youth’s perceptions of conflict, help, disclosure, companionship, conflict resolution, and validation were measured with the Friendship Quality Questionnaire. Findings suggest that the study participants’ and their friends’ perception... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229827 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229826&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F4%2F456%3Frss%3D1 The current study examines research questions proposed by an expanded version of Darling and Steinberg’s contextual model of parenting. Using a sample of 184 adolescents, the analyses indicated that adolescents’ perceptions of parental educational goals and values were related positively and significantly to their reports of parental school involvement and parental monitoring. In turn, adolescents’ perceptions of parental involvement in schoolwork were related positively and significantly to their interest in school, internal academic self-regulation, and goal pursuit. Parental styles moderated the relationship between parental practices and student grades, with parental involvement and monitoring most effective under child-centered parenting styles. The implications of t... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229826 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229825&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F4%2F432%3Frss%3D1 The present study examined the independent and interactive relations of effortful control and two family environment variables (parent-adolescent conflict and negative family relations) on the subsequent conduct problems and depressive symptoms of 459 European American and Latino adolescents between the ages of 10 and 14. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that even after baseline levels of conduct problems were taken into account, lower levels of effortful control and poorer family relations were uniquely predictive of more conduct problems 1 year later. A three-way interaction among effortful control, negative family relations, and ethnicity indicated that among European Americans only, effortful control moderated the negative family relations effect. High levels of effortful contro... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229825 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229824&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F4%2F414%3Frss%3D1 Although success in managing evolving peer relationships is linked to critical adolescent outcomes, little is known about the specific factors that lead to success or failure in peer relationship development across adolescence. This longitudinal study examines the role of adolescents’ level of ego development as a predictor of the future course of several facets of friendship development in early adolescence. Ego development was assessed in a community sample of adolescents at age 13. Several facets of adolescent friendship were also assessed at 13 and then reassessed 1 year later, including adolescent intimate behavior during a supportive interaction with their best friends, adolescent reports of psychological security in their friendships, and peer-rated popularity. As predicted, e... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229824 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229824 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229823&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F4%2F397%3Frss%3D1 Although previous research has suggested cortisol-emotion relationships, little is known regarding the effect of anxiety type on cortisol levels or relationships between anxiety and longitudinal cortisol change in adolescents. The authors examine the differential relationship of cortisol levels with generalized and social anxiety and relationships between longitudinal cortisol change and anxiety in 106 youth ages 9 through 14. Cortisol levels were assessed three times at 6-month intervals; anxiety sections of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children were administered at the final occasion of measurement. In girls, cortisol exhibited positive relationships with concurrent general and social anxiety. Greater cortisol increase across the year predicted higher general and social anxiety ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229823 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=229822&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F26%2F4%2F396%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=229822 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:00:00 +0100 229822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=106251&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F26%2F3%2F271%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=106251 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 106251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=102196&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F3%2F365%3Frss%3D1 Two studies were conducted to examine age and sex differences in friends’ activities and relations of participation in these activities to perceived friendship quality. In Study 1, 52 fourth and eighth graders were asked open-ended questions about activities they do with their best friends. In Study 2, 105 fourth and eighth graders reported both on perceived friendship quality and frequency of participation in 40 activities mentioned in Study 1. Eighth graders participated in more school, maintenance, media, and socializing activities with friends than fourth graders did. Boys participated in more sports and media activities with friends than girls did. Students who did more socializing, school, and maintenance activities with friends perceived more positive features in their friends... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=102196 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 102196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=102195&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F3%2F344%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of the present research is to compare early adolescents’ beliefs about parental and friend jurisdiction over relational aggression to their beliefs about parental and friend jurisdiction over physical aggression and personal behaviors. One hundred three adolescents (Xi age = 12 years, 11 months; SD = 12.46 months) are individually interviewed and asked to evaluate the acceptability of parents and friends negating their physically aggressive behaviors (e.g., hitting), relationally aggressive behaviors (e.g., gossiping), and personally aggressive behaviors (e.g., changing hairstyles). They are also asked to justify their responses. Results highlight the complexity in adolescents’ thinking about these issues. For example, adolescents believe that parental jurisdiction ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=102195 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 102195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=102194&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F3%2F318%3Frss%3D1 The notion that nonparent social support buffers the impact of parent depressive symptoms and substance use on adolescent depressive symptoms was tested in 142 Mexican American and 148 European American families with 12- through 15-year-old adolescents. Parent risk factors and adolescent nonparent adult social support were measured at baseline; adolescent symptoms were measured 1 year later. Analyses revealed significant interactions between social support, gender, ethnicity, and paternal depressive symptoms and substance use. Greater social support related to fewer depressive symptoms at follow-up. Mexican American girls benefited from more social support when fathers had lower depression and substance use scores; European American girls benefited from more social support when fathers had... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=102194 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 102194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=102193&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F3%2F296%3Frss%3D1 This exploratory study examined gender differences in the patterns of drug offers among a sample of 71 American Indian middle school students. Participants responded to an inventory of drug-related problem situations specific to the cultural contexts of Southwestern American Indian youth. They were asked to consider the frequency of drug offers from specific groups in their social networks and the difficulty associated with refusing drugs from various offerers. The results indicated that female and male American Indian youth differ in the degree of exposure to drug offers and the degree of perceived difficulty in handling such offers. Even after controlling for differences in age, grade level, socioeconomic status, family structure, and residence on a reservation, girls reported significan... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=102193 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 102193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=102192&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F3%2F272%3Frss%3D1 In this longitudinal study, the bidirectional relations between parenting and friends’ deviance, on one hand, and early adolescent externalizing and internalizing problem behavior, on the other hand, are examined. Of the 650 adolescents (13- to 14-year-olds) who filled out the Youth Self-Report and questionnaires about their parents at two times within a 1-year interval, 141 adolescents could be paired, at both assessments, with the same best friend who also filled out the questionnaires. Stable friends were used as a control for selection effects within friendships. The results showed significant effects of adolescent externalizing and internalizing problem behavior on parenting 1 year later, but not vice versa. Friends’ deviance affected adolescent externalizing but not inter... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=102192 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:00 +0100 102192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=106252&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F26%2F2%2F132%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=106252 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 106252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21992&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F2%2F232%3Frss%3D1 An ecologically framed model is presented describing processes accounting for early adolescents’ exposure to community violence in high-risk neighborhoodsas a function of risk factors in four ecological domains assessed in the prior year. The model was tested for hypothesized pathways along which the combined domains of risk might operate. The children were interviewed about their exposure to community violence. Data on the risk factors were obtained from the children themselves and their parents, classmates, and teachers. All four domains—family and household context, negative parenting, deviant behavior of friends, and the children’s own behavioral characteristics and cognition—contributed to the children’s risk for exposure 1 year later. As hypothesized, de... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21992 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 21992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21991&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F2%2F206%3Frss%3D1 The objective of the current study was to examine the relationships among neighborhood disadvantage, perceived neighborhood quality, family processes, and child internalizing problems within the framework of social disorganization theory. The sample consisted of 189 low-income, European American and Mexican American children and their mothers. The data analyses partially supported our hypotheses that mothers’ perceptions of neighborhoods mediated the relation of neighborhood disadvantage to family processes, which in turn were associated with child internalizing problems. The value of contextual factors and social disorganization theory in studying the development of child adjustment problems was supported by the current study. Research issues and practical implications were discusse... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21991 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 21991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21990&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F2%2F186%3Frss%3D1 This study reports on the longitudinal examination of a structured arts program for Canadian youth, aged 9 to 15 years, from low-income communities. Evaluated were the extent to which community-based organizations successfully recruited and retained youth in the program and whether they demonstrated improvement with respect to artistic ability (combination of theatre, visual, and media arts) and psychosocial indicators. The results suggest successful recruitment and good retention rates. Multilevel growth curve analyses of observational and behavioral outcomes are presented. Observer ratings showed significant gains in artistic and social skills. Comparisons with matched controls using estimated linear propensity scores revealed a significant reduction in emotional problems for the interve... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21990 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 21990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21989&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F2%2F160%3Frss%3D1 This cross-sectional study examined the relationship among maternal HIV, pubertal development, gender, ethnicity, and spirituality and adolescent participation in sexual possibility situations (SPSs) and in sexual activity. SPSs are social encounters with cross-gender peers that afford the opportunity to engage in sexual activity. Heterosexual African American and Latino adolescents (10 to 14 years) and their HIV-positive or HIV-negative mothers (N = 176) were interviewed about risk and protective factors related to sexual behavior. Results indicate that physically mature adolescents are more likely to participate in SPSs, that girls are less likely than boys to participate in SPSs, and that more spiritual adolescents are less likely to participate in SPSs. Increased time in SPSs is associ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21989 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 21989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21988&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F2%2F133%3Frss%3D1 The cross-ethnic similarity in the pattern of associations among parenting behavior (support and authoritative and restrictive control), the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship (disclosure and positive and negative quality), and several developmental outcomes (aggressive behavior, delinquent behavior, and global self-esteem) was tested. A sample of 541 Dutch, Moroccan, Turkish, and Surinamese adolescents living in the Netherlands (mean age 14.43) completed questionnaires at school. The results showed ethnic similarities in the mean levels of support, authoritative control, disclosure, positive quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, delinquent behavior, and self-esteem. The quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, especially a negative quality of the relationship, sh... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21988 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 06:00:00 +0100 21988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=106253&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F26%2F1%2F3%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=106253 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 106253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21997&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F1%2F110%3Frss%3D1 Given the dramatic increase in depression that occurs during early adolescence in girls, interventions must address the needs of girls. The authors examined whether a depression prevention program, the Penn Resiliency Program, was more effective for girls in all-girls groups than in co-ed groups. Within co-ed groups, the authors also tested whether there were greater effects for boys than for girls. Participants were 20811-to 14-year-olds. Girls were randomly assigned to all-girls groups, co-ed groups, or control. Boys were assigned to co-ed groups or control. Students completed questionnaires on depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and explanatory style before and after the intervention. Girls groups were better than co-ed groups in reducing girls’ hopelessness and for session attenda... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21997 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 21997 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21996&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F1%2F87%3Frss%3D1 Urban 6th graders (n = 294) participate in a survey assessing early heterosexual risk behaviors as part of the Reach for Health Middle Childhood Study. About half the boys (47%) and 20% of girls report having a girlfriend or boyfriend; 42% of boys and 10% of girls report kissing and hugging for a long time. Stepwise regressions model the relationships between heterosexual behaviors and gender, background characteristics, and parenting practices and peer influences. In the final model, being male, parental approval of having a girlfriend or a boyfriend, lower parental oversight of activities, having older or mixed-aged peers, and expressing peer norms supporting sexual behaviors are significant risk factors of heterosexual behaviors. Findings indicate the importance of parenting practices a... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21996 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 21996 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21995&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F1%2F60%3Frss%3D1 This article explores the relationship between employment and first sexual intercourse in the early teen years. Past research has examined the influence of a wide range of social contexts on adolescent sexual behavior. Very few studies, however, consider the work-place. In this study, a series of Cox proportional hazard models predicting the risk of first sexual intercourse were estimated for a sample of eighth graders aged 12 to 14 from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (N = 10,704). Working more than 4 hr a week and holding an adult-type job is associated with an increased risk of engaging in sexual intercourse in early adolescence. These effects remain after controlling for sociodemographic variables, family and academic factors, and measures of age-graded development. T... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21995 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 21995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21994&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F1%2F36%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the relationships between mothers’ and fathers’ perceptions of negative work-to-family spillover and their knowledge of their preadolescent children’s (mean age = 11.8 years) daily lives in a sample of dual-earner families. Three constructs are tested as potential mediators of the association between spillover and parental knowledge: marital love, parent-child involvement in joint activities, and parent-child acceptance. Evidence supporting mediation emerges for fathers: negative work-to-family spillover predicts paternal knowledge of children’s daily activities indirectly via both (a) father-child acceptance and (b) fathers’ involvement in joint activities with their children. No evidence in support of mediation is found for mothers. (Sour... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21994 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 21994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21993&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F26%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 This article uses an ecological approach to predict students’ peer acceptance within junior high school classes. The authors investigate whether various characteristics (self-perception of physical attractiveness and athletic competence, cognitive ability, agreeableness, extraversion, age, parents’ education, number of siblings, siblings at same school, parental control, percentage of classmates who attended the same primary school, ethnicity) predict peer acceptance and whether effects are consistent across classes. Participants are 6,847 students (±13 years) from 461 classes in the Netherlands. Girls’ and boys’ data are analyzed separately using multilevel analyses. Extraversion and the percentage of classmates from the same primary school are the strongest... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21993 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:00:00 +0100 21993 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=106254&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F25%2F4%2F391%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=106254 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 106254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22002&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F25%2F4%2F497%3Frss%3D1 (No abstract is available for this citation) (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22002 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22002 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22001&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F4%2F478%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the mediational role of specific emotion regulation processes (i.e., negative emotionality, poor awareness of emotion, nonconstructive coping with negative emotion) in bulimic symptoms. In addition to these emotion regulation variables, body dissatisfaction and bulimic symptoms were assessed in 234 girls in Grades 6 to 8 (mean age = 12 years, 11 months). The results indicated that negative affect, poor awareness of emotion, and nonconstructive coping with negative emotion partially mediated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic behaviors. The findings are discussed in light of previous research that suggests emotion regulation needs to be viewed as a multidimensional construct. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22001 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22000&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F4%2F453%3Frss%3D1 Concurrent and predictive relationships between peer harassment and problem behavior were examined for middle and high school students as well as gender differences in these relationships. Students recruited in fifth through seventh grades (n = 223) and their parents provided quarterly questionnaire data and were followed up into high school. As hypothesized, experiencing frequent peer harassment in middle school was associated with greater problem behavior concurrently and prospectively into high school. Students experiencing frequent harassment exhibited more aggressive and antisocial behavior and were more likely to associate with deviant peers and use cigarettes during middle school than those experiencing some or no harassment. In regression analyses, frequent verbal harassment predic... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22000 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21999&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F4%2F421%3Frss%3D1 In this 3-year prospective study (N = 458) spanning a transition to middle school, bidirectional associations between children’s relations with schoolmates (social preference andimpact)and behaviors (physical and relational aggression, prosocial behavior) were examined using structural equation modeling. Gender moderation of all estimated paths was examined. There was no gender difference in relational aggression in Grade 3; girls were more relationally aggressive than boys in Grade 6. Males were more physically aggressive than females; females were more prosocial and preferred by peers. Longitudinal and bidirectional associations between relations with peers and behaviors were found. Compared to one-group models of social preference and impact, gender moderation models improved mode... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21999 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 21999 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=21998&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F4%2F392%3Frss%3D1 The present study investigated the role of identity in the relationship between family functioning and behavior problems in a sample of Hispanic immigrant early adolescents and their families. The sample consisted of 181 Hispanic immigrant adolescents (92 males, 89 females) and their participating caregivers (who were mostly mothers). Identity was measured using adolescent reports, whereas family functioning and early adolescent behavior problems were measured using both adolescent and parent reports. Correlational analyses indicated that previously obtained relationships among family functioning, identity, and behavior problems were replicated in the present sample. Structural equation models indicated that 20% of the relationship between family functioning and behavior problems operated ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=21998 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:00:00 +0100 21998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22007&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F3%2F367%3Frss%3D1 The authors describe the development and initial psychometric properties of the Friendship Motivation Scale for Children, a new scale designed to assess four dimensions of self-determination (i.e., intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, external regulation, and amotivation) in preadolescents and early adolescents’ desire for friendships. The results—obtained with a sample of 490 fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-grade boys and girls— confirmed the factor structure of the scale and revealed adequate internal consistency and test-retest stability. Indicators of construct validity included (a) correlations among the four subscales displaying a simplex pattern, and thus supporting the underlying theoretical model (i.e., self-determination continuum); (b) friends generally rep... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22007 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22006&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F3%2F345%3Frss%3D1 Classroom peer factors were examined for their role in African American and White early adolescents’ sense of belonging in mathematics classrooms. After controlling for fall sense of classroom belonging, spring sense of belonging was greater when teens perceived a more supportive peer context, minimal emotional risk in participating, and when they were recognized by peers as being strong math tutors. Additionally, naturally occurring peer groups were differentiated by sense of belonging of members; peer networks that began the year below average in sense of belonging became more alienated during the course of the year, whereas networks above average in belonging stayed at fall levels. The results are interpreted in relation to the benefits that specific peer relations offer aspects o... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22006 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22005&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F3%2F317%3Frss%3D1 This study is guided by the theoretical propositions of Rowe, Vazsonyi, and Flannery (1994) related to examining subgroup differences and similarities in developmental processes. The sample is 1,218 early adolescents (56.6% female, 16.4% Black) who completed two self-administered questionnaires during 1 1/2 years. We found many subgroup differences in the associations between the family violence variables and dating violence; the most consistent being across race. In most cases, exposure to family violence predicted dating violence by Black adolescents but was not associated with dating violence for White adolescents. We also found within-race differences in the associations examined. Results are supportive of subgroup differences in developmental processes. (Source: The Journal of Early A... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22005 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22004&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F3%2F298%3Frss%3D1 The present study examined how risk and protective factors were associated with adolescent victimization by testing four competing models from resiliency research—the compensatory, risk-protective, protective-protective, and challenge models. Models were tested separately by gender. The data for this study were based on a multistate project that surveyed 992 eighth-grade students between the ages of 12 and 15 years (54% female, 54% White) in at-risk urban and rural schools. Models incorporated family conflict, anger expression, external locus of control, witnessing violence, and involvement in risky behaviors as risk factors; protective factors included social connectedness, parental monitoring, and neighborhood cohesion. Results indicated support for the challenge model for both mal... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22004 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=22003&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F25%2F3%2F268%3Frss%3D1 Although bullying among Japanese youth is a current major concern, psychosocial influences on bullying are not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to identify the psychosocial factors associated with physical, verbal, and indirect bullying among Japanese adolescents. Junior high school students between seventh and ninth grade (N = 2,923) completed a self-reported questionnaire. Involvement in bullying and psychosocial factors were investigated. Deviant peer influence, less serious attitude in school, poor self-control of aggressiveness and impulsiveness, poor self-assertive efficacy against bullying, and euphemistic thinking were commonly associated with physical, verbal, and indirect bullying. Experiences of victimization by physical and verbal bullying were associated with bo... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=22003 Mon, 11 Jul 2005 06:00:00 +0100 22003