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DiClemente, Cara M.; Rice, Catherine M.; Quimby, Dakari; Richards, Maryse H.; Grimes, Cordelia T.; Morency, Mirinda M.; White, Candice D.; Miller, Kevin M.; Pica, Jason A., II. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
Exposure to violence (ETV) poses a serious threat to adolescents' safety and well-being; however, some adolescents who grow up in such toxic environments are able to thrive due to a combination of internal and external characteristics. The current study examines the role of cohesion across contexts (i.e., family, school, and community) as…
Descriptors: Violence, Urban Areas, African Americans, Resilience (Psychology)
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Goldner, Jonathan; Peters, Tracy L.; Richards, Maryse H.; Pearce, Steven – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This study examined protective and risky companionship and locations for exposure to community violence among African American young adolescents living in high crime, urban areas. The Experience Sampling Method (ESM), an in vivo data collection method, was employed to gather information from 233 students (62% female) over 3 years, beginning in the…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Early Adolescents, Urban Areas, Violence
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Richards, Maryse H.; Sanderson, Rebecca Cornelli; Celio, Christine I.; Grant, Jane E.; Choi, Inhe; George, Christine C.; Deane, Kyle – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
Over the past few decades, service-learning has surged in popularity. Although most programs are implemented in high school and college classrooms, service-learning has the potential for great impact in middle school. The present article evaluates a pilot service-learning program for fifth- and seventh-grade (N = 86) children in a large, urban,…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Age Differences