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Luster, Tom; Oh, Su Min – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2001
Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 were used to examine factors, such as family and neighborhood environment, associated with carrying a handgun among adolescent males. As expected, results indicated males were more likely than their peers to carry handguns if they engaged in other problematic behaviors, had witnessed someone…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Family Environment
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Luster, Tom; Lekskul, Kunlakarn; Oh, Su Min – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2004
The central question addressed in this study was: What factors are associated with individual differences in academic motivation among first-grade students who were born to low-income adolescent mothers? Data from a 7-year longitudinal study were used to address the question. First-grade teachers assessed academic motivation for 89 children at the…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Mothers, Grade 1, Predictor Variables