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Webb, Lindsey; Musci, Rashelle; Mendelson, Tamar – Grantee Submission, 2021
Objective: To identify subgroups of urban youth based on their self- and teacher-reported mental health symptoms, and to explore characteristics of these subgroups. Methods: Cross-sectional data from 426 eighth-grade students (M[subscript age] = 13.22 years; 70.1% Black/ African American; 58.7% female) across 20 Baltimore City public schools were…
Descriptors: Comorbidity, Urban Youth, Mental Disorders, Grade 8
Mendelson, Tamar; Clary, Laura K.; Sibinga, Erica; Tandon, Darius; Musci, Rashelle; Mmari, Kristin; Salkever, David; Stuart, Elizabeth; Ialongo, Nick – Grantee Submission, 2020
Introduction: Youth in disadvantaged urban areas are frequently exposed to chronic stress and trauma, including housing instability, neighborhood violence, and other poverty-related adversities. These exposures increase risk for emotional, behavioral, and academic problems and ultimately, school dropout. Schools are a promising setting in which to…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Trauma, Intervention, Prevention
Mendelson, Tamar; Sheridan, Steven C.; Clary, Laura K. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Background: Youth of color from low-income urban communities are crucial participants in research, as their involvement can shape effective, culturally responsive interventions and policy to promote youth health and well-being. These young people, however, are an often-neglected research population, due in part to perceived challenges associated…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Urban Youth, Minority Group Students, Recruitment
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Gould, Laura Feagans; Mendelson, Tamar; Dariotis, Jacinda K.; Ancona, Matthew; Smith, Ali S. R.; Gonzalez, Andres A.; Smith, Atman A.; Greenberg, Mark T. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2014
In the past years, the number of mindfulness-based intervention and prevention programs has increased steadily. In order to achieve the intended program outcomes, program implementers need to understand the essential and indispensable components that define a program's success. This chapter describes the complex process of identifying the core…
Descriptors: Intervention, Urban Youth, Perception, Physical Activities
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Gould, Laura Feagans; Dariotis, Jacinda K.; Mendelson, Tamar; Greenberg, Mark. T. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
This study examines gender, grade-level, and baseline depressive symptoms as potential moderators of a school-based mindfulness intervention's impact on the self-regulatory outcomes of urban youth. Ninety-seven participants from four urban public schools were randomly assigned to an intervention or wait-list control condition. Fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Intervention, Depression (Psychology), Peer Relationship, Grade 5
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Mendelson, Tamar; Greenberg, Mark T.; Dariotis, Jacinda K.; Gould, Laura Feagans; Rhoades, Brittany L.; Leaf, Philip J. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
Youth in underserved, urban communities are at risk for a range of negative outcomes related to stress, including social-emotional difficulties, behavior problems, and poor academic performance. Mindfulness-based approaches may improve adjustment among chronically stressed and disadvantaged youth by enhancing self-regulatory capacities. This paper…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, Urban Youth, Disadvantaged Youth