Sense of Indebtedness Toward Parents: Korean American Emerging Adults' Narratives of Parental Sacrifice
This research examined the construct "sense of indebtedness toward parents" (SIP) as a concept that helps explain positive change in Korean American (KA) emerging adults’ views of their parents despite experiencing a high level of parent-adolescent challenges. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 KA emerging adults. Most described experiencing SIP, defined as "a person’s recognition of his or her immigrant parents’ child-centered immigration aspirations and their sacrifice for the sake of children." Findings showed that the formation of SIP was facilitated by processes related to developmenta...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 28, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Kang, H., Larson, R. W. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Emotional Experiences of Early First Intercourse: A Multi-Method Study
The experience of the first intercourse at an early age is a well-established sexual risk behavior as it is related to adverse physical and mental health outcomes. However, the diversity within the group of early starters as well as the actual processes that make early first-time intercourse (potentially) more harmful remain understudied. The goal of this research is to understand the mechanisms that make an early experience of the first intercourse either more or less emotionally harmful. Therefore, a combination of quantitative and qualitative data are used. The quantitative data stem from a population survey (ages 14-35...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 28, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Symons, K., Vermeersch, H., Van Houtte, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Using Narrative Analysis to Identify Patterns of Internet Influence on the Identity Development of Same-Sex Attracted Youth
For same-sex attracted youth (SSAY), the Internet affords a unique combination of opportunity, risk, and benefit. The present study provides a narrative analysis of four diverse SSAY’s experiences (ages 18-20 years), selected from a larger sample (N = 32) to highlight variation in (a) frequency of Internet use (extensive, incidental) and (b) impact of Internet use (pivotal, missed opportunity) during identity development. Presenting narratives individually, we depict how variations in frequency and impact of Internet use interact with the content, tone, and overall form of these youths’ identity development nar...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 28, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Kuper, L. E., Mustanski, B. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
"Dude, You're Such a S.!" Barriers and Facilitators of Sexual Communication Among Young Gay Men and Their Best Friends
Conversations with friends are a crucial source of information about sexuality for young gay men, and a key way that sexual health norms are shared during emerging adulthood. However, friends can only provide this support if they are able to talk openly about sexuality. We explored this issue through qualitative interviews with an ethnically diverse sample of young gay men and their best friends. Using theories of sexual scripts, stigma, and emerging adulthood, we examined how conversations about sex could be obstructed or facilitated by several key factors, including judgmentalism, comfort/discomfort, and receptivity. Gay...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 28, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: McDavitt, B., Mutchler, M. G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
What Motivates Youth Civic Involvement?
This article addresses the following questions: What motivations and barriers do youth report for civic involvement? How do motivations and barriers differ across school contexts? A qualitative study using in-depth semi-structured interviews with youth (N = 22) was used to identify four categories of motivations and two categories of barriers for civic involvement. Variation emerged in the motivations and barriers for civic involvement both within and across school contexts. Understanding civic motivations in context uncovers new insights about how to structure opportunities to better facilitate youth civic involvement. (S...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 28, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Ballard, P. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Process and Positive Development: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of University Student Volunteering
Volunteering among university students is an important expression of civic engagement, but the impact of this experience on the development of emerging adults requires further contextualization. Adopting interpretative phenomenological analysis as a qualitative research approach, we carried out semistructured interviews with 10 students of one Irish university who were highly engaged in volunteering. Their experience of volunteering unfolded through relatively open-ended leadership positions in university student-led societies, comparatively structured community roles, or a combination of both. The findings describe a proc...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: MacNeela, P., Gannon, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
How Private Is the Relation With God? Religiosity and Family Religious Socialization in Romanian Emerging Adults
This qualitative study explores the dynamics of religious cognitions, behaviors, and emotions in emerging adult discourse in a sample of Romanian youth of heterogeneous socioeconomic, denominational (Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic, Neo-protestant), and educational background. Also, from a parent-child dyad perspective, we investigate the role of family religious socialization when children have reached emerging adulthood. Findings bring forward personal conceptualizations of religiosity and specific strategies of religious exploration the youth employ. In addition, family religious socialization is portrayed through th...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Negru, O., Haragaş, C., Mustea, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Changing Familial Roles for Immigrant Adolescents From the Former Soviet Union to Israel
This article examines how young immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union during their adolescence perceive and cope with the resulting changes in their family roles. Data collected via interviews and focus groups from adolescents and young adults (N = 34) revealed six distinct roles: language broker, family navigator, breadwinner, cultural broker, self-caretaker, and counselor. These roles were reported to generate negative effects (e.g., lost childhood, distress) and simultaneously positive effects (e.g., gaining independence, life-experience). Various mechanisms facilitated coping, including help from friends an...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Kosner, A., Roer-Strier, D., Kurman, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Translating Into Understanding: Language Brokering and Prosocial Development in Emerging Adults From Immigrant Families
This mixed-method study assessed the nature of language brokering and the relationship between language brokering and prosocial capacities in a sample of 139 college students from ethnically diverse immigrant families. The prosocial capacities of interest were empathic concern and two forms of perspective-taking: general perspective-taking (understanding the perspectives of others) and transcultural perspective-taking (understanding of divergent cultural values). As predicted, structural equation modeling identified a significant pathway from language brokering for parents to skill in transcultural perspective-taking. We i...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Guan, S.-S. A., Greenfield, P. M., Orellana, M. F. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Does Parental Autonomy Support Relate to Adolescent Autonomy? An In-Depth Examination of a Seemingly Simple Question
In contemporary research on autonomy development, autonomy has been defined as independence (vs. dependence) or as self-endorsed (vs. controlled) functioning. Analogously, perceived parental autonomy support involves either perceived parental promotion of independence (PI) or perceived parental promotion of volitional functioning (PVF). The primary aim of the present study among Belgian and Greek adolescents (N = 658; 58% girls; M age = 16.3 years) was to examine associations between the two types of parental autonomy support, on one hand, and the two types of adolescent autonomy, on the other hand. The secondary aim was t...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - April 2, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Fousiani, K., Van Petegem, S., Soenens, B., Vansteenkiste, M., Chen, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Latina Mothers' and Daughters' Expectations for Autonomy at Age 15 (La Quinceanera)
In this study, we identified behaviors that Mexican mothers and their daughters deemed to be appropriate when they reach the age of La Quinceañera, a cultural rite of passage at age 15. Daughters hoped for rules regarding social activities to become less strict whereas mothers intended to continue to exert control, especially in the areas of peer and social activities, household duties, and homework responsibilities. The mothers were open to granting more independence in personal areas such as physical appearance and they were also willing to allow their daughters to group date. Although the mothers and daughters ex...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Romo, L. F., Mireles-Rios, R., Lopez-Tello, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Coping With Sexual Stigma: Emerging Adults With Lesbian Parents Reflect on the Impact of Heterosexism and Homophobia During Their Adolescence
Little is known about how youth with LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) parents experience various forms of sexual stigma (i.e., homophobia and heterosexism). Previous studies have focused primarily on frequency of teasing and harassment; therefore, much less is known about how indirect and institutional types of sexual stigma play out in the lives of these youth. In-depth, qualitative interviews were conducted with 30 emerging adults with lesbian parents to ascertain how they experienced and coped with sexual stigma during middle school and high school. Findings revealed that both enacted (direct and indirect) and structura...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Kuvalanka, K. A., Leslie, L. A., Radina, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Predictors of Transience Among Homeless Emerging Adults
This study identified predictors of transience among homeless emerging adults in three cities. A total of 601 homeless emerging adults from Los Angeles, Austin, and Denver were recruited using purposive sampling. Ordinary least squares regression results revealed that significant predictors of greater transience include White ethnicity, high school degree or equivalent, homeless residence in the 6 months prior to the study, longer period of homelessness, history of arrest and juvenile detention, earning income through informal sources, history of physical abuse, alcohol/drug addiction, and resilience characteristics. Quant...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Ferguson, K. M., Bender, K., Thompson, S. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Adolescent Spiritual Exemplars: Exploring Spirituality in the Lives of Diverse Youth
This qualitative study aimed to develop theory about psychological constructs relevant to spiritual development in diverse adolescents. Exemplar and Consensual Qualitative Research methods were used to explore 30 interviews of adolescents aged 12 to 21 years (M = 17.73 years) representing eight religions and six countries from around the world. Participants were nominated for living with profound spirituality within their own culture and completed semistructured interviews in their country of origin. After several iterations of analysis, participants’ discussions of spirituality in their lives were explored in terms ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Ebstyne King, P., Clardy, C. E., Ramos, J. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
African American Adolescents' Perceptions of Ethnic Socialization and Racial Socialization as Distinct Processes
Ethnic socialization and racial socialization were examined as discrete concepts using a semistructured interview to assess message content for each form of socialization. We were interested in whether adolescents distinguished between these forms of socialization. Fifty-five African American 11th- and 12th-grade students were asked separate interview questions about the messages they received from mothers pertaining to ethnic socialization and racial socialization. As expected, the frequency of Black cultural messages was more strongly represented in response to the ethnic socialization question, whereas the frequency of ...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - January 24, 2014 Category: Child Development Authors: Paasch-Anderson, J., Lamborn, S. D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
