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Links between parent characteristics and attachment variables for college students of parental divorce.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated links between offsprings' attachment patterns and parent characteristics in 157 females and 62 males of parental divorce. Secure females and males reported affection, respect, and closeness toward both biological parents. Offsprings' insecure attachment pattern was associated with negative parent characteristics. Participants who perceived their same-sex parent negatively were more likely to report an insecure attachment. Our findings suggest delayed negative consequences of parental divorce for college women and men. PMID: 19764266 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adolescence)
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Carranza LV, Kilmann PR, Vendemia JM Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Teachers' preferences for interventions for ethnically diverse learners with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One hundred sixty-eight elementary and middle school teachers participated in this investigation on the impact of student gender and ethnicity on teacher recommendations for interventions for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Participants read a scenario describing a student with ADHD accompanied by a student photo which depicted his/her ethnicity and gender. Participants were then asked how strongly they would recommend four common interventions. Findings suggest teachers are more likely to recommend interventions requiring less parental involvement for minority students than for Caucasian students. Ele...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Wood JC, Heiskell KD, Delay DM, Jongeling JA, Perry D Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Students' perceptions of the non-academic advantages and disadvantages of participation in Advanced Placement courses and International Baccalaureate programs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In-depth interviews of students with qualitative analysis of the responses were used to explore perceptions of the non-academic advantages and disadvantages of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) program participation, and differences between the AP and IB programs in those perceptions. Results revealed that benefits of participation, including pride in completing more challenging work, similarity and special bonds among participants, better treatment (more respect and responsibility) from teachers, better overall class atmosphere, and preference for AP and IB courses were consistent across sch...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Foust RC, Hertberg-Davis H, Callahan CM Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Mexican American adolescents' academic achievement and aspirations: the role of perceived parental educational involvement, acculturation, and self-esteem.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study used structural equation modeling to examine the relationship among perceived parental educational involvement (PPEI), acculturation, gender, and self-esteem on the academic achievement and aspirations of Mexican American high school students (N = 298). Results revealed direct effects of perceived parental educational involvement, students' level of acculturation, and students' self-esteem on students' achievement and aspirations. Acculturation and self-esteem also revealed indirect effects on aspirations and achievement through parental educational expectations. Implications of these findings are discussed. ...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Carranza FD, You S, Chhuon V, Hudley C Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Peer-support suicide prevention in a non-metropolitan U.S. community.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Though suicide is a leading cause of death for high school age youth, the overall base rates for suicide deaths are relatively low. Consequently, very few evidence-based suicide prevention programs that address suicide death have emerged. Relative to urban areas, non-metropolitan and rural communities in particular tend to report higher suicide rates that are compounded by poor access to mental health care. In the current study, 63 high school youth participated in the three-day, LifeSavers peer-support suicide prevention training program. The goals of the program are to teach youth to engage in teamwork and listen to ...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Walker RL, Ashby J, Hoskins OD, Greene FN Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Bully/victim problems in Northern Ireland's schools: data from the 2003 Young Persons' Behavior and Attitude Survey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
McGuckin and Lewis (2003, 2006, 2008), Mc Guckin, Lewis and Cummins (under review b) have reported that little is known about the nature, incidence and correlates of bully/victim problems in the Northern Ireland school system. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of self-reported experiences of bully/victim problems among a representative sample of 7,223 11- to 16-year-olds living in Northern Ireland who participated in the 2003 Young Persons' Behaviour and Attitude Survey (YPBAS: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency [NISRA], 2003). Respondents were presented with three questions inquir...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Mc Guckin C, Cummins PK, Lewis CA Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Evaluation of an Internet addiction treatment program for Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper described an indigenous multi-level counseling program designed for young people with Internet addiction problems based on the responses of 59 clients. Regarding objective outcome evaluation, pretest and posttest data generally showed that the Internet addiction problems of the participants decreased after joining the program and there were some slight positive changes in the parenting attributes. For the subjective outcome evaluation findings, participants generally perceived that the program was helpful. Findings based on these two evaluation strategies suggest this multi-level indigenous counseling progra...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Shek DT, Tang VM, Lo CY Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

The effects of program characteristics and psychological engagement on service-learning outcomes: a study of university students in Hong Kong.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the ways in which program characteristics (i.e., involvement with service users, agency support, and class experience) and psychological engagement interact in university students to affect service-learning outcomes in such areas as personal development and civic commitment. The basic premise is that these two sets of variables may have differing effects on the outcomes. To test this premise, the study employed survey data collected from 113 university students participating in a service-learning program in Hong Kong. The results support the hypothesis that involvement with service users and psychologic...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Ngai SS Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Social problem solving, family functioning, and suicidal ideation among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Based on the responses of 5,557 Chinese secondary students in Hong Kong, the relationship among social problem solving, perceived family functioning, and suicidal ideation were examined in this study. Results showed that suicidal ideation was negatively related to social problem solving and family functioning. It was further found that the linkage between social problem solving and adolescent suicidal ideation was stronger under high family functioning relative to low family functioning, thus suggesting the moderating effect of family functioning on the effect of social problem solving on suicidal ideation. The theoret...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Kwok SY, Shek DT Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Similarities and differences in physical self-concept of males and females during late adolescence and early adulthood.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, males and females differ from each other on how they perceived themselves on the multiple dimensions of physical self, and developmental age changes were evident in physical self. PMID: 19764275 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adolescence)
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Cağlar E Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

The role of sense of coherence and physical activity in positive and negative affect of Turkish adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the role of sense of coherence and total physical activity in positive and negative affect. Participants were 376 (169 female, 206 male, and 1 missing value) student volunteers from different faculties of Middle East Technical University. Three questionnaires: Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC), Physical Activity Assessment Questionnaire (PAAQ), and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) were administered to the students together with the demographic information sheet. Two separate stepwise multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the predictive power of sense of coherence an...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Oztekin C, Tezer E Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Anger as a predictor of suicidal ideation in middle-school students in Korea: gender difference in threshold point.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Studies on gender differences in suicidal ideation and anger are limited. Furthermore, these studies focused on linear relationships, which limits the full understanding of the complex relationships and hampers identification of high-risk groups for suicidal tendencies. Hence, this study aims to assess the gender differences in: (1) the level of suicidal ideation and anger; (2) predictors for suicidal ideation; and (3) the varying association between suicidal ideation and anger. The target population for this cross-sectional, correlational study was adolescents aged 13 to 15 years living in South Korea. A total of 258 ...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Lee J, Choi H, Kim MJ, Park CG, Shin DS Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Building mutual aid among young people with emotional and behavioral problems: the experiences of Hong Kong social workers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Among young people with emotional and behavioral problems (EBP), mutual aid is likely to be valuable in their rehabilitation and deserving of social work support. The benefits of mutual aid stem from the possibility that it prolongs the effective contribution of social work service. Given its potential benefits, it is imperative to clarify the ways in which social work service maximizes these benefits. Such clarification is necessary both to verify untested theories about social work inputs to mutual aid and because the research literature on mutual aid among young people is particularly lacking. Based on data from thr...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Ngai SS, Cheung CK, Ngai NP Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Empowering school personnel for positive youth development: the case of Hong Kong school social workers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While empowerment has become a popular concept in working with adolescents, few attempts have been made to explore the possibilities for empowering school personnel to create an environment in which young people can make maximum use of the opportunity to learn and grow. Based on the field experiences of 15 Hong Kong school social workers, this article examines how practitioners use various strategies to interact with school personnel to generate empowering practices in the school setting: namely, (1) exerting influence on school personnel in daily conversations and interactions; (2) creating an environment conducive to...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: To SM Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Parental social position, body image, and other psychosocial determinants and first sexual intercourse among 15- and 16-year olds.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the associations among first sexual intercourse and body image, future educational plans, depressed moods, as well as the influence of parental education and income. These associations were tested by gender and ethnicity and adjusted for variables likely to affect the findings, such as perceived social support, sexual abuse, and age. Tenth graders from Lower Secondary Schools in Oslo enrolled in 2000 and 2001 were invited to participate in this cross-sectional in-school study (participation rate: 88%). Out of the 7,343 participants, only those 15 or 16 years of age were included in the analyses (N =...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Valle AK, Røysamb E, Sundby J, Klepp KI Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

The effect of spirituality and campus ministry on academic accomplishment in college students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this experiment the effect of spirituality and campus ministry involvement on academic accomplishment was studied. It was hypothesized that students who scored higher on the Index ofCore Spiritual Experiences, hereafter known as the INSPIRIT, taken from Measures of Religiosity (Hill, 1999), and who were more involved in campus ministry activities, would have higher grade point averages. A total of 247 Marist College sophomores and juniors were administered a questionnaire that contained the INSPIRIT and a list of campus ministry activities. The students were asked to fill out both sections and provide other informat...
Source: Adolescence - September 24, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Schubmehl J, Cubbellotti S, Van Ornum W Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

After-school programs for adolescents: a review of evaluation research.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During the last ten years, an infusion of private foundation and government funding markedly increased the number of after-school programs targeting adolescents. This review focuses on the quality of after-school program evaluation research. Numerous evaluations of after-school programs exist, but serious methodological flaws limit the conclusions that can be drawn with confidence from most of the studies. Major obstacles to conducting sound evaluations include difficulties in obtaining appropriate comparison groups and dealing with sporadic attendance and attrition. The review summarizes promising results, discusses t...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Apsler R Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Trading places: adolescents as teachers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The traditional criteria for granting status to adolescents are no longer appropriate and, unless replaced, could produce alienation and excessive reliance upon peers for communication and acceptance. The status that youth seek can be attained if their technology skills are valued and seen to qualify them as helpful sources of learning for adults. A new perspective for teaching and learning in the digital environment is described. Recommendations are given for shifting from a hierarchical relationship between adults and adolescents to more equitable forms of interaction that acknowledge the strengths and limitations of...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Strom P, Strom R Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Quantitative and qualitative measures of behavior in adolescent girls.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Social experiences are central to the adolescent experience (Hartup & Stevens, 1997). The current study examined how this emphasis on social behavior would be reflected in both quantitative and qualitative measures. To do this, 57 adolescent girls (aged 11-19 years) completed questionnaires about their achievements and social and relaxation activities. They also composed a sample of a personal experience. Results demonstrated that social activities were among the most time-consuming and enjoyable activities of their day and were engaged in voluntarily. Analysis of their writing samples demonstrated that adolescents...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Freyberg RJ Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Differences in self-reported disclosure of college experiences by first-generation college student status.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compared reports of the disclosure of college experiences by college freshmen (N = 1,539). Using a student survey conducted at four universities across the country, disclosure by first-generation student status was compared. The targets of students' disclosure, including family, friends from home, friends at school, and professionals at school also were examined. Differences by first-generation status were found in disclosure and the targets of disclosure. Implications include first-generation college students' need for increased opportunities to disclose stressful college-related experiences to others. PMID...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Barry LM, Hudley C, Kelly M, Cho SJ Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Using students' weekly diaries to evaluate positive youth development programs: the case of Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Six schools participating in the Full Implementation Phase of Project P.A.T.H.S. (Secondary 1 Level) were randomly selected and invited to join this research study. After completion of the Tier 1 Program, 216 Secondary 1 (Grade 7) students in the participating schools were randomly invited to write a reflective journal in the form of a weekly diary to reveal their perceptions and feelings regarding the Tier 1 Program and the related benefits. Results of the qualitative data analyses showed that most of the respondents: (a) had positive views of the program, (b) had positive views of the instructors, and (c) stated that...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Shek DT Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Relationships between parental alcohol abuse and social support, peer substance abuse risk and social support, and substance abuse risk among South Korean adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the roles played by parental alcohol abuse and social support, peer substance abuse risk and social support, and substance abuse risk among adolescents in South Korea. Participants were adolescents between the ages of 15 and 22 years (mean, 18), residing in Seoul city and in surrounding Kyung-gi Province. Of 259 participants, 41.3% scored 2 or more on the POSIT scale, which suggested they met the problematic criteria for substance abuse risk. Logistic regression results suggested that the influence of social support on substance abuse risk among adolescents depended on the source of support--parents or ...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Park S, Kim H, Kim H Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Is always authoritative the optimum parenting style? Evidence from Spanish families.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this paper is to establish which parenting style is associated with optimum youth outcomes among adolescents of Spanish families. A sample of 1,416 teenagers from 12 to 17 years of age, of whom 57.2% were females, reported on their parents' child-rearing practices. The teenagers' parents were classified into one of four groups (authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful). The adolescents were then contrasted on four different outcomes: (1) self-esteem (academic, social, emotional, family and physical); (2) psychosocial maladjustment (hostility/aggression, negative self-esteem, negative self-adequ...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: García F, Gracia E Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Psychometric properties of the Spanish-language child depression inventory with Hispanic children who are secondary victims of domestic violence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Child Depression Inventory (CDI), a self-report instrument that measures depressive symptomatology in children, has been shown to have adequate construct validity (Kovacs, 1983, 1992). However, limited research has been conducted with minority children and adolescents. In the present study, the construct validity of the Spanish-language version of the Child Depression Inventory (CDI-S) ages 8-12 years (N = 100). The CDI was developed by Maria Kovacs (1992) and has been a widely used instrument for screening depression in children. Fifty of the children had witnessed domestic violence (secondary victims of domestic ...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Molina CS, Gómez JR, Pastrana MC Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Migration and self-esteem: a qualitative study among internal migrant girls in Turkey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examining the impact of migration experience on self-esteem of girls enrolled at primary schools in Turkey. It is based on a broader study that explored educational and coping strategies of internal migrant girls living in a suburban town in the western part of Turkey. The study showed that students encountered a variety of challenges in their new school environment including adaptation, language, low socioeconomic background, peer relations, discrimination, and bullying. These challenges seemed to have a direct or indirect influence on the educational experiences of migrant girls, undermining their self-estee...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Altinyelken HK Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Gender interaction in coed physical education: a study in Turkey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined commonly expressed concerns about gender equity in a mixed-sex environment within the context of physical education (PE) in Turkey. The purpose of the study was to examine teacher-student interaction in the coed PE classroom, focusing on gender-stereotyped beliefs. Participants consisted of two PE teachers and 37 eighth-grade students from a private school situated in suburban Ankara Turkey. The modified observational instrument with the combination of Teacher-Student Interaction (TSI) and Interactions for Sex Equity in Classroom Teaching Observation System (INTERSECT) was used to assess teacher-student...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Koca C Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Self-esteem and health-risk behaviors among Turkish late adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study investigated (a) the relationship between self-esteem and health-risk behaviors and use of cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs, and (b) the gender differences in self-esteem and health-risk behaviors among a group of 243 late adolescents (124 males, 119 females) using a cross-sectional survey design. The age range of the participants was 17 to 24 with a mean age of 20.43 (SD = 1.21). Participants completed the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and a self-report questionnaire including items about demographic characteristics and participation within a range of health-risk behaviors. The findings of the study reve...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Kavas AB Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Using instant messaging to enhance the interpersonal relationships of Taiwanese adolescents: evidence from quantile regression analysis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Even though use of the internet by adolescents has grown exponentially, little is known about the correlation between their interaction via Instant Messaging (IM) and the evolution of their interpersonal relationships in real life. In the present study, 369 junior high school students in Taiwan responded to questions regarding their IM usage and their dispositional measures of real-life interpersonal relationships. Descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and quantile regression methods were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that (1) IM helps define adolescents' self-identity (forming and maintaining individua...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Lee YC, Sun YC Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Discrimination against teenagers in the mall environment: a case from Ankara, Turkey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Teenagers spend much of their leisure time at shopping malls which is a result of factors such as parental constraints due to the incivility of the streets, financial dependence, and limited financial resources. Migros, a shopping mall in Ankara was chosen as the site for this research with the main purpose of studying discrimination patterns against teenagers in the mall environment. The research was carried out through observation and in-depth interviews with 104 teenagers. Results indicate that, although they have some complaints, most of the teenagers do not perceive discrimination in the mall, unlike their foreign...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Mugan G, Erkip F Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Work experience effect on idolatry and the impulsive buying tendencies of adolescents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The interrelationships of three issues relevant to adolescents are the focus of this study, namely, work experience, idolatry, and impulsive buying. Many young people work at some time during their years at high school, which is part of the process of socialization in terms of both thinking and behavior. Idolatry is a common phenomenon among adolescents, and is the way adolescents develop their own values and ideals. Marketers have long recognized the significance of impulse buying, but most studies focus on adult consumers. The purpose of this study was to examine the part-time job effect on idolatry and impulsive buy...
Source: Adolescence - June 16, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Niu HJ, Wang YD Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Adolescent egocentrism: a contemporary view.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study sought to determine whether adolescent egocentrism is displayed during adolescence in the same patterns as when the constructs were first defined in 1967. We empirically revisited the constructs of personal fable and imaginary audience in contemporary adolescents, hypothesizing a decrease in egocentrism with increasing age. Adolescents (N = 2,390) responded to a self-report measure of adolescent egocentrism. Results revealed significant interactions between age and sex for both imaginary audience and personal fable. The results deviated from the original conceptualization discussed in 1967 and supports more rece...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Schwartz PD, Maynard AM, Uzelac SM Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Psychosocial factors associated with reports of physical dating violence victimization among U.S. adolescent males.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study, based upon the national 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of U.S. high school students, provides the most current and representative data on physical dating violence among adolescent males (N = 6,528) The dependent variable was physical dating violence. The independent variables included four dimensions: violence, suicide, subtance use, and sexual risk behavior. Unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were examined followed by multivariate logistic regression analyses, which included all significant independent variables from the bivariate analyses. Adjusted OR and 95% CI were com...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Howard DE, Wang MQ, Yan F Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Youth perceptions of their school violence risks.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In order to gauge youth perceptions of school violence, this study links two perceptual bias literatures: third-person perception and optimistic bias. The intersection of the two literatures may be especially beneficial in understanding how adolescents process and interpret public health messages and subsequently engage in risk behaviors or self-protective behaviors in health contexts. Participants were 350 urban adolescents in school-based violence prevention sessions who completed a survey. Findings indicate shared predictors of third-person perception and optimistic bias (age, self-esteem) as well as differences (kn...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Chapin J Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Three years of teen court offender outcomes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Since 1983, Teen Courts have offered ajudicial alternative for many adolescent offenders. In the first year of the Whatcom County Teen Court Program, a small sample of Teen Court offenders had more favorable outcomes than did Court Diversion offenders. In the current study, the results are based on a three-year sample of 84 Whatcom County adjudicated youths, each with at least one prior conviction. Overall, recidivism was lower for the Teen Court offenders than for first-time Court Diversion offenders. Sentence completion rates were comparable for the two groups. In addition to behavioral outcomes, responses on a satis...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Forgays DK Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

The relationship between levels of perceived respect and bullying in 5th through 12th graders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined this relationship with surveys (N = 3,147) and interviews (N = 315) administered to 5th through 12th grade students in 26 public schools. Surveys assessed perceptions of respect from adults, respect from peers, and frequency ratings of observed and experienced bullying. Analyses indicated that perceived levels of respect were moderate overall and varied greatly by school and demographics. Approximately 15% of students reported that they observed physical bullying at least weekly and 12% said they were picked on daily. Demographically, males, minorities, 9th and 10th graders, and non-college bound studen...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Langdon SW, Preble W Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Does positive youth development predict adolescent attitudes about sexuality?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among individual factors, parental factors, involvement in activities, and adolescent attitudes regarding sex (the outcome variable). We suggest that Positive Youth Development (PYD) research and programming should include promoting healthy sexuality as an important developmental outcome for youth. PYD philosophy and theory, bioecological theory (Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998), and identity development theory (Erikson, 1983, 1968; Marcia, 1980, 1993) provided the foundation for this study and were used to make the connections between PYD, adolescent sexuali...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Chapman EN, Werner-Wilson RJ Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Comparing Black, Hispanic, and White mothers with a national standard of parenting.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Black, Hispanic, and White mothers (N = 739) and adolescents (N = 806) completed a Parent Success Indicator to assess maternal behavior related to Communication, Use of Time, Teaching, Frustration, Satisfaction, and Information Needs. Comparisons between each ethnic group and a previously established national parenting standard revealed that both generations from each group judged the overall performance of mothers to be favorable. Teaching received the highest rating followed by Satisfaction. Mothers indicated that a need to have more Information about a particular adolescent was their greatest learning challenge, whi...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Strom RD, Strom PS, Beckert TE Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Academic achievement, employment, age and gender and students' experience of alternative school.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore associations between academic achievement, employment, gender, and age in relation to students' sense of school membership and perception of adults in school. The sample consisted of 102 secondary, alternative school students. Results indicated that students with a more positive perception of school personnel also reported a greater sense of school membership. Male students and older students had a more negative perception of administrators relative to female and younger students. In addition, students who worked tended to report higher grades than students who d...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Poyrazli S, Ferrer-Wreder L, Meister DG, Forthun L, Coatsworth JD, Grahame KM Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Social support for exercise and dietary habits among college students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An assessment inventory (the Friend/Peer Support-Health Eating Physical Activity Scale-FPS-HEPAS) was developed to measure social influence patterns of college student physical activity and food consumption habits. Principal components analysis of 50 items with two referent sets (friends and peers) produced two scales with common factors: encouragement to exercise, avoidance of high fat/salty foods, support for dieting and/or exercise to lose weight, and criticism about exercise behavior. The Friend Support scale also included a factor relating to criticism of eating foods high in fat or salt. The Peer Support scale in...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Gruber KJ Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Emerging adult versus adult status among college students: examination of explanatory variables.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first purpose of this study was to report how many college students, 18 to 25 years of age, are classified as "emerging adults," "undecideds" or "adults." The second purpose was to determine the relationships between emerging adults versus adults and (a) background characteristics, (b) risk-taking behaviors; (c) sensation-seeking scores, and (d) income. A survey was administered to a total of 450 students enrolled in psychology classes in a southern state. Based on responses to four questions, 186 (41%) were emerging adults, 148 (33%) undecided, and 116 (26%) adults. Adult status was not significantly associated wi...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Blinn-Pike L, Worthy SL, Jonkman JN, Smith GR Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Personality assessment with adolescents: challenges and guidelines.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Approximately 4.5 to 6.3 million youth experience serious emotional disturbances. Unfortunately, many of them have unmet mental health needs. Tools used in personality assessment can offer unparalleled assistance in diagnosis, and assist in designing appropriate interventions. Unfortunately, not all psychologists embrace personality assessment as a key component in conducting a comprehensive psychological evaluation. In this article the effective use of personality assessment tools is described, with particular attention to issues of comorbidity. Guidelines for effective practice are also offered. PMID: 19086672 [P...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Crespi TD, Politikos NN Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Profile of incarcerated juveniles: comparison of male and female offenders.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Effective methods of identifying potential juvenile offenders are critical when developing prevention programs within both state and national juvenile justice systems. The characteristics of juvenile offenders in a large juvenile justice system are examined in this study. Participants live in a Midwestern city with a high rate of crime as indicated by federal standards. Both male and female subjects were currently incarcerated (N = 363). The article highlights a basic psychological and behavioral profile of these juveniles in an effort to determine characteristics that might identify future juvenile offenders. The auth...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Martin D, Martin M, Dell R, Davis C, Guerrieri K Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Development and validation of the computer technology literacy self-assessment scale for Taiwanese elementary school students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to describe the development and validation of an instrument to identify various dimensions of the computer technology literacy self-assessment scale (CTLS) for elementary school students. The instrument included five CTLS dimensions (subscales): the technology operation skills, the computer usages concepts, the attitudes toward computer technology, the learning with technology, and the Internet operation skills. Participants were 1,539 elementary school students in Taiwan. Data analysis indicated that the instrument developed in the study had satisfactory validity and reliability. Correlat...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Chang CS Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Dieting, dietary restraint, and binge eating disorder among overweight adolescents in Turkey.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among dieting, dietary restraint, disinhibition, hunger, and binge eating among overweight adolescent girls. Participants were 743 overweight adolescent girls between 16 and 19 years of age. The mean BMI was 24.9 +/- 0.8 kg/m2 in the low-restraint group and 25.1 +/- 0.8 kg/m2 in the high-restraint group (p < 0.05).Twenty percent of participants in the low-restraint group and 72% of those in the high-restraint group followed weight management practices for losing weight. The mean total TFEQ score was 21.5 +/- 7.8 for chronic dieters and 25.5 +/- 8.7 for non-...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Bas M, Bozan N, Cigerim N Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms: longitudinal and concurrent relations.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The relations between antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms were examined both longitudinally and concurrently in a sample of Italian early-adolescents. Structural equation modelling was applied to 10-month longitudinal data from a sample of 107 youths (54 girls; mean age at baseline = M = 12.5). Early adolescents completed a questionnaire in which they reported antisocial behaviors and depressive symptoms. Results show temporal stability for both constructs. Moreover, results show a significant longitudinal relation between depression at t1 and antisocial behavior at t2. This relation dropped to not significant ...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Vieno A, Kiesner J, Pastore M, Santinello M Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Chinese adolescent student service quality and experience in an international tertiary education system.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches to examine the experiences of 160 Chinese students at an Australian tertiary institution, and concludes that their impressions of quality are formed by a range of service dimensions. Analysis of the scope, scale, and importance of the these dimensions is used to generate a portfolio of quality indicators that are likely feature strongly in the 2008 Beijing Olympics model of volunteer service delivery. PMID: 19086677 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Adolescence)
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Peng CH Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Risk of abnormal eating attitudes among Turkish dietetic students.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of abnormal eating attitudes among Turkish dietetic students and the relations between nutrition education and eating attitudes. The study population was 568 female university students (248 dietetic students, 320 non-dietetic students). Two scales were used: Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) and Bulimic Investigatory Test-Edinburg (BITE). Psychological factors were measured with the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSE) and the State-trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The mean eating attitudes first scores, bulimic investigatory test scores, and Rosenberg self-esteem scor...
Source: Adolescence - December 18, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Kiziltan G, Karabudak E Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Sexual attitudes and behavior at four universities: do region, race, and/or religion matter?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study sought to ascertain any differences in sexual attitudes, levels of premarital sexual involvement, and risk-taking sexual practices of college students at four distinctly different universities: a historic Black public university; a predominately white, Southern private university with a religious heritage; a Southwestern public university; and a Midwestern public university. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to a volunteer sample of 1,915 never-married women and 1,111 never-married men in select upper and lower division classes. Numerous significant differences among campuses were found regarding sexua...
Source: Adolescence - August 12, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Davidson JK, Moore NB, Earle JR, Davis R Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Linking academic social environments, ego-identity formation, ego virtues, and academic success.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study used Structural Equation Modeling to test an Eriksonian conceptual model linking academic social environments (relationships with faculty and fellow students), ego-identity formation, ego virtues, and academic success. Participants included 765 first-year students at a university in southern Ontario, Canada. Results indicated that supportive relationships with faculty was directly related to higher average grades and perceived academic ability, whereas positive relationships with fellow students was indirectly related to academic success through ego virtues. Positive ego-identity formation (identity achievement)...
Source: Adolescence - August 12, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Good M, Adams GR Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals

Postformal thinking and creativity among late adolescents: a post-Piagetian approach.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the relationship between cognitive development levels and creative performance among late adolescents from a post-Piagetian perspective. Participants were 386 college students, ranging in age from 19 to 26 years. The Social Paradigm Belief Scale was employed to measure the three cognitive styles of late adolescence: formal, relativistic, and dialectical thinking. The Divergent Thinking Test (DTT) was used to measure creative performance. Dialectical and relativistic thinking were positively correlated with creative performance, whereas formal thinking was negatively correlated. Planned contrasts rev...
Source: Adolescence - August 12, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Wu PL, Chiou WB Tags: Adolescence Source Type: journals