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Pryor, Herman I., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This quantitative study employed a correlational design to examine the relationship between socio-ecological factors and academic success experienced by African American men who participate in African American male-based achievement programs at five Maryland community colleges. The Socio-Ecological Outcomes (SEO) model developed by Harris and Wood…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges
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Vanfossen, Beth; Brown, C. Hendricks; Kellam, Sheppard; Sokoloff, Natalie; Doering, Susan – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
We examine the roles of neighborhood characteristics in the development of the aggressive behavior of 1,409 urban boys and girls between the first and seventh grades. The multilevel, longitudinal growth analyses find strong neighborhood effects in all models, while controlling for individual-level variables. Results indicated that the effects of…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Aggression, Family Income, Females
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Oberlander, Sarah E.; Shebl, Fatma M.; Magder, Laurence S.; Black, Maureen M. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study examined how the developmental processes of autonomy and relatedness are related to changes in the residential status of 181 first-time, adolescent, urban, low-income, African American mothers over the first 24 months postpartum. Although adolescent mothers were eager to live independently, few made a clear transition out of the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Late Adolescents, Parenting Skills, Heads of Households