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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Becnel, Jennifer N. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This investigation addresses the mediational role of friends' characteristics between adolescents' activity breadth (i.e., variety in activity participation) and their later adjustment. Data were drawn from 2 longitudinal studies: the Childhood and Beyond (CAB; N = 925) study and the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study (MADICS; N =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Friendship, Individual Characteristics
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Goldstein, Sara E.; Malanchuk, Oksana; Davis-Kean, Pamela E.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
The present research explores risk factors for, and longitudinal associations of, sexual harassment by peers during adolescence. Eight-hundred and seventy-two African American and European American adolescents (65.4% African American, 51.1% females) were assessed during the summer after the eighth grade (mean age=14.2 years) and then again in the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 11, Females, Sexual Harassment
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Ludden, Alison Bryant; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
This research examined patterns of substance use and academic factors among a sample of 733 African-American and European-American adolescents from a metropolitan area. First, youth were classified into 11th grade high, moderate, or no substance use groups and classified as users, initiators, desistors, and nonusers based on eighth and 11th grade…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 11, At Risk Persons, African American Students