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Dinovitzer, Ronit; Hagan, John; Levi, Ron – Social Forces, 2009
This research focuses on immigration and youthful illegalities in the Toronto area, one of the world's most ethnically diverse global cities. While current research documents a negative relationship between crime and immigration, there is little attention to individual level mechanisms that explain the paths through which immigrant youth refrain…
Descriptors: Immigration, Immigrants, Crime, Foreign Countries
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Conrod, Patricia J.; Stewart, Sherry H.; Comeau, Nancy; Maclean, A. Michael – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2006
Sensation seeking, anxiety sensitivity, and hopelessness are personality risk factors for alcohol use disorders, each associated with specific risky drinking motives in adolescents. We developed a set of interventions and manuals that were designed to intervene at the level of personality risk and associated maladaptive coping strategies,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Personality Traits