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Sargent, Elizabeth; Zahniser, Evan; Gaylord-Harden, Noni; Morency, Mirinda; Jenkins, Esther – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
The current study examined the unique and interactive effects of family and community violence across types of violence (weapon, physical, and death) and relationship proximity (self, family/friend, and strangers) in African American adolescents (mean age = 12.63, SD = 0.99, 54% female). Items from the community violence and family violence…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Violence, Weapons, Aggression
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Ana Cerqueira; Fábio Botelho Guedes; Tania Gaspar; Emmanuelle Godeau; Celeste Simões; Margarida Gaspar de Matos – Continuity in Education, 2024
The experience of living with a chronic condition (CC) impacts adolescents' psychological and social adjustment and overall functioning. Considering the increased risk of psychosocial challenges among adolescents with CC, this study aimed to enhance our understanding of the psychological and social factors that impact their quality of life. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Quality of Life, Chronic Illness
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Gresham, Bria; Orihuela, Catheryn A.; Mrug, Sylvie – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2021
Community violence exposure is associated with externalizing problems in adolescents, yet little research has examined the moderating role of coping in these relationships. Eighty-four low-income, urban adolescents (M[subscript age] = 13.36, 50% male, 95% African American) participated in two waves of a longitudinal study a year and a half apart.…
Descriptors: Coping, Behavior Problems, Substance Abuse, Urban Areas
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Guo, Siying – School Psychology, 2021
Under the integrated model of General Strain Theory (GST), the present study sought to examine whether delinquent peer association, social control, and negative emotion moderated the relations of distinctive cyberbullying roles with delinquency, as well as whether the moderating effects varied by gender among a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Peer Influence, Emotional Response, Gender Differences
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Uysal, Burcu; Stemmler, Mark; Weiss, Maren – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2019
Immigrant boys show higher rates of antisocial behaviour. However, results of previous studies showed some contradictory findings in terms of intercultural differences in antisocial behaviour. In our study, we used an intercultural comparison of antisocial behaviour based on two different definitions of migration status (nationality vs. migration…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Antisocial Behavior, Violence, Delinquency
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Van Ryzin, Mark J.; Dishion, Thomas J. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Aggression is one of the more stable characteristics of child and adolescent development, and violent behavior in early adulthood is often foreshadowed by aggressive behavior in childhood and early adolescence. Considerable evidence has linked coercive family interactions to aggressive behavior in childhood, but less research has been…
Descriptors: Friendship, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents
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Busby, Danielle R.; Lambert, Sharon F.; Ialongo, Nicholas S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
African American adolescents are exposed disproportionately to community violence, increasing their risk for emotional and behavioral symptoms that can detract from learning and undermine academic outcomes. The present study examined whether aggressive behavior and depressive and anxious symptoms mediated the association between exposure to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Sharkey, Donna – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
It is broadly assumed that following armed conflict, education is a crucial means to support the transformation of society from war-torn to reconstructed. In spite of this, it is often the case that girls face considerable in-school challenges. Using a social ecological framework, this article examines these challenges for a cohort of adolescent…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Bauer, Lynn; Guerino, Paul; Nolle, Kacey Lee; Tang, Sze-Wei – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report provides estimates of student victimization as defined by the 2005 School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the 2005 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). the nation's primary source of information on crime victimization and the victims of crime in the United States. SCS is a supplement to NCVS that was created to collect information…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Crime, Student Characteristics, Incidence
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Kliewer, Wendy; Sullivan, Terri N. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
Validity data are presented for a new measure of threat appraisals in response to community violence. Adolescents (N = 358; 45% male; 91% African American, M = 12.10 years, SD = 1.63) and their maternal caregivers participated in two waves of a longitudinal interview study focused on the consequences of exposure to community violence. Structural…
Descriptors: Violence, Structural Equation Models, Caregivers, Validity
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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Malone, Patrick S. – Child Development, 2008
A dynamic cascade model of development of serious adolescent violence was proposed and tested through prospective inquiry with 754 children (50% male; 43% African American) from 27 schools at 4 geographic sites followed annually from kindergarten through Grade 11 (ages 5-18). Self, parent, teacher, peer, observer, and administrative reports…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Failure, Adolescents, Least Squares Statistics
DeVoe, Jill F.; Kaffenberger, Sarah – US Department of Education, 2005
This report examines the prevalence and nature of bullying in relation to student characteristics, school characteristics, and victimization. In addition, the report explores other behaviors that were reported by the victim, such as fear, avoidance behavior, weapon carrying, and academic grades. It examines student reports of being bullied by…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Student Characteristics, Crime, Bullying
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Sullivan, Terri N.; Kung, Eva M.; Farrell, Albert D. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2004
This study examined the relation between witnessing violence and drug use initiation among 6th graders attending middle schools in 5 rural counties and investigated the extent to which family support and parental monitoring moderated this relation. Data were obtained from 1,282 adolescents at 2 time points during the 6th grade. Witnessing violence…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle Schools, Substance Abuse, Adolescents
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Roberts, Catherine; Wolman, Clara; Harris-Looby, Judy – Childhood Education, 2004
Statistics indicate that many victims of fatalities from abuse are children of teenage parents. Profiles of typical abuse perpetrators match the characteristics of many students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) and place them at higher risk of acting impulsively and using violent and abusive behaviors. Teaching students parenting…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Behavior Disorders, Child Rearing, Parenting Skills
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bates, John E.; Pettit, Gregory S. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: Parents' use of physical discipline has generated controversy related to concerns that its use is associated with adjustment problems such as aggression and delinquency in children. However, recent evidence suggests that there are ethnic differences in associations between physical discipline and children's adjustment. This study…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Marital Status
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