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Bullying and Victimization Among Native and Immigrant Adolescents in Norway: The Role of Proactive and Reactive AggressivenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compares levels of bullying others, victimization, and aggressiveness in native Norwegian and immigrant adolescents living in Norway and shows how bullying is related to proactive and reactive aggressiveness. The sample consists of 2,938 native Norwegians (1,521 girls, 1,417 boys) and 189 immigrant adolescents (97 girls, 92 boys) in school grades 8, 9, and 10. Data were collected via self-assessments. Structural equation models were conducted separately for girls and boys in both groups. The levels of victimization, reactive and proactive aggressiveness were the same for both native Norwegians and immigrant adol...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Fandrem, H., Strohmeier, D., Roland, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Academic Competence for Adolescents Who Bully and Who Are Bullied: Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
School bullying has negative implications for adolescent academic competence, making it important to explore what factors promote such competence for adolescents who bully and who are bullied. Potential contextual and individual variables linked to academic competence were examined in the context of bullying. Data were derived from the Grades 5 and 6 of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a national longitudinal investigation of adolescents in the United States that began in 2002. Longitudinal random effects hierarchical regression analyses with a subsample of 620 adolescents indicated that being a bully negativel...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Ma, L., Phelps, E., Lerner, J. V., Lerner, R. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Early Adolescent Romantic Partner Status, Peer Standing, and Problem BehaviorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined associations among early adolescent romantic relationships, peer standing, problem behaviors, and gender as a moderator of these associations, in a sample of 320 seventh-grade students. Popular and controversial status youth were more likely to have a romantic partner, whereas neglected status youth were less likely to have a romantic partner. Similarly, youth perceived as conventional and unconventional leaders were also more likely to have a romantic partner than were non-leaders. Youth who had a romantic partner drank more alcohol and were more aggressive than were youth who did not have a romantic p...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Miller, S., Lansford, J. E., Costanzo, P., Malone, P. S., Golonka, M., Killeya-Jones, L. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Aggressive Behavior and Quality of Friendships: Linear and Curvilinear AssociationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study investigates linear and curvilinear associations between overt aggressive behavior and the adolescents’ reports of the quality of their friendships over time. Moderation by gender was also investigated. The sample consisted of 246 boys and 253 girls from the sixth and seventh grades of a large public middle school. Findings suggested a curvilinear association between aggression and friendship quality for boys such that nonaggressive and highly aggressive boys tended to perceive their relationships with friends more positively than did boys who exhibited moderate levels of overt aggression. In contra...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Fanti, K. A., Brookmeyer, K. A., Henrich, C. C., Kuperminc, G. P. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Growth and Predictors of Parental Knowledge of Youth Behavior During Early AdolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study examines latent growth models of parental knowledge of boys’ behavior from ages 10 to 15, and whether earlier child or family characteristics are related to intercept and growth in parental knowledge. As part of an ongoing longitudinal study on the precursors of antisocial behavior, 288 boys completed interviews at ages 10, 11, 12, and 15 years. Boys’ reports started low, increased and plateaued at age 12. High levels of maternal responsivity in early childhood were associated with a high initial status in knowledge. Growth was predicted only by high levels of boys’ prior externalizing p...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Moilanen, K. L., Shaw, D. S., Criss, M. M., Dishion, T. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

Relative Importance of Parents and Peers: Differences in Academic and Social Behaviors at Three Grade Levels Spanning Late Childhood and Early AdolescenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
By focusing on school-based behaviors, this study examined the validity of a lay assumption that peers match, and even surpass, parents in terms of their importance as socialization agents by early adolescence. Self-reported academic and social behaviors, peer group norms, and perceived parent values were assessed among fourth, sixth, and eighth graders (n = 364). Results indicated academic and social behaviors, and perceived peer group norms for each, were more negative among older youth than younger youth. Sixth and eighth graders also reported parents valuing social behaviors less than fourth graders, although perceptio...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Masten, C. L., Juvonen, J., Spatzier, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: journals

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Early Adolescent Attachment to Parents, Emotional Problems, and Teacher-Academic Worries About the Middle School TransitionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines how attachment to mother and father predicts worries about academic demands and relationships with teachers generated by the transition from elementary to middle school through its contribution to adolescents’ emotional problems (depression and anxiety). The study sample includes 626 young adolescents (289 boys and 337 girls) in sixth grade who completed the Security Scale to assess security of attachment to their mothers and fathers. The results of analyses based on structural equation modeling showed that attachment to mother predicts adolescents’ teacher-academic worries about the middle ...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Duchesne, S., Ratelle, C. F., Poitras, S.-C., Drouin, E. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Childhood-Limited Versus Persistent Antisocial Behavior: Why Do Some Recover and Others Do Not? The TRAILS StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Possible differences between childhood-limited antisocial youth and their stable high-antisocial counterparts were examined. Children were 11 years old at wave 1 (T1) and 13.5 at wave 2 (T2). At both waves, the same parent, teacher, and self-reports of antisocial behavior were used. Stable highs and childhood-limited antisocial youth differed somewhat in family and individual background. Stable highs had less effortful control, perceived more overprotection, had a higher level of familial vulnerability to externalizing disorder, and lived less often with the same parents throughout their lives than the childhood-limited gr...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Veenstra, R., Lindenberg, S., Verhulst, F. C., Ormel, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Do Private Religious Practices Moderate the Relation Between Family Conflict and Preadolescents' Depression and Anxiety Symptoms?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We extended past research that focused on the relation between family conflict and preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms. In a sample of 160 11- to 12-year-olds, we examined whether private religious practices moderated the relations between family conflict and preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms. Although preadolescents’ depressive and anxiety symptoms were not significantly associated with their private religious practices, preadolescents’ private religious practices moderated the relations between: (a) both mother- and preadolescent-reported family conflict and preadolescent...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Davis, K. A., Epkins, C. C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Early Predictors of Adolescent Depression: A 7-Year Longitudinal StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the longitudinal relationship of early elementary predictors to adolescent depression 7 years later. The sample consisted of 938 students who have been part of a larger longitudinal study that started in 1993. Data collected from parents, teachers, and youth self-reports on early risk factors when students were in 1st and 2nd grade were compared to adolescent self-reported depression 7 years later. Regression analyses were conducted with each risk factor separately and combined, while also examining gender and the gender x risk factor interaction. Results showed that the risk factors predominately in th...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Mazza, J. J., Abbott, R. D., Fleming, C. B., Harachi, T. W., Cortes, R. C., Park, J., Haggerty, K. P., Catalano, R. F. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Development of Children's Ethnic Identity in Immigrant Chinese Families in Canada: The Role of Parenting Practices and Children's Perceptions of Parental Family Obligation ExpectationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Parents’ role in children’s ethnic identity development was examined among 95 immigrant Chinese families with young adolescents living in Canada. Children reported their feelings of ethnic identity and perceptions of parental family obligation expectations. Parents reported their family obligation expectations; parents and children reported on parenting practices. Mothers’ expectations, but not fathers’, were positively associated with children’s feelings of ethnic identity. This relation was mediated by children’s perceptions of parental expectations, suggesting that children must first...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Su, T. F., Costigan, C. L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Perceived Similarity Among Adolescent Friends: The Role of Reciprocity, Friendship Quality, and GenderEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Perceived similarity of personality in same-sex friends was examined in a sample of 124 adolescents (63 girls). Adolescents rated themselves and a nominated friend (n = 42 reciprocated, 82 non-reciprocated dyads) on developmentally relevant personality items assessing autonomy, prosociality, and responsive caregiving. Results from hierarchical linear modeling and multiple regression analyses generally supported predictions: Greater perceived similarity was marginally positively associated with more favorable ratings of friendship quality and significantly negatively associated with conflict ratings in the friendship. Adole...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - September 14, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Linden-Andersen, S., Markiewicz, D., Doyle, A.-B. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Bullying and Victimization Among Boys and Girls in Middle School: The Influence of Perceived Family and School ContextsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study examines the mechanisms by which students' perceptions of family and school experiences moderate the association between their emotionality and their habitual involvement in bullying and victimization. The authors hypothesize that students with internalizing and/or externalizing difficulties are less likely to be categorized as bullies and/or victims if they report coming from more cohesive and adaptable families and attending schools characterized by higher adult monitoring, lower levels of aggression and disorder, and higher levels of school bonding. Home and school environments in which these character...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Wienke Totura, C. M., MacKinnon-Lewis, C., Gesten, E. L., Gadd, R., Divine, K. P., Dunham, S., Kamboukos, D. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Math Achievement in Early Adolescence: The Role of Parental Involvement, Teachers' Behavior, and Students' Motivational Beliefs About MathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Contributions of parental involvement in educational pursuits as well as math teachers' classroom behavior to students' motivation and performance in math were investigated. By the end of the first school term, 365 Slovene eighth graders reported on their parents' academic involvement (pressure, support, and help) and their math teachers' behavior in the classroom (support, academic press, and mastery goal). During the second term, the students filled-in the questionnaires on their motivational beliefs about math, and at the end of the school year, their final math grade was obtained from school records. Both of the social...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Puklek Levpuscek, M., Zupancic, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Moderators of Negative Peer Influence on Early Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors: Individual Behavior, Parenting, and School ConnectednessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the extent to which antisocial behavior, parenting, and school connectedness moderated the association between peer deviancy in preadolescence and externalizing problems in early adolescence. The participants included 500 boys and girls, most of them African Americans. Peer deviancy was measured with teacher reports of aggressive-disruptive behavior for classmates identified by target children as friends. Parents provided information on parenting practices (nurturance and harsh and inconsistent discipline) and children's antisocial behavior. Children reported on their school connectedness and externaliz...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Mrug, S., Windle, M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Self-Control and Early Adolescent Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal AnalysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article discusses a three-wave longitudinal study that investigates the relationship between self-control and aggressive and delinquent behavior of early adolescent boys and girls. The sample consists of 1,012 Dutch adolescents (mean age = 12.3) in their first year of secondary education. Structural equation modeling analyses reveal that high levels of self-control consistently decrease aggressive and delinquent behavior in the subsequent 6 months follow-up intervals. Results for the total sample do not support the hypothesis that self-control is influenced by previous levels of aggression or delinquency. For boys, the...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: de Kemp, R. A. T., Vermulst, A. A., Finkenauer, C., Scholte, R. H. J., Overbeek, G., Rommes, E. W. M., Engels, R. C. M. E. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Ethnic Identity in African American and European American Preadolescents: Relation to Self-Worth, Social Goals, and AggressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current study tested models to determine the extent to which self-worth and social goals mediate the influence of ethnic identity on aggression among aggressive European and African American preadolescents. Ethnic identity emerged as important for both groups, but in different ways. Different patterns of influence of ethnic identity and of mediation were found for the European and African American preadolescents. Ethnic identity was found to mediate the relation between self-worth and preadolescents' aggressive behavior for European Americans, and ethnic identity and dominance/revenge-oriented social goals resulted in ...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Holmes, K. J., Lochman, J. E. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Parenting Styles and Health-Related Behavior in Childhood and Early Adolescence: Results of a Longitudinal StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study addresses the development of health-related behavior during childhood and adolescence and the protective influence of an authoritative parenting style. The study is based on two samples followed from Grades 2 through 5 and from Grades 4 through 7. The first sample consisted of 432 second graders with a mean age of 7.9 years at the beginning of the study, while the second sample consisted of 366 fourth graders with a mean age of 10.1 years. Later health behavior showed substantial correlations to previous health behavior over a 3-year interval. Moreover, there was an increase of favorable health behavior during e...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 6, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Lohaus, A., Vierhaus, M., Ball, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Patterns of Organized Activity Participation in Urban, Early Adolescents: Associations With Academic Achievement, Problem Behaviors, and Perceived Adult SupportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines patterns of organized activity and their concurrent association with academic achievement, problem behavior, and perceived adult support in a sample of urban, early adolescent, middle school students (mean age = 13.01; N = 2,495). Cluster analyses yielded six activity profiles: an uninvolved group ( n = 775, 31.1%), a multiply involved group (n = 247, 9.9%), a sports group (n = 469, 18.8%), a church group (n = 486, 19.5%), a school and community clubs group (n = 278, 11.1%), and a community clubs and sports group (n = 240, 9.6%). These profiles are differentially associated with academic achievement, pr...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - May 12, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Metzger, A., Crean, H. F., Forbes-Jones, E. L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Adolescent Friendship Relations and Developmental Outcomes: Ethnic and Gender DifferencesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first aim of the present study was to examine associations between different aspects of adolescent friendship relations (i.e., frequency of contact with friends, trust in friends, and perceived friends' deviance) on one hand, and adolescent problem behavior and self-esteem on the other hand. The second aim was to determine whether the findings hold for adolescents from three different ethnic groups and for boys and girls. A sample of 508 Dutch, Turkish, and Moroccan adolescents living in the Netherlands filled in a battery of questionnaires at school. Having contact with deviant friends was the strongest contributor to...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - May 12, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Wissink, I. B., Dekovic, M., Meijer, A. M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Parent and Teacher Relationships as Predictors of School Engagement and Functioning Among Low-Income Urban YouthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This investigation examined associations between early adolescents' relationships with parents and teachers and indicators of school-adjustment. Participants were primarily students of color (91% Latino) in a low-income urban environment, and analyses were conducted to examine the relative contributions of parent-child and teacher-student relationships to school adjustment among these youth. Findings indicated that parent-child relationship quality accounted for a significant portion of the variance in student-rated school engagement, school competence, and standardized achievement in reading. Teacher-student relationship ...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - May 12, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Murray, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Interactive Effects of Puberty and Peer Victimization on Weight Concerns and Depression Symptoms Among Early Adolescent GirlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study considers the importance of interactive effects of peer victimization and pubertal status during the early adolescent period. (Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence)
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - May 12, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Compian, L. J., Gowen, L. K., Hayward, C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Bullying and Stress in Early Adolescence: The Role of Coping and Social SupportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the stress-buffering roles of coping and social support in reducing the likelihood of bullying in response to stress. Students in Grades 5-7 (N = 312) completed questionnaires assessing stress levels (daily hassles, stressful events), coping strategies (active, avoidance, distraction, support seeking), social support (from peers, family, teachers), and bullying. Consistent with previous research, correlational analyses indicated that stress is significantly related to self-reported bullying but not to peer-assessed bullying. Regression analyses revealed that family support moderated and distraction copi...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - May 12, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Konishi, C., Hymel, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Gender, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study of Early AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study prospectively examines gender differences in the relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. One hundred thirteen 11-to 14-year-old middle school students complete questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms and three dimensions of anxiety (worry and oversensitivity, social concerns and concentration, and physiological anxiety) as well as total anxiety symptoms at an initial assessment and 1 year later. Total anxiety and worry and oversensitivity symptoms are found to predict later depressive symptoms more strongly for girls than for boys. There is a similar pattern of results for...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Chaplin, T. M., Gillham, J. E., Seligman, M. E. P. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Neighborhood Socioeconomic and Social Factors and School Achievement in Boys and GirlsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, the authors hypothesized a role of neighborhood social capital. Data on 11-year-olds were obtained from the baseline measurements of a family cohort study (n = 328). The data had a cross-level structure: neighborhood level, school level, and individual level. After including individual-level confounders, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and social cohesion were not associated with school achievement in boys or girls. However, lower levels of neighborhood informal social control were associated with lower school achievement scores in boys only. In boys, a wider social environment that contributes to ob...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Drukker, M., Feron, F. J. M., Mengelers, R., Van Os, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Developmental Trajectories and Antecedents of Distal Parental SupervisionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Groups of adolescents were identified on the basis of developmental trajectories of their families' rules and their parents' knowledge of their activities. Characteristics of the adolescent, peer antisociality, and family context were tested as antecedents. In sum, 404 parent-adolescent dyads provided data for adolescents aged 10-16. Most adolescents were classified into groups characterized by low levels and reductions in family rules over time. However, low socioeconomic status and residence in unsafe neighborhoods increased membership in the group characterized by consistently high levels of family rules. Most adolescen...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Laird, R. D., Criss, M. M., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., Dodge, K. A. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Academic and Behavioral Characteristics of Young Adolescents in Self-CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines characteristics of young adolescents who experience self-care, associations between self-care and academic achievement, and whether associations of self-care with academic adjustment vary by child, family, or community characteristics. Using data from the nationally representative 1999 National Household Education Survey, hierarchical log-linear models assessed how self-care was associated with several academic and behavioral measures for 9- to 13-year-olds. Overall, more self-care was significantly associated with lower academic performance and with school behavior problems, although those associations...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Shumow, L., Smith, T. J., Smith, M C. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Young Girls' Eating Attitudes and Body Image Dissatisfaction: Associations with Communication and ModelingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The relationships among communication, modeling, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors in preadolescent girls were investigated in a cross-sectional study of 69 girls in fourth through sixth grade and their mothers. Participants completed questionnaires assessing familial and peer influences, body image dissatisfaction, and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors. Positive communication was significantly more frequent than negative communication; however, only negative communication was associated with body image dissatisfaction and maladaptive eating attitudes and behaviors. Hierarc...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Kichler, J. C., Crowther, J. H. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Longitudinal Relationships Between Family Functioning and Identity Development in Hispanic Adolescents: Continuity and ChangeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study was designed to investigate trajectories of identity development and their relationship to family functioning in a sample of Hispanic adolescents and their primary caregivers. Two hundred fifty adolescents completed measures of identity coherence and confusion and of family functioning, and parents completed measures of family functioning. Significant variability over time and across individuals emerged in identity confusion, but not in identity coherence. As a result, the present analyses focused on identity confusion. Changes in adolescent-reported, but not parent-reported, family functioning were signi...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - March 31, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Schwartz, S. J., Mason, C. A., Pantin, H., Szapocznik, J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Support and Guidance from Families, Friends, and Teachers in Latino Early Adolescents' Math PathwaysEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This longitudinal study linked concepts of familism and social capital to investigate emotional support and educational guidance from parents, siblings, friends, and teachers in predicting Latino early adolescents' math grades during their transition from elementary school to junior high. Thirty-one Latino youth were interviewed twice and their school transcripts analyzed. Youth reported that parents and siblings provided the most support and guidance across these years, followed by friends, and to a lesser extent, teachers, who primarily helped with homework. However, only families' support, guidance, and income predicted...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Azmitia, M., Cooper, C. R., Brown, J. R. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Public Ethnic Regard and Perceived Socioeconomic Stratification: Associations With Well-Being Among Dominican and Black American YouthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the U.S. Latino population continues to diversify, it is necessary to understand their experiences of minority status and its implications for well-being. The present cross-sectional study investigates early adolescents' perceptions of public regard for their ethnic group and perceptions of the extent to which opportunity is differentiated by their socioeconomic background (perceived socioeconomic stratification). A comparative approach is taken to examine the extent to which the experiences of Dominican American youth (n = 103) mirrored those of their Black American peers (n = 129). For all youth, more positive public ...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Rivas-Drake, D., Hughes, D., Way, N. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Parent-Child Communication and Parental Involvement in Latino AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the associations among parent-child relationship characteristics, acculturation and enculturation, and child externalizing symptoms in a sample of 40 Latino parent-adolescent dyads. Specifically, the associations between parent-child relationship characteristics (i.e., communication and parental involvement) and adolescents' externalizing symptoms are examined. Also examined is whether the relationship between these two aspects of the parent-child relationship and adolescent functioning would be moderated by acculturation and enculturation differences between parents and their children. Significant rela...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Davidson, T. M., Cardemil, E. V. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Language Brokering Contexts and Behavioral and Emotional Adjustment Among Latino Parents and AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined behavioral and emotional adjustment in family contexts in which there was high versus low demand for adolescents to serve as language brokers in a sample of 73 recently immigrated Latino families with middle-school-aged adolescents. Language brokering was conceptualized as a family process rather than merely an individual phenomenon. Multiple agents were used to assess language brokering and parent and youth adjustment. Results indicated that those in high language brokering contexts, compared with those in low language brokering contexts, demonstrated higher levels of family stress, lower levels of par...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Martinez, C. R., McClure, H. H., Eddy, J. M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Social Context of School Success for Latino Middle School Students: Direct and Indirect Influences of Teachers, Family, and FriendsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Youth's social relationships at school and at home have been shown to predict a wide variety of school outcomes, such as behavior at school and academic performance. Specifically, relationships with teachers, parents, and peers have all been shown to affect student performance. The current study utilized data collected from 848 Latino middle school students to examine direct and indirect linkages of students' relationships with teachers, parents, and friends with student outcomes. Structural equation models revealed that teacher support was associated with both student behavior and satisfaction with school and was indirect...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Woolley, M. E., Kol, K. L., Bowen, G. L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Familism Values as a Protective Factor for Mexican-Origin Adolescents Exposed to Deviant PeersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined interactive relations between adolescent, maternal, and paternal familism values and deviant peer affiliations in predicting adolescent externalizing problems within low-income, Mexican-origin families (N = 598). Adolescent, maternal, and paternal familism values interacted protectively with deviant peer affiliations to predict lower levels of externalizing problems according to two independent teacher reports. These relations were not found with parent reports of adolescent externalizing problems although these models showed a direct, protective effect of maternal familism values. Consistent with the v...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: German, M., Gonzales, N. A., Dumka, L. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Research With Latino Early Adolescents: Strengths, Challenges, and Directions for Future ResearchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reflects on the state of the literature with respect to Latino early adolescents. An overview of the studies included in the special issue is provided and their unique contributions to the field are discussed. The article closes with directions for future research on Latino early adolescents, which include utilizing assessments from multiple informants, accounting for the diverse demographic characteristics of Latinos (e.g., linguistic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity), and focusing more prominently on resilience and how Latino adolescents' culturally related strengths may minimize the negative effects...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - January 15, 2009 Category: Child Development Authors: Umana-Taylor, A. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Adolescents' Perceptions of Privacy Invasion in Reaction to Parental Solicitation and ControlEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Following suggestions from prior research, this 2-wave longitudinal study examined whether parental solicitation and control influenced adolescents' later perceptions of privacy invasion. Data from 307 Dutch adolescents were tested with structural equation modeling (SEM). Differences in adolescents' invasion perceptions were examined in terms of gender and the quality of interactions with parents. Parental control influenced later invasion perceptions among adolescents reporting higher quality interactions with parents, particularly among males. Parental solicitation also predicted perceptions of invasion. Results are disc...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Hawk, S. T., Hale, W. W., Raaijmakers, Q. A. W., Meeus, W. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Pathways Between Interparental Conflict and Adolescent Psychological Adjustment: Bridging Links Through Children's Cognitive Appraisals and Coping StrategiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using a three-wave longitudinal design, the present study examined adolescents' cognitive appraisals and coping strategies following exposure to interparental conflict and their long-term symptoms of emotional and behavioral distress. Participants were 252 adolescents (122 boys, 130 girls; ages 11 to 12 years in the 1st year of the study), their parents, and their teachers. Controlling for initial symptom levels (Time 1), the proposed theoretical model linked parent reports of interparental conflict at Time 1 (1999) to children's appraisals of self-blame and threat relating to marital conflict at Time 2 (2000) and their co...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Shelton, K. H., Harold, G. T. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

The Association Between Gender, Age, and Acculturation, and Depression and Overt and Relational Victimization Among Mexican American Elementary StudentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the relationship between overt and relational peer victimization and depression in a sample of predominantly Mexican American students in Grades 3 through 5 in a Southwestern U.S. school district. Acculturation level was assessed and included as an independent variable along with gender and grade (a proxy for age). Fifty six percent of eligible students participated. Chi-square analyses found no differences in rates of overt or relational victimization or on depression scores by age, gender, or level of acculturation. Victims (all types combined) had more depressive symptoms than did nonvictims. Relatio...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Bauman, S. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Conflict Resolution in Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Adolescent DelinquencyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examines the relation between conflict resolution styles in parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent delinquency. Questionnaires about conflict resolution styles were completed by 284 early adolescents (mean age 13.3) and their parents. Adolescents also completed a questionnaire on delinquency. Hierarchical regression analyses show that combinations of adolescents' and parents' conflict resolution styles are significantly related to delinquency. In adolescent-father relationships, the demand-withdraw pattern was found to be related to delinquency, and in adolescent-mother relationships the interaction char...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Van Doorn, M. D., Branje, S. J. T., Meeus, W. H. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Associations Between Interpersonal Relationships in Organized Leisure Activities and Youth AdjustmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined (a) the unique contribution of mothers' involvement in their children's organized activity, fathers' involvement in the activity, social integration in the activity peer group, and social support from the activity leader on youth adjustment and (b) the moderating effects of youths' gender and prior adjustment on these associations. The dimensions of adjustment included academic achievement, problem behaviors, depressive symptoms, and persistence of participation. Study participants were 115 youths (59% girls; X = 13.39). Participation in organized activities and the interpersonal relationships within th...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Denault, A.-S., Poulin, F. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

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Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - November 7, 2008 Category: Child Development Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Longitudinal Study of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Young Adolescents: Rates, Correlates, and Preliminary Test of an Interpersonal ModelEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined rates, correlates and an interpersonal model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) among a sample of 508 sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. Questionnaires assessing NSSI, related health-risk behaviors, and relationships with parents were administered two times over an 11-month period. Overall, 7.5% reported engaging in NSSI within the past year with no significant differences across genders, ethnicities, or grade. Those engaging in NSSI were more likely to report having smoked cigarettes, taken drugs, and engaged in maladaptive eating behaviors. Consistent with an interpersonal model, those engaging in NSS...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 15, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Hilt, L. M., Nock, M. K., Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., Prinstein, M. J. Tags: Article Source Type: journals

Interparental Hostility and Early Adolescent Problem Behavior: Spillover via Maternal Acceptance, Harshness, Inconsistency, and IntrusivenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To explore the link between interparental hostility and adolescent problem behaviors, the current study examines four important maternal parenting dimensions as potential mediators: acceptance, harshness, inconsistency, and psychological intrusiveness. With a primary sample of 1,893 sixth-grade students, the measures included adolescent and teacher reports. Structural equation modeling revealed that each parenting construct partially mediated both internalizing and externalizing adolescent problems. Harshness was the strongest mediator for adolescent externalizing. Psychological intrusiveness and low maternal acceptance we...
Source: The Journal of Early Adolescence - July 15, 2008 Category: Child Development Authors: Benson, M. J., Buehler, C., Gerard, J. M. Tags: Article Source Type: journals