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. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:44:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377490&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F6%2F880%3Frss%3D1 Although the protective role of social support is well established in the health literature, antecedents of perceived social support are not well understood. Research on family experiential factors during early adolescence, an important psychosocial developmental period in the life course, represents a promising line of inquiry. Using a sample of young adults in Miami-Dade County, Florida (N = 1,267) involving longitudinal data spanning 8 years, we evaluated the importance of early adolescent family experiences (socioeconomic status, family structure, family support, family pride, parent derogation) on perceived family and friend support in young adulthood. Results indicated that early family experiences, especially negative experiences, were associated with lower perceived family and frie... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377490 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377489&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F6%2F853%3Frss%3D1 This study examines adolescent hope as a mediator between connectedness to mother and father, and positive and negative child outcomes. Participants included 489 adolescents aged 9 to 14 years (M = 11.29; SD = 1.01) and their parents from the Flourishing Families Project, and data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results suggested that hope mediated the relation between child-reported parent-child connectedness and adolescents’ prosocial behavior, school engagement, and internalizing behavior. Mother-and father-reported connectedness were not related to adolescent hope but were directly related to behavioral outcomes. This study highlights the importance of adolescents’ cognitive-motivational processes for both positive and negative outcomes and has important i... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377489 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377488&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F6%2F817%3Frss%3D1 The current study considers methodological challenges in developmental research with linguistically diverse samples of young adolescents. By empirically examining the cross-language measurement equivalence of a measure assessing three components of ethnic identity development (i.e., exploration, resolution, and affirmation) among Mexican American adolescents, the study both assesses the cross-language measurement equivalence of a common measure of ethnic identity and provides an appropriate conceptual and analytical model for researchers needing to evaluate measurement scales translated into multiple languages. Participants are 678 Mexican-origin early adolescents and their mothers. Measures of exploration and resolution achieve the highest levels of equivalence across language versions. T... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377488 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377487&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F6%2F782%3Frss%3D1 Youths with high (N = 52) or low cognitive vulnerability (N = 48) for depression were selected from a larger sample (N = 515) of students (7-10 years old), based on their attributional style (AS), negative cognitions (NC), and/or self-competence (SC). Long-term effects of cognitive vulnerabilities on depressive symptoms were examined in a 3-year, three-wave, multi-informant, longitudinal design. Three findings emerged. First, some empirical overlap exists among these three types of cognitive diatheses, especially between NC and SC. Second, the combination of AS, NC, and SC had a significant (but diminishing) relationship to depressive symptoms at 6, 18, and 30 months, primarily due to NC and SC, not AS. Third, interactions between cognitive risk and life events were not significant, sugges... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377487 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377486&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F6%2F757%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relationships between parental inductions, sympathy, prosocial moral reasoning, and prosocial behaviors. A total of 207 early adolescents who self-identified as Mexican American (girls, n = 105; mean age = 10.91 years) and 108 who identified as European American (girls, n = 54; mean age = 11.07 years) completed measures of parental inductions, sympathy, prosocial moral reasoning, and six different types of prosocial behaviors. The findings showed that the correlates of prosocial behaviors were basically the same across the two ethnic groups, though there were some ethnic group differences in prosocial behaviors. Sympathy but not prosocial moral reasoning mediated the relationships between parental inductions and prosocial behaviors. Whereas sympathy was indirectly a... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377486 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377486 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5377485&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F6%2F756%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5377485 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5377485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220069&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F735%3Frss%3D1 We examined family meal frequency, family connectedness, alcohol (binge drinking, drunkenness), and tobacco consumption (past year, daily frequency) in 671 adolescents (51% women; mean age, Wave 1 = 14.05 years). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to estimate the associations between meal frequency and increases in alcohol and tobacco consumption, and alcohol and tobacco consumption on increases in meal frequency over a year, while adjusting for family connectedness, social class, and age. Family meals were associated with reductions in alcohol and tobacco consumption in girls but not boys. Alcohol consumption was also associated with reductions in the frequency of meals among girls, but not boys. Results supported the assertion that family meals protect some girls from substa... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220069 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220069 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220068&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F714%3Frss%3D1 Empirical evidence has accumulated documenting an association between childhood physical abuse and aggressive behavior. Relatively fewer studies have explored possible mediating mechanisms that may explain this association. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether caregiver- and youth-reported attention problems mediate the association between physical abuse severity and aggressive behavior. A sample of 240 maltreated early adolescents (ages 9-11) and their caregivers were interviewed within 14 months of being removed from the home. Results from multiple regression analyses indicated that caregiver- and youth-reported attention problems were partial mediators of the association between physical abuse severity and aggressive behavior. These associations were significant even ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220068 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220067&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F694%3Frss%3D1 Using a sample drawn from Taiwan, this study evaluated the role of mother and father involvement in adolescent academic achievement. The participants were drawn from the Taiwan Education Panel Survey (TEPS) and consisted of 8,108 adolescents who studied seventh grade in 2001. Father and mother involvement related to academic achievement was measured by four types of involvement: career plan discussion, listening to adolescent thinking, monitoring academic progress, and participation in school activities. The results indicated that mothers were more involved than fathers in education and that mother involvement had more predictive power of adolescent academic achievement. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220067 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220066&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F671%3Frss%3D1 Our study examined discrepancies in Mexican American adolescent–parent perceptions regarding parental autonomy promoting and their associations with adolescents’ adjustment. A total of 138 Mexican American sixth graders reported their global self-worth and depressive symptoms. Adolescents and parents also reported their perceptions of parental autonomy promoting. Discrepancies in perceptions of adolescents and their fathers, in particular fathers’ rose-colored perceptions of their autonomy promoting, which were not shared by their adolescent, were associated with more depressive symptoms of male and female adolescents and with lower self-worth of female adolescents. The study findings show the importance of assessing perceptions of family members at the dyadic level. Furt... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220066 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220065&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F656%3Frss%3D1 This study examined young adolescents’ experiences with best friendship dissolution. Participants were 77 sixth-grade students (M age = 11.63 years, SD = .36; 11.00-12.69 age range) who reported on past experiences with (1) complete dissolutions (when friendship ties are completely severed), and (2) downgrade dissolutions (when the best friendship dissolves but the adolescents become "good" friends). Self-report measures assessing emotional reactions (anger, sadness, happiness) to both types of dissolution, current best friendship involvement, and loneliness were also administered. Results indicated that downgrade dissolutions were more common than complete dissolutions and girls were more likely than boys to report both types of dissolution. Adolescents reported more sadness than an... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220065 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220064&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F5%2F633%3Frss%3D1 This study developed two specifications of the social skills deficit stress generation hypothesis: the "gender-incongruence" hypothesis to predict peer victimization and the "need for autonomy" hypothesis to predict conflict with authorities. These hypotheses were tested in a prospective large population cohort of 2,064 Dutch young adolescents. Social skills and pubertal timing were measured when the sample was about 11 years old, and stressful life events were measured 2.5 years later at follow-up. As predicted by the gender-incongruence hypothesis, poor assertion in boys and poor self-control in girls were associated with peer victimization. Consistent with the need for autonomy hypothesis, poor self-control was associated with conflict with authorities, in both boys and girls. Furthermo... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220064 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5220063&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F5%2F632%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5220063 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0100 5220063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933198&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F4%2F604%3Frss%3D1 The purpose of the current study was (a) to examine the role of family process on child disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental knowledge and (b) to examine how patterns might differ as a function of family structure. Data for this study were taken from the Flourishing Families Project, which consists of 353 two- and 147 single-parent families with an adolescent child (X age of child = 11.35). Path analysis via structural equation modeling suggested that, for single- and two-parent families, family process was positively and directly related to child disclosure (two-parent only) and parental solicitation, and indirectly related to disclosure and solicitation via adolescents’ externalizing behaviors. In turn, externalizing behaviors, child disclosure, and parental solicitation... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933198 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933197&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F4%2F577%3Frss%3D1 This study investigates how social support may protect Israeli early adolescents who have witnessed community violence from engaging in violent behavior when they have also witnessed terror violence. The study examines how support from parents, school, and friends could serve as protective, despite the interactive risk effects of witnessing community and terror violence. In general, results indicate that support from parents operated as a protective factor, whereas support from friends acted as a risk by increasing the likelihood of violent behavior. Support from school has both a protective and risk effect, depending on the type of violence exposure witnessed. The extent to which these facets of social support operated as risk or protective factors is conditional on whether youth had also... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933197 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933196&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F4%2F548%3Frss%3D1 This study examined ego resilience and engagement coping as mediators of the relationships between supportive and controlling parenting practices and early adolescents’ academic achievement, social competence, and physical health. Participants were 240 predominantly Mexican American early adolescents, their parents, and their teachers. There were significant positive correlations between supportive parenting and ego resilience and between ego resilience and achievement, social functioning, and health. Supportive parenting was also positively related to engagement coping, which in turn was positively related to achievement and health. Controlling parenting was significantly negatively related to ego resilience but not engagement coping. As hypothesized, ego resilience mediated relatio... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933196 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933196 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933195&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F4%2F526%3Frss%3D1 This study examines the association between perceived peer substance use/approval of substance use and adolescent intentions to initiate alcohol and cigarette use and how social goals moderate this relationship. Results support the moderating role of social goals and suggest important differences across alcohol and cigarette use. Peer use and approval of cigarette use is associated with future intentions to smoke for adolescents with strong agentic goals, and peer use and approval of alcohol is associated with intentions to drink for adolescents with strong communal goals. These findings suggest that adolescent substance use theories and prevention programs focusing on peer socialization should consider individual differences in social goals and potential differences in peer influence acro... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933195 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933194&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F4%2F493%3Frss%3D1 This study investigates the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Inventory of Teacher-Student Relationships (IT-SR), a measure that was developed by adapting the widely used Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachments (Armsden & Greenberg, 1987) for use in the context of teacher-student relationships. The instrument was field tested with a sample of African American students from low-income backgrounds (N = 171). An exploratory factor analysis was estimated with a randomly selected half of the sample. Three factors pertaining to Communication, Trust, and Alienation in relationships emerged. A confirmatory factor analysis was run on the remainder of the sample. Goodness-of-fit indices indicated that the three factor structure fit the data reasonably well. Scores on each of th... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933194 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933194 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4933193&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F4%2F492%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4933193 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4933193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812577&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F3%2F463%3Frss%3D1 The goal of this research is to examine the trajectory of school bonding over the middle school period and how factors such as gender, substance use, antisocial peers, delinquent behavior, and academic achievement affect this developmental process. Data from four waves of measurement of 2,902 adolescents are analyzed using hierarchical growth curve modeling. Results suggest that school bonding decreases in a nonlinear fashion from Grades 6 to 8. However, school bonding development varies based on interindividual differences. Boys have lower initial levels and greater decreases in school bonding than girls. Student deviant behavior, having antisocial peers, and low academic achievement are associated with lower levels of school bonding at Grade 6. Low grades and an increase in substance use... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812577 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812576&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F3%2F443%3Frss%3D1 In a multiethnic community sample of 1,170 preadolescent children, it was investigated whether discrepancies in parent-child reports of internalizing problems are related with gender, ethnic background (Dutch, Surinamese/ Antillean, Moroccan, Turkish, Other) and with future internalizing problems. No significant differences in discrepancy scores between boys and girls were found. Parent-child disagreement of internalizing problems varied across ethnic groups, with significant differences among children from Surinamese/ Antillean (children reporting more internalizing problems than their parents) and Turkish background (parents reporting more internalizing problems than their children). Disagreement between parents and their preadolescent child significantly contributed to the prediction of... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812576 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812575&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F3%2F415%3Frss%3D1 This article examines a biosocial model of the impact of puberty on indigenous girls’ early-onset substance use by considering the potential mediating role of peer context (i.e., mixed-sex peer groups and substance use prototypes) on the puberty and substance use relationship. Data include responses from 360 girls of a common indigenous cultural group residing on reservations/ reserves in the upper Midwest and Canada. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that the statistically significant relationship between girls’ pubertal development and early-onset substance use was mediated by both mixed-sex/romantic peer groups and favorable social definitions of substance use. Implications for substance use prevention work include addressing the multiple and overlapping effec... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812575 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812574&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F3%2F390%3Frss%3D1 Bulimic symptoms are fairly common among adolescent girls, and the dual pathway model outlines one possible etiological chain leading to bulimic symptoms. The present study seeks to longitudinally examine the pathways proposed by this model while focusing on the relative contribution of parents and peers (via direct encouragement or pressure to be thin and indirect discussion of dieting). Four years of self-report data were collected from 85 early adolescent girls during fifth through eighth grades. Results indicated that mothers, fathers, and peers each played an important role in the development of girls’ bulimic symptoms by affecting their body dissatisfaction, which was related to later dieting behaviors, depressive symptoms, and bulimic symptoms. Furthermore, results suggested t... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812574 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812573&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F3%2F361%3Frss%3D1 This research focuses on the interaction between students’ domain-specific expectancies and values as a predictor of test anxiety. A subsample of adolescents from the MSALT dataset are used in the current study; students complete measures during the spring of sixth grade and again during the spring of seventh grade. Overall, findings provide support for the predicted expectancy—value interaction. Those students who highly value success in math or English yet expect to do poorly in those subjects report the highest levels of test anxiety. Effect sizes are larger for math than English. Few gender differences emerge, but one prospective analysis reveals that girls who devalue English are more likely to maintain moderate levels of test anxiety across the transition to junior high s... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812573 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4812572&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F3%2F360%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4812572 Sun, 08 May 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4812572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527513&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F323%3Frss%3D1 The study investigated how role models’ behavior may positively or negatively influence African American early adolescents’ attitudes toward violence and violent behavior. Participants in this study included 331 African American seventh and eighth graders from low-income neighborhoods in an urban, Midwestern city. The study used a model developed and tested to assess the relationships between role model prosocial behavior, role model antisocial behavior, adolescents’ attitudes toward violence, and adolescents’ violent behavior. The model developed was assessed using structural equation modeling. Results revealed the following: (a) Role model prosocial behavior is indirectly related to less violent behavior through adolescents’ attitudes toward violence, (b) ro... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527513 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527512&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F300%3Frss%3D1 This longitudinal study investigated whether depression among early adolescents (aged 12-14 years, N = 116; 65 girls) can be predicted by interactions between social goal orientations and interpersonal stress. Based on Kuroda and Sakurai (2001), this study applied Elliot and Harackiewicz’s (1996) trichotomous framework of achievement goals to Dweck and Leggett’s (1988) model of social goals and investigated three types of social goals: social learning goals (to grow through interpersonal experiences), social performance-approach goals (to obtain positive evaluations), and social performance-avoidance goals (to avoid negative evaluations). The results indicated that social learning goals reduced the effects of interpersonal stress, thus protecting against depression, whereas soc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527512 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527511&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F271%3Frss%3D1 This article examined the impact of linguistic acculturation and gender on the substance use initiation of a sample of 1,473 Mexican heritage preadolescents attending 30 public schools in Phoenix, Arizona. It was hypothesized that linguistic acculturation operates differently as a risk or protective factor for young children than for older youth. The study used discrete-time event history methods to model the rate at which nonusing children initiate substance use. Alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and inhalants were studied separately while inhalant use was examined more closely. Results suggested that while linguistic acculturation is a risk factor for Mexican heritage preadolescents, this association depended on gender, the linguistic acculturation context (family, friends, or media), and ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527511 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527511 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527510&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F258%3Frss%3D1 Research indicates peer socialization processes affect the development of problem behavior in childhood and adolescence; however moderating peer factors have not been readily examined. Friendship intimate exchange may be an important factor to consider, as literature suggests that intimate exchange becomes an increasingly important aspect of friendships as children age into adolescence. Accordingly, the current study examined the moderating effect of intimate exchange on the relation between peer socialization and change in externalizing behavior over 1 year. Participants included 65 children (67% male), age 10 to 13 years at baseline (M = 11.95, SD = 1.29), and their primary caregivers. Intimate exchange was found to moderate the relation between peer delinquency and externalizing behavio... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527510 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527510 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527509&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F234%3Frss%3D1 Little is known about the early childhood indicators of adolescent risk. The link between trajectories of externalizing behavioral problems and early adolescent risk behavior was examined in a longitudinal sample of 875 child participants in the LONGSCAN studies. Five trajectory groups of children defined by externalizing behavior problems were identified: Low, Low-Medium, Moderate, Increasing-High, and High. After controlling for demographics and maltreatment, violent/delinquent behavior was significantly predicted by membership in the Moderate and Increasing-High problem behavior groups. Substance use in early adolescence was significantly predicted by membership in the High behavior problem group. These findings suggest that there is a great deal of continuity between patterns of extern... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527509 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527508&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F2%2F209%3Frss%3D1 This study tested a sequential mediation model to determine whether experiences, social cognitions, or parent-adolescent interactional processes account for lower levels of mothers’ knowledge of adolescents’ whereabouts and activities following early adolescents’ transition into middle school (MS) and pubertal development. Cross-sectional data were collected from 106 mother-adolescent dyads during the summer before the adolescent entered MS (M age = 11.39 years, 55% female) and from an additional 85 mother-adolescent dyads during the summer following the adolescents’ 1st year of MS (M age = 12.47 years, 49% female). Path analyses indicated that adolescents who had experienced the MS transition and who were more pubertally advanced had weaker authority beliefs and en... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527508 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4527507&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F2%2F208%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4527507 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4527507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304781&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F6%2F895%3Frss%3D1 This study investigates the behavioral differences between sixth-grade students in elementary schools and their counterparts in middle schools, including suicidal thoughts, violence, and substance abuse. The data used come from the 2007 middle school Delaware Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results indicate significant differences in suicidal thoughts or actions based on the grade configuration of school they attend, though not in violence or substance use. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304781 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304780&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F6%2F854%3Frss%3D1 To examine the consequences of learning about gender discrimination, early adolescents (n = 121, aged 10-14) were randomly assigned to receive either (a) standard biographical lessons about historical figures (standard condition) or (b) nearly identical lessons that included information about gender discrimination (discrimination condition). Additional students (n = 46) did not receive lessons (control condition). At immediate posttest, students in the discrimination condition showed increased awareness of gender discrimination, and girls (but not boys) reported an increased desire to combat gender discrimination. At 6-month posttest, students in the discrimination condition were more likely than those in the control condition to perceive gender discrimination. Adolescents’ occupatio... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304780 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304779&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F6%2F834%3Frss%3D1 This article reports on the development of a school-based intervention to reduce risk taking and associated injuries. There is limited but important evidence that intervention design should ensure participation does not lead to an increase in target risk behaviors with some studies in alcohol and drug prevention finding unexpected negative effects. The short-term evaluation of Skills for Preventing Injury in Youth (SPIY) examined change in interpersonal violence, alcohol use, and transport-related risks. Intervention (n = 360) and comparison ( n = 180) students were surveyed pre- and postintervention. A qualitative analysis based on focus groups (70 students) explored experiences of change. Findings indicate significant positive changes reinforced by students’ reports. A decrease in ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304779 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304778&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F6%2F803%3Frss%3D1 Students (N = 221) in an intermediate school (grades 5-8) in a rural area of the Southwestern United States completed a survey regarding their familiarity with technology and their experiences with cyberbullying during the school year. Initial evidence of survey reliability is presented. In the sample, 1.5% of participants were classified as cyberbullies only, 3% as cybervictims only, and 8.6% as cyberbully/victims. Grade and gender differences were investigated. The best predictor of cyberbullying in a regression equation was cybervictimization, and vice versa. Self-blaming attributions predicted emotional distress in response to a cyberbullying scenario; moral disengagement predicted acting out behaviors in response to the same scenario. Implications of the findings are discussed. (Sourc... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304778 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304777&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F6%2F773%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the associations of popularity, substance use, athletic abilities, physical attractiveness, and physical and relational aggression with likeability by same-gender and cross-gender peers among early adolescents (N = 3,312; M age = 13.60, with 92.7% of the participants in the 12-14 age range). Data collection consisted of peer nominations in 172 classrooms of 34 secondary schools. Taking a goal-framing perspective, it was argued that key to understanding the association between popularity and likeability is the distinction between features that help to achieve popularity and features that help to maintain popularity. In support of our hypotheses, popularity and substance use, athletic abilities, and physical attractiveness (characteristics that help to become popular) con... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304777 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4304776&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F6%2F772%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4304776 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4304776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298483&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F174%3Frss%3D1 Although friends often share successes with one another, very little attention has been paid to these interactions. The current study examines the nature of middle school students’ interactions with friends following academic successes and the consequences of these interactions for students’ school adjustment. Participants were 293 fifth- through eighth-grade students. Grade-level differences emerged in students’ reports of their motives for sharing, friends’ responses to sharing, and students’ motives for not sharing. Sharing successes predicted tradeoffs for children’s school adjustment such that sharing predicted more positive school attitudes, but more negative perceptions of peer relationships over time. Children’s reports of their motives for... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298483 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298483 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298482&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F152%3Frss%3D1 The goal of the study was to examine whether bullying experiences are associated with lower academic performance across middle school among urban students.The ethnically diverse sample was drawn from a longitudinal study of 2,300 sixth graders (44% Latino, 26% African American, 10% Asian, 10% White, and 10% mixed) from 11 public middle schools. Results of multilevel models (MLMs) showed that grade point averages and teacher-rated academic engagement were each predicted by both self-perceptions of victimization and peer nominations of victim reputation, controlling for demographic and school-level differences as well as overall declines in academic performance over time. Further MLM analyses suggested that most of the victimization effect was due to between-subject differences, as opposed t... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298482 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298481&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F125%3Frss%3D1 The objective of this study was to examine whether attainment of perceived popularity may be a contributing factor in the school difficulties of these aggressive youth. Data were collected from 208 early adolescents (95 boys; 113 girls) during the fall and spring of their fourth- and fifth-grade years. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that, for children with above-average levels of aggression, perceived popularity predicts trajectories of increasing school avoidance and declining academic performance. These results were significant even after accounting for how integrated children were in their social network (i.e., how many friends they had), providing further support to the contention that for aggressive youth, social status serves as a risk factor for school maladjustment. (Source... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298481 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298480&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F99%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated the influence of friends’ characteristics on change in academic achievement from Grade 6 to Grade 8 and the role of students’ own characteristics as moderators of this relationship. The sample included 1,278 participants (698 girls). Linear regressions suggest that students with academically engaged friends may achieve to levels higher than expected in Grade 8. However, when considering the significant, negative influence of friends’ problem behavior, the role of friends’ school engagement became nonsignificant. Low-achieving girls who had high-achieving friends in Grade 6 had lower academic achievement than expected by Grade 8. In contrast, high-achieving girls seemed to benefit from having high-achieving friends. Implications for theory and... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298480 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298479&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F74%3Frss%3D1 Discussion focuses on multifaceted peer-group influences on academic achievement and implications for educational practice. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298479 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298479 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298478&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F41%3Frss%3D1 This study integrates diverse literatures on peer group influence by conceptualizing and examining the relationship of peer group injunctive norms to the academic adjustment of a large and ethnically diverse sample of rural early adolescents’ academic adjustment. Results of three-level hierarchical linear modeling indicated that peer groups were differentiated by injunctive norms for effort and achievement. After accounting for prior adjustment, peer group injunctive norms predicted changes to students’ school valuation and effort. Peer group injunctive and descriptive norms were moderately correlated; injunctive norms that were more discrepant from descriptive norms were associated with academic adjustment beyond the associations for descriptive norms. Peer group normative rel... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298478 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298477&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F13%3Frss%3D1 The present study examines the relative role of three distinct types of peer relationships (reciprocated friendships, frequent interactions, and shared group membership) in within-year changes in academic self-concept and engagement before and after the transition to middle school (fifth and seventh grade). In a series of linear regression analyses, main effects of each peer type’s academic self-concept and engagement on changes in youths’ academic characteristics were used to test socialization processes. Interactions of youths’ academic skills with those of each peer type were used to test social comparison processes influencing changes in academic self-concept. Results suggest unique roles of each peer relationship differentially influencing changes in youths’ ac... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298477 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298476&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F31%2F1%2F5%3Frss%3D1 Motivation, engagement, and achievement decline for many children during early adolescence. There is increasing attention to the role peer relationships play in changes in academic adjustment during this stage of life. The articles in this special issue advance knowledge on this topic. This introductory article provides an overview of the articles in the special issue, noting key findings and commenting on important contributions. Ideas for future research on peer relationships and academic adjustment are discussed. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298476 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298475&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F31%2F1%2F4%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298475 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4298475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946243&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F733%3Frss%3D1 The study examined boys’ and girls’ autonomy of choice of activities in the after-school hours with samples of children from two different countries. Preadolescent children from Taiwan (n = 289) and the United States (n = 195) completed a questionnaire on their usual after-school activities indicating who determines the choice of any particular activity and the extent to which the activity engendered positive affect. The two samples of children differed significantly with respect to the proportion of self-chosen time spent in particular activities (educational activities, organized activities, media use, and personal care and household chores) and overall. Patterns for the two genders were largely consistent across the two samples. Girls reported somewhat less choice in activit... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946243 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946242&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F707%3Frss%3D1 Change in maternal knowledge over the transition to adolescence was assessed using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). In addition, maternal warmth, behavior control, and adolescent delinquency were considered as predictors of knowledge as well as time-varying covariates. Five years of self-report data were collected from 159 mothers and their early adolescents, beginning when the adolescents were in fourth grade. The results indicated that there was a significant mean decrease in maternal knowledge over time for both mother and adolescent reports. In addition, the data followed a quadratic trend, which was necessary to account for the slight increase in knowledge from T1 to T2. Maternal warmth, but not maternal behavior control, was a consistent predictor of the knowledge trajectory. Adol... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946242 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946241&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F691%3Frss%3D1 The current study aimed to investigate emotion regulation (ER) strategy use in a sample of 21 clinic-referred children and adolescents (10-14 years old) presenting with school refusal, all of whom were diagnosed with at least one anxiety disorder. Being the first known study to examine ER and school refusal, hypotheses were guided by previous research on anxiety. It was hypothesized that the school refusal sample would report less healthy ER strategy use compared to an age- and sex-matched nonclinical sample (n = 21). As expected, the school refusal sample reported less use of cognitive reappraisal and greater use of expressive suppression to regulate their emotions than did the nonclinical sample. Although preliminary, the findings provide important information regarding the emotional fun... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946241 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946240&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F668%3Frss%3D1 Leisure activities that occur outside of the school hours may facilitate positive youth development.The experiences of youth in three categories of activities (basketball and football, other sports, and nonsports) are examined in this study. Based on prior research, it is hypothesized that students participating in basketball and football will experience more negative outcomes (i.e., problem behaviors, fewer positive peer influences, and lower academic achievement). Furthermore, specific experiences in these leisure activities are explored as potential mediators of the effects of participation. Results indicate that basketball and football participation is related to more negative experiences and outcomes, but these differences reflect selection of more at-risk youths into these activities... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946240 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946239&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F651%3Frss%3D1 This study of 231 Hong Kong Chinese fifth and sixth graders demonstrated that parental warmth and two facets of children’s filial piety belief were uniquely associated with life satisfaction, self-esteem, and social competence. Following the dual filial piety model, results distinguished children’s reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety beliefs. In particular, there were significant positive associations of reciprocal filial piety with life satisfaction and social competence and significant negative associations of authoritarian reciprocal filial piety with self-esteem and social competence, even statistically controlling for children’s ages, grade levels, and perceived parental warmth. Results suggested that children’s filial piety belief is a theoretically impo... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946239 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946238&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F5%2F629%3Frss%3D1 The study explores how differences in rural community contexts relate to early adolescent alcohol use. Data were gathered from 1,424 adolescents in the sixth through eighth grades in 22 rural Northern Plains communities, as well as 790 adults, parents, teachers, and community leaders. Multilevel modeling analyses revealed that community supportiveness, as perceived by adolescents, but not adults, was associated with less lifetime and past month alcohol use, and for past month use, this relationship was stronger than perceived peer drinking or parental closeness. Perceived peer drinking and parental closeness were not associated with past month use. Adolescents experiencing family economic strain did not report greater lifetime or past month use, but living in a disadvantaged community was ... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946238 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946237&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F5%2F628%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946237 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:46 +0100 3946237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790362&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F4%2F593%3Frss%3D1 This paper examines the effects of the Fast Track preventive intervention on youths’ functioning in three domains: disruptive behavior problems, involvement with deviant peers, and social skills during the middle school years. Eight hundred ninety-one children had been randomly assigned by sets of schools within four sites to intervention (n = 445) or to control (n = 446) conditions. In contrast to prior findings of the effectiveness of the Fast Track intervention during the elementary school years, the current findings indicate that Fast Track had little overall impact on children’s functioning in these domains during this age period. There were positive intervention effects on only 2 of 17 outcomes examined. Although the intervention had positive impact on children’s hy... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790362 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790361&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F4%2F567%3Frss%3D1 This study examined a stress process model in which stressful life events and association with delinquent peers mediated the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to Mexican American early adolescents’ mental health. The authors also proposed that child gender, child generation, and neighborhood informal social control would moderate the relationship of neighborhood disadvantage to children’s experiences of stressful life events. With data from 738 Mexican American early adolescents, results generally provided support for the theoretical model although the relationships of neighborhood disadvantage to stressful life events and adjustment were weaker than expected. Additional research is needed to corroborate these results and determine why neighborhood disadvantage may have... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790361 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790360&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F4%2F543%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the role of peer acceptance and perceived popularity in bullying and victimization in early adolescent peer groups. Peer acceptance is the degree to which adolescents are well liked by their peers; perceived popularity indicates visibility, dominance, and prestige. It was hypothesized that acceptance negatively predicts bullying, whereas popularity positively predicts bullying, and that both acceptance and popularity negatively predict victimization. Interactions between acceptance and popularity were tested as well. Participants were 1,207 13- to 14-year-old adolescents who completed sociometric assessments in their classrooms. Both bullying and victimization were predicted by the interaction between acceptance and perceived popularity. Bullying was positively associat... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790360 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790359&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F4%2F518%3Frss%3D1 This study examined the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquent behavior across two time points in a sample of 303 maltreated and 151 comparison adolescents aged between 9 and 13 years at enrollment. The first aim was to examine the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency for the total sample and then to test for gender differences using multiple group models. The second aim was to examine the interaction effect of pubertal timing and maltreatment on delinquency as well as gender differences for this interaction effect. Results showed that earlier pubertal timing was related to higher delinquency and this relationship was not significantly different for males and females. Maltreatment did not moderate the relationship between pubertal timing and delinquency for the... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790359 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790358&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F4%2F489%3Frss%3D1 This study tested five proposed models of the relationship of negative affect and peer factors in early adolescent body dissatisfaction, dieting, and bulimic behaviors. A large community sample of girls in early adolescence was assessed via questionnaire (X age = 12.3 years). Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that negative affect mediated the relationship between body dissatisfaction and bulimic behaviors. Body dissatisfaction also contributed independently to the concurrent prediction of bulimic behaviors. The proposed pathways from dieting to negative affect and dieting to bulimic behaviors were not supported. However, perceived peer influence, perceived weight-related teasing, and the self-reported eating behaviors of friendship clique members all contributed significantly to... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790358 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790357&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F4%2F488%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790357 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:09:26 +0100 3790357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537892&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F444%3Frss%3D1 This research evaluates the properties of a measure of culturally linked values of Mexican Americans in early adolescence and adulthood. The article discusses the items derived from qualitative data provided by focus groups in which Mexican Americans’ (adolescents, mothers, and fathers) perceptions of key values were discussed. The focus groups and a preliminary item refinement result in the 50-item Mexican American Cultural Values Scale (MACVS; identical for adolescents and adults) that includes 9 subscales. Analyses of data from two large previously published studies sampling Mexican American adolescents, mothers, and fathers provide evidence of the expected two correlated higher order factor structures, reliability, and construct validity of the subscales of the MACVS as indicator... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537892 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537891&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F432%3Frss%3D1 Adverse outcomes of teenage sexual activity are common in the United Kingdom. The authors used a computer-assisted interview to ask young adolescents aged 11 to 12 years (N = 6,856) and 12 to 13 years (N = 6,801) who were part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children about romantic and intimate behaviors. A total of 24% of 11- to 12-year-olds, and 41% of 12- to 13-year-olds reported holding hands, and 17% and 32%, respectively, reported having been kissed on the mouth. A minority of 12- to 13-year-olds reported sexual behavior including intercourse. The majority of participants who reported intimate sexual behavior did not regret it. Boys reported all activities more than girls and were less likely to express regret. The findings suggest that the timing and content of sex edu... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537891 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537890&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F410%3Frss%3D1 The present article examined relationships between maternal knowledge, maternal behavior control, and preadolescent behavioral competence over time. Four years of self-report data were collected from 133 mothers and their preadolescents, beginning when the preadolescents were in 4th grade. Knowledge, behavior control, and behavioral competence were assessed at all 4 time points. The results for preadolescent-reported variables suggested that maternal knowledge and preadolescent behavioral competence were reciprocally related, but maternal behavior control and preadolescent behavioral competence were not significantly related. Mother-reported maternal knowledge and behavior control were generally not associated with mother-reported preadolescent behavioral competence. Thus, the present stud... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537890 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537889&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F395%3Frss%3D1 Relatively little is known about the prevalence of physical dating violence behaviors and perceived norms about dating violence among early adolescents. A sample of 5,404 sixth-grade students was recruited from four diverse U.S. sites. Over half of the respondents reported that girls hitting their boyfriends was acceptable under certain circumstances (e.g., if made mad or jealous) and more than one in four reported acceptance of boys hitting their girlfriends. Among those reporting that they had a recent boy/ girlfriend, nearly one third of girls (31.5%) and more than one fourth of boys (26.4%) reported being physically aggressive toward this person (e.g., punching, slapping). These data support the need to address the problem of violence within students’ perceived dating relationshi... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537889 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537888&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F369%3Frss%3D1 This study explored interpersonal and intrapersonal factors associated with the level of autonomous motivation adolescents experience for their after-school activities. A total of 142 seventh-grade adolescents completed measures of peer relatedness, autonomy within friendships, mother and father autonomy support, perceived activity competence, autonomous motivation for their after-school activity, and subjective well-being. Autonomous motivation for after-school activity was associated with greater subjective well-being. Peer relatedness was positively related to adolescents’ intrinsic and identified motivation for their after-school activities and inversely related to their introjected motivation, whereas neither mother nor father autonomy support predicted autonomous motivation. Pe... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537888 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537887&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Fabstract%2F30%2F3%2F345%3Frss%3D1 This study investigated cultural identity and peer influence on tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use in a culturally diverse sample of Northern Australian adolescents. Middle school students (n = 274) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) and measures of their own and perceived friends’ substance use. Higher scores on the full scale MEIM indicating stronger cultural identity were found to be independently protective of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous alcohol initiation. More friends using substances was associated with increased substance use risk for both cultural groups. A factor analysis of the MEIM identified a two-factor structure, consisting of Affirmation/Belonging and Participation/Exploration. Few significant associations were found between the MEIM factors and... The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537887 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3537886&cid=s_27151_144_f&fid=27151&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjea.sagepub.com%2Fcgi%2Freprint%2F30%2F3%2F344%3Frss%3D1 (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence) The Journal of Early Adolescence journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3537886 Wed, 05 May 2010 21:41:10 +0100 3537886 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