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Direct linkWitherspoon, Dawn; Schotland, Marieka; Way, Niobe; Hughes, Diane – Applied Developmental Science, 2009
Cluster analyses and hierarchical linear modeling were used to investigate the impact of perceptions of connectedness to family, school, and neighborhood contexts on academic and psycho-social outcomes for 437 urban ethnically diverse adolescents. Five profiles of connectedness to family, school, and neighborhood were identified. Two profiles were…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Early Adolescents, Profiles, Urban Youth
Way, Niobe; Greene, Melissa L. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
Findings are presented from an ecologically grounded, longitudinal study of 206 urban, ethnic minority adolescents that used hierarchical linear modeling to examine: (1) individual trajectories of change in adolescents' perceptions of general and closest same-sex friendship quality from middle to late adolescence; (2) the effects of gender and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Friendship, Urban Youth, Longitudinal Studies
Way, Niobe – 1998
Case studies of two urban adolescents interviewed over 3 years of high school show the complexities of life in the city for minority students and demonstrate the importance of supportive relationships in their lives. The chapters are: (1) "Interpreting Narratives"; (2) "A Study of Urban Youth"; (3) "Malcolm's Story"; (4) "Voice and Silence"; (5)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Black Students, Case Studies
