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Book Review: Berry, J. W., Phinney, J. S., Vedder, P., & Sam, D. L. (Eds.). (2006). Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National Contexts. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence ErlbaumEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: de Dios, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Feminist Identity Among Latina AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explores developing conceptions of feminism among Latina adolescents, their prevalence of feminist endorsement, and whether home environment and well-being are related to feminist identity. One hundred and forty Latina girls (Grades 9 to 12, M age = 15) wrote personal narratives of their understanding of feminism and whether they consider themselves feminists. The major themes that emerged in girls’ conceptions were notions of feminism either as equality, as femininity, as female empowerment, as bias, or as sexism. Results show older adolescents are more likely to define feminism with regard to group-based...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Manago, A. M., Spears Brown, C., Leaper, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Transferring Post-Secondary Schools: Student Perceptions, Rationales, and ExperiencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study is an empirical investigation of the experience of students transferring from one post-secondary institution to another. Positioned within several theories, most notably emerging adulthood theory, the findings imply that transferring schools represents a positive growth experience for the student who recognizes an inappropriate match with the first institution attended. In telephone interviews, students who had transferred to a large, ethnically diverse, commuter university were asked about their perceived adjustment pre- and post-transfer, their perceived control over the transfer decision, and their tra...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Gallander Wintre, M., Morgan, A. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Giving Up Something Good for Something Better: Sacred Sacrifices Made by Religious YouthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article discusses how contemporary religious youth view the sacrifices they make for religious reasons. Adolescents reported sacrifices in five domains: societal expectations, popular culture, comforts and pleasures, time and activities, and peer relations. Youth gave the following reasons for being willing to make sacrifices: connecting to a higher meaning or purpose, connecting to God, connecting to the faith tradition or community, fulfilling expectations, feeling affective benefits, and avoiding problems. (Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Dollahite, D. C., Layton, E., Bahr, H. M., Walker, A. B., Thatcher, J. Y. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Adolescent Hopefulness in Tanzania: Street Youth, Former Street Youth, and School YouthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compares hope in street youth, former street youth, and school youth (aged 12-18) in Tanzania. Responding to Snyder’s hope theory, the author argues that not only personal agency but also the stability of living context (street, shelter, home) shapes hopefulness. Employing qualitative and quantitative analyses, the author presents a framework that shows considerable differences by youth group in hope conceptualizations. Youth in unstable environments avoid hope to circumvent failure and instead attribute success to luck and other external factors, whereas youth in steadier environments rely on internal res...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Nalkur, P. G. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

From "Rebel" to "Returnee": Daily Life and Reintegration for Young Soldiers in Northern UgandaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In war’s aftermath, many young soldiers attempt to reintegrate and reestablish their lives. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) programs are a priority intervention for youth in postconflict countries; yet there is little evidence to suggest what aids reintegration. This research uses qualitative methodology to describe the issues salient to adolescents and young adults in daily life after returning from a rebel group in northern Uganda. It explores the process of reintegration with 23 male youth abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and draws on a representative quantitative survey of 7...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 21, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Annan, J., Brier, M., Aryemo, F. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Book Review: Herzog, D. B., Franko, D. L., & Cable, P. (2007). Unlocking the Mysteries of Eating Disorders. New York: McGraw-HillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - July 30, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Pause, C. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"God Made Me Gay for a Reason": Young Men Who Have Sex With Men's Resiliency in Resolving Internalized Homophobia From Religious SourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Research investigating the role of religion in the lives of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) is limited. Given the unique developmental stage of emerging adults and the fact that most religions have restrictions on homosexual behavior, it is important to understand how YMSM integrate their sexual and religious/spiritual identities. Drawing upon a longitudinal, mixed methods study, we explore the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of a sample of YMSM. Presented are descriptions of messages about homosexuality from religious contexts and how these messages are internalized. The process used to resolve the c...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - July 30, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Kubicek, K., McDavitt, B., Carpineto, J., Weiss, G., Iverson, E. F., Kipke, M. D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Adolescent Peer Relationships and Emerging Adult Romantic Styles: A Longitudinal Study of Youth in an Italian CommunityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study extends understanding of romantic development in the emerging adult years by using an 8-year longitudinal design in Italy. Peer groups at age 13, interpersonal functioning and emotion regulation at age 17, and romantic styles at age 21 were measured in 388 youth. Early peer groups were shown to be indirectly associated with two romantic outcomes: a consolidated style and an exploratory style. As mediators, interpersonal functioning was integral to both longitudinal trajectories, while emotion regulation was unique to the exploratory one. Results provide empirical support for the heterogeneous nature and paths of...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - July 30, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Dhariwal, A., Connolly, J., Paciello, M., Caprara, G. V. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Perception of Similarities and Differences Among Adolescent Siblings: Identification and Deidentification of Twins and NontwinsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, 204 siblings were interviewed to determine in which aspects/traits twins and nontwins perceive similarities and differences between them and their siblings. The number of similarities and differences mentioned was also examined as well as the frequency with which upward, downward, and neutral comparisons are used. It was assumed that monozygotic twins in particular differ from other twins (dizygotic twins of the same and opposite sex) and nontwins (siblings with a maximum age difference of 24 months) due to different developmental conditions. For all siblings, results show that the areas in which similaritie...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - July 30, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Watzlawik, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Expectations for Parental Management of Dating in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Early AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This investigation examined mothers’ beliefs about important dating partner characteristics and expectations regarding management of dating in an ethnically diverse sample of 76 early adolescents and their mothers. Open-ended and structured questions were used to identify a range of dating partner characteristics which were important to mothers and a range of dating-management practices expected to be used by the mothers. Adolescents also reported their expectations of the mothers’ management of dating. There were significant differences in mothers’ and adolescents’ reports of expectations of manage...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - July 30, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Mounts, N. S., Kim, H.-S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Young People's Sexual Risk Behaviors in NigeriaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aims at determining the prevalence and correlates of HIV-related risk behaviors among adolescents and youths in order to plan appropriate intervention measures. This is a descriptive cross-sectional survey using structured questionnaire and focus group discussion to collect relevant information. Most (74.6%) respondents were sexually active, of which 66.4% had multiple partners and only 38.1% used condoms always during sexual intercourse. "Decreased pleasure" (35.8%) was the main reason for not always using condoms. Positive attitude toward condom use was correlated with consistent use. In view of the magnitude ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 10, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Abdulraheem, I.S., Fawole, O.I. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Forging the Future Between Two Different Worlds: Recent Chinese Immigrant Adolescents Tell Their Cross-Cultural ExperiencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In order to understand the interplay of culture and mind in immigrant adolescent learning and psychological adjustment, this multiple-case qualitative study examined salient home and school experiences told by recent Chinese immigrant youth in semistructured interviews and narrative essays. Forging the future between two different worlds defined, respectively, by Chinese tradition and Canadian culture, these adolescents struggled with high parental expectations and intergenerational conflicts at home and suffered acculturative stresses and ethnic peer divides at school. Situating the voices of the immigrant adolescents in ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 10, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Jun Li, Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Reentry of Emerging Adults: Adolescent Inmates' Transition Back Into the CommunityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article is based on the sociological analysis of the experiences and perspectives of five young men making the transition out of one state's end-of-the-line maximum security juvenile correctional facility and attempting to reenter the community as emerging adults. As part of a larger ethnographic study of violent offenders in a cottage, these young men shared their observations as they faced their futures with both fear and hope. Upon their release from the institution, they found few people or services to rely on, and they struggled the best way they knew to cope with new and frightening responsibilities of independe...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 10, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Inderbitzin, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Role of Purposeful Work Goals in Promoting Meaning in Life and in Schoolwork During AdolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
What type of work goals provide adolescents with the sense that schoolwork is important and that their lives are meaningful? This mixed-methods study of a diverse sample of 6th-, 9th-, and 12th-grade adolescents (N = 148) investigated the relationship between work goals, purpose, and meaning using a semistructured interview and a survey. Interview analyses showed that multiple motives were normative (68%), and that 30% of adolescents aspired to an occupation that would allow them to contribute to the world beyond themselves. Regression analyses found that adolescents with purposeful work goals also reported more meaning in...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 10, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Yeager, D. S., Bundick, M. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Sex Objects, Athletes, and Sexy Athletes: How Media Representations of Women Athletes Can Impact Adolescent Girls and College WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In contrast to the large body of research examining the negative effects of idealized media images on girls' and women's body image, little research has investigated whether media images can positively impact body concept among females. Using a between-participants experimental design, this study examined how images of performance athletes, sexualized athletes, sexualized models, and nonsexualized models impacted adolescent girls' and college women's tendency to self-objectify. Participants were 350 adolescent girls and 225 college women who completed a measure of body objectification after viewing photographs. As expected...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 10, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Daniels, E. A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"You're Only Young Once": Things College Students Report Doing Now Before It Is Too LateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This exploratory study examined the extent to which emerging adult college students report engaging in behaviors now because they feel they will lose those opportunities later in life. Students at a large Midwestern U.S. university (N = 248) reported how often they do or try something because they will not be able to do it later as an adult and listed examples of those activities. A majority of students (76%) listed at least one such behavior. Analysis of the listed behaviors uncovered 8 thematic categories: (a) travel/adventure, (b) social events, (c) alcohol/tobacco/drug use, (d) relationships, (e) carefree lifestyle, (f...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 9, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Ravert, R. D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Ready or Not?: Criteria for Marriage Readiness Among Emerging AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined emerging adults' criteria for marriage readiness and explored how these criteria are associated with their current attitudes and behaviors. This article establishes the psychometric value of the Criteria for Marriage Readiness Questionnaire and reports on a study of 788 emerging adults recruited from five college sites across the country. Results showed that marriage readiness is viewed by emerging adults as a process of developing interpersonal competencies, making life-long commitments, and acquiring capacities to care for others. These findings suggest that many emerging adults regard becoming an adu...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 9, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Carroll, J. S., Badger, S., Willoughby, B. J., Nelson, L. J., Madsen, S. D., McNamara Barry, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Making the Most of Adolescence: Harnessing the Search for Identity to Understand Classroom BelongingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This qualitative study investigated the relationship between adolescents' sense of school belonging and opportunities to integrate aspects of their identity with their 9th-grade English assignments. The study provided evidence of a positive relationship between these two experiences for an ethnically diverse group of students. Moreover, issues of identity (connections made with issues that were important to the self, connections with their background, and the ability to make themselves known) contributed significantly to belonging. Students' sense of connection and engagement in their classroom was supported while they par...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 9, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Faircloth, B. S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Examining Emerging-Adults' and Parents' Expectations about Autonomy During the Transition to CollegeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Our research goals were to document levels and examine the potential discrepancies of emerging-adults' and parents' expectations for autonomous behavior during the transition to college. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 204 incoming college freshmen (n = 150 females, n = 54 males) and 226 parents (n = 173 mothers, n = 53 fathers) before the transition to college. Questions based on the emotional and functional items on the Psychological Separation Inventory (Hoffman, 1984) measured college students' and parents' autonomy expectations. Qualitative and quantitative analyses revealed (a) discrepancies on ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 9, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Baete Kenyon, D., Silverberg Koerner, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

What Does It Take to Be an Adult in Austria?: Views of Adulthood in Austrian Adolescents, Emerging Adults, and AdultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study examined the defining features of emerging adulthood, subjects' conceptions of the transition to adulthood, and the perceived adult status in Austria. The sample consisted of 775 subjects (226 adolescents, 317 emerging adults, 232 adults). Results showed that most Austrian emerging adults feel themselves to be between adolescence and adulthood. Emerging adults predominantly described this period as an age of possibilities and identity exploration, as a self-focused age, as an age of feeling in between, and of instability. Regarding important criteria for feeling adult, it was found that age groups (adoles...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 9, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Sirsch, U., Dreher, E., Mayr, E., Willinger, U. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Book Review: Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends, edited by Susan Moore and Doreen Rosenthal. New York: Routledge, 2006, 294 pp. (paperback)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Oshri, A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Meeting Developmental Challenges During Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Personality and Social ResourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A one-year follow-up study examined the role of developmental challenges, personality (dependency, self-criticism, and personal efficacy), and support systems in adaptation among Israeli emerging adults (N = 236) participating in a preparatory academic program. Participants were assessed during their enrollment in the preparatory academic program and one year later, after graduation, when their academic success or failure could be determined. Personal efficacy predicted higher levels of goal investment and goal progress, as well as more positive life events. In contrast, self-criticism predicted lower goal investment, high...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Shulman, S., Kalnitzki, E., Shahar, G. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"I'm Not Going to Be a Girl": Masculinity and Emotions in Boys' Friendships and Peer GroupsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the peer relations and emotion practices of adolescent boys in light of their expectations and assumptions about masculinity. We carried out semistructured interviews with middle-class and upper-middle-class boys from an independent high school. The boys reported that they assiduously avoided displays of emotional or physical pain and disparaged such displays in other boys. They tied tough, stoic self-presentations to manliness; moreover, they said that their peer groups derided expressions of hurt and worry and of care and concern for others as "gay" or "girly." Boys described interactions with boys as...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Oransky, M., Marecek, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Understanding, Connection, and Identification: Friendship Features of Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking UndergraduatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated this hypothesis and explored the friendship features of 46 bilingual Spanish and English speaking undergraduates by combining quantitative analyses of surveys and qualitative analyses of interviews. Survey results indicated that participants rated their friendships with bilinguals to be more secure, closer, and to provide more help and companionship than their friendships with monolinguals. During interviews, participants described understanding, connection, and identification with their bilingual friends. These features were considered reasons for their friendships with other bilinguals and reasons...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Sebanc, A. M., Hernandez, M. D., Alvarado, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Use of Adolescents as Domestic Servants in Ibadan, NigeriaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study focused on adolescents who work as domestic househelps in urban centers with special reference to Ibadan, Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to examine their mode of recruitment, the nature of their work as well the impact of such work on them. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 adolescent domestic servants and 5 employers selected through a combination of simple and purposive sampling techniques. The result of the findings showed that most of the adolescents were girls who were recruited through various sources and got into the job because their families were largely poor. Although most of them...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Okafor, E. E. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Gene--Environment Interplay and Delinquent Involvement: Evidence of Direct, Indirect, and Interactive EffectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Behavioral genetic research has revealed that biogenic factors play a role in the development of antisocial behaviors. Much of this research has also explicated the way in which the environment and genes may combine to create different phenotypes. The authors draw heavily from this literature and use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine genetic and environmental effects on adolescent delinquent involvement. The results of the multivariate models reveal that genetic factors have a direct effect on youthful misconduct. Most important, however, is that genetic factors interact with delinqu...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 23, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Beaver, K. M., DeLisi, M., Wright, J. P., Vaughn, M. G. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Advancing Out of Poverty: Social Class Worldview and Its Relation to ResilienceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Children born into poverty in the United States are at higher risk for a number of nonresilient outcomes. An extensive body of work examines and then confirms the qualities of resilient children, emphasizing the importance of four social-psychological characteristics—social competence, problem solving, autonomy, and sense of purpose—and three categories of protective environmental factors—family, school, and community. Extant research has done an excellent job of identifying the protective factors, but more work is needed to understand the processes through which the protective factors influence positive ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Abelev, M. S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Dating and Sexual Attitudes in Asian-American AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dating behaviors and sexual attitudes of Asian-American youth were examined in a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study in the context of adherence to Asian values, measured by the Asian Values Scale (AVS). In all, 31 Asian-American adolescents (age 14-18 years old) from a Houston community center were interviewed regarding dating behaviors and sexual attitudes. Almost three-fourth of adolescents dated without parental knowledge. Compared with adolescents with the lowestAVS scores, those with the highestAVS scores were significantly more likely to date without parental knowledge and date longer before sex. Many adolescents p...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Lau, M., Markham, C., Hua Lin, , Flores, G., Chacko, M. R. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Adolescents' Online Social Networking Following the Death of a PeerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine how online social networking facilitates adolescent grieving following the sudden death of a peer. Researchers reviewed 20 profiles authored by adolescents who had died between 2005 and 2007 collecting information from commentary posted to the profiles posthumously. Observed themes included adolescent Internet users directing comments to the deceased, posting memorial sentiments, indicators of coping strategies, current events and memories, comments about the act of commenting, cause of death, comments from distal or unknown peers, religious beliefs, and attending the funeral. In ad...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Williams, A. L., Merten, M. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Being "Good" or Being "Popular": Gender and Ethnic Identity Negotiations of Chinese Immigrant AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the last two decades, a corpus of research has been conducted to understand immigrant adolescent ethnic identity formation. However, few studies have examined the intersection of gender and ethnic identity. In this paper, drawing on mainly qualitative data collected on 72 Chinese immigrant adolescents, I present findings on the gendered expectations at home and school for Chinese immigrant adolescents and how they negotiated these expectations in constructing their identity. Findings suggest that while both Chinese immigrant girls and boys faced conflicting expectations at home and school, how they negotiated these diff...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Baolian Qin, D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Decline of In Loco Parentis and the Shift to Coed Housing on College CampusesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the scope of that transition in the United States. From a sampling of 100 universities in the United States, including the nation's 50 largest universities, it was found that the vast majority of on-campus housing is currently coed in nature. Anecdotal information provided by the housing offices at these universities suggests that this transition is largely driven by student demand and financial considerations. Implications for future research and university policy making are discussed. (Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Willoughby, B. J., Carroll, J. S., Marshall, W. J., Clark, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Does the Adolescent Brain Make Risk Taking Inevitable?: A Skeptical AppraisalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Increasingly influential theories hold that the "teenage brain" suffers cognitive flaws that impel risk taking. Aside from warnings by leading researchers that brain science is insufficiently advanced to yield definitive findings that teenage behaviors are internally driven, the belief that adolescents take excessive risks has been developed using biased measures and without first ruling out alternative external explanations. In fact, the best demographic, crime, and health statistics show that adolescents do not take excessive risks compared to adults, adolescent risks are associated much more significantly with condition...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - December 23, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Males, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Book Review: Chasing the High: A Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience With Substance Abuse, by Kyle Keegan and Howard B. Moss. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008, 192 pp. (paperback)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Hernandez, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Transition to University: The Student-University Match (SUM) QuestionnaireEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Freshmen students at six Canadian universities completed questionnaires that assessed the quality of match between their individual needs and their university environment. The Student-University Match Questionnaire (SUM), a theoretically derived scale, was developed and demonstrated excellent psychometric properties (Cronbach's alpha = .87). Furthermore, interviews were conducted with students who had deregistered from their universities and a matched control group of students who remained enrolled. The interviews provided construct and predictive validity for the SUM scale. They also revealed important themes of student-e...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Wintre, M. G., Knoll, G.M., Pancer, S.M., Pratt, M.W., Polivy, J., Birnie-Lefcovitch, S., Adams, G. R. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Perceptions of People and Place: Young Adolescents' Interpretation of Their Schools in the United States and the United KingdomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article investigates the impact of different school models (middle school, K-8, and the UK secondary) on young adolescents' perceptions of their school climates. In particular, it analyzes the importance of people and place in the positive and negative attitudes that middle-level students develop about their schools. Based on mixed-method longitudinal research conducted during the 2004-2005 academic year, the study finds that 11- to 12-year-old students' happiness in school is most influenced by their peers, followed by the relationship with teachers. The study also reveals negative implications for students in large,...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Booth, M. Z., Sheehan, H. C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Why Can't We Just Talk About It?: An Observational Study of Parents' and Adolescents' Conversations About SexEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined how parents and adolescents talk about sex with each other and how that influences their anxiety and avoidance tendencies. When parents were receptive, informal, and composed during the conversations, their adolescents were less anxious and, in turn, were less avoidant. The child's perception of the parent's communication competence also predicted the child's anxiety, which influenced the child's avoidance. The quality of the relationship between the parent and the child also influenced how anxious and avoidant the child was during the conversation. Qualitative findings revealed that religiosity, the ge...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Afifi, T. D., Joseph, A., Aldeis, D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"Show Me an Ounce of Respect": Respect and Authority in Adult-Youth Relationships in After-School ProgramsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article consolidates findings from two studies of urban after-school programs. The article examines youths' experiences of authority in after-school programs, compares those with their reports of authority relations at school and explores how adult-youth relationships in these settings influence those experiences. A relational climate exists in the after-school programs which informs youths' experiences of authority. Respect emerged as an important construct which influences youths' perceptions of and relations to adult authority. This may be particularly salient for racial minority youth. Youth differentiate respecti...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Deutsch, N. L., Jones, J. N. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"Bad Things Could Happen": How Fear Impedes Social Responsibility in Privileged AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, I compared the shifts in attitude of affluent high school seniors participating in a course on social justice issues to a control group of similar adolescents. In this course, participating adolescents learned about social justice issues such as homelessness, poverty, world hunger, and illegal immigration. An analysis of presurvey and postsurvey data revealed that the adolescents participating in the social justice course experienced a decline over the course of the semester in their support for educational equity between wealthy and poor communities. Interviews with these adolescents and analyses of their s...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Seider, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Talking About Religion: How Highly Religious Youth and Parents Discuss Their FaithEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study builds on previous research regarding parent-child religious conversations to explore the transactional processes of these conversations. It employs qualitative analyses of interviews with highly religious parents and adolescents representing the Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) from New England and Northern California. Variations in conversational processes are summarized in a conceptual model. Findings suggest that when parent-adolescent religious conversations are youth centered, the emotional experience is more positive for parents and adolescents than when they are parent centered. Parents fr...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - September 3, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Dollahite, D. C., Thatcher, J. Y. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Adolescents' Views of Guns in a High-Violence CommunityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents a qualitative investigation of youth temptations, emotional reactions, and subsequent behavior with respect to guns. Twenty-three youth enrolled in a community-based firearm reduction program have participated in interviews on retrospective experiences with guns. Common temptations for gun carrying are protection during drug dealing, protection from disrespect, and protection from repeated aggression and bullying. Gun handling produces two diverse responses, fear and excitement. Interviews reveal a dangerous form of gunplay known as flossing and cognitive distortions of peer attitudes toward carriers....
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - September 3, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Black, S., Hausman, A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Employment, Sense of Coherence, and Identity Formation: Contextual and Psychological Processes on the Pathway to Sense of AdulthoodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study investigated the influence of contextual (i.e., being in college vs. being employed) and psychological (i.e., sense of coherence) processes on achieving a sense of adulthood in a sample of 317 emerging adults. Identity formation, conceptualized as multiple dimensions of exploration and of commitment, was conceived of as a mediator of these relationships. Individuals who perceive themselves as adults scored higher on commitment and lower on ruminative exploration than those who do not perceive themselves as full-fledged adults. Structural equation modeling demonstrated that the relationships of sense of co...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - September 3, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Luyckx, K., Schwartz, S. J., Goossens, L., Pollock, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Balancing Acts: Adolescents' and Mothers' Friendship ProjectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This investigation describes the joint goal-directed series of actions, or joint friendship projects, of 19 mothers and their adolescents. Data were collected through videotaped conversations, video recall interviews, and self-report logs collected over an 8-month period. Qualitative analysis of the data revealed joint projects characterized by the pursuit of competing priorities. Efforts to balance competing priorities are described as three forms of balancing acts: (a) organizing time for friendships and responsibilities, (b) adolescent independence with friends while ensuring physical safety, and (c) balancing inclusion...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - September 3, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Marshall, S. K., Young, R. A., Tilton-Weaver, L. C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

"It's One of Those Things That You Do to Help the Family": Language Brokering and the Development of Immigrant AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines how immigrant adolescent development is shaped by the cultural and linguistic practice of language brokering. Framed by theories on interdependent/independent developmental scripts, the changing experiences and views of 12 Latino/a children of U.S. immigrants over 5 years were analyzed. It was found that translating is a relational, interdependent activity in which adolescents both help and receive help from family members. As adolescents, they extend this helping orientation beyond their household, but in these public spaces, they sometimes meet up with other developmental scripts. This article's exa...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - September 3, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Dorner, L. M., Orellana, M. F., Jimenez, R. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Book Review: Adolescents, Media, and the Law: What Developmental Science Reveals and Free Speech Requires, by Roger J. R. Levesque. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, 345 pp. (hardcover)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Lanthier, R. P. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Schooling, Peer Relations, and Family Life of Russian AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In the Russian Federation, a growing emphasis on individualism and a profusion of educational options create challenges and opportunities for adolescents making the transition to secondary school. To investigate Russian students' perspectives during this important developmental period, we conducted two openended interviews with 32 ninth graders and obtained achievement data from their teachers. Most students reported having autonomy regarding their current academic schoolwork but receiving assistance from their parents with regard to choices about their educational future. High-achieving students were more likely than low-...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Holloway, S. D., Mirny, A. I., Bempechat, J., Jin Li, Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Romantic Fantasies, Cross-Gender Friendships, and Romantic Experiences in AdolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Findings of this study, conducted on 142 adolescents (67 ninth graders and 75 eleventh graders), show that romantic experiences among adolescents are manifested in different forms: romantic fantasies, cross-gender friendships, and sustained interactions with a romantic partner. These three forms of experience are manifested differently across age and gender. Romantic fantasies, although not accompanied by any actual interaction, are emotionally intense and probably constitute one of the modes of romantic experience. (Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Tuval-Mashiach, R., Walsh, S., Harel, S., Shulman, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Sources of Perceived School Connection Among Ethnically-Diverse Urban AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Adolescents' perceived connection to school has been consistently associated with positive development across a range of domains, with strongest evidence for the quality of student-adult relationships in school as a core factor. Using a purposive sample of 32 high seniors from 9 urban schools who had participated in a quantitative study 5 years prior, this multimethod study examines the experiences that promote or undermine these adolescents' feelings of connection to school— in particular, their feelings of respect for and caring by teachers, and their sense of belonging to their schools. Adolescents in our sample r...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Ozer, E. J., Wolf, J. P., Kong, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Normative Family Interactions: Hmong American Adolescents' Perceptions of Their ParentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hmong American adolescents' perceptions of their parents were examined using the parenting styles and family ecologies models. Individual interviews of forty 11- to 18-year-old Hmong American teenagers resulted in open-ended and fixed-choice responses. In the open-ended responses, adolescents emphasized themes of parental involvement and depending on the family for support. The theme of depending on the family was more commonly used to describe mothers, whereas respectful relationships was used more frequently to describe fathers. Two emergent themes were the adolescents' views of fathers as hard-working but absent and the...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Lamborn, S. D., Moua, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Religious Identity Formation Among Bangladeshi American Muslim AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although Islam is the fastest growing religion in America, very little research has been conducted on the lived experiences of Muslim-Americans. In this pilot study, the first of its kind, the process of religious identity formation among Bangladeshi-American Muslim adolescents is explored. Sixteen participants (6 males) completed semistructured interviews, and this qualitative data was analyzed using a Grounded Theory approach. Based on the findings of this exploratory study, a preliminary understanding of religious identity formation in Bangladeshi-American Muslim adolescents is presented and discussed in detail. Our qua...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - June 5, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Chaudhury, S. R., Miller, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals