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Jocson, Rosanne M.; Alers-Rojas, Francheska; Ceballo, Rosario; Arkin, Monica – Youth & Society, 2020
Using data from 223 Latino adolescents residing in poor, urban neighborhoods, we investigate whether spirituality, religious importance at home, and religious involvement moderate the relation between community violence exposure and psychological well-being. Results showed significant interaction effects between community violence exposure and…
Descriptors: Poverty, Urban Areas, Religion, Family Environment
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Billingsley, Janelle T.; Rivens, Ariana J.; Charity-Parker, Bianka M.; Chang, Stephanie H.; Garrett, Shedrick L.; Li, Tianjiao; Hurd, Noelle M. – Youth & Society, 2022
This mixed method study explored whether and how familial mentor support may have influenced the parent-adolescent relationship, and whether the impact of familial mentor support on the parent-adolescent relationship may have differed across adolescents' developmental stage. Findings from analyses of survey data from 106 Black adolescents…
Descriptors: Mentors, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Developmental Stages
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Miranda, Daniel; Castillo, Juan Carlos; Sandoval-Hernandez, Andrés – Youth & Society, 2020
A growing body of literature from different disciplines addresses concepts and measurement of citizenship. The present article seeks to contribute to this field by examining the issue of youth citizenship from a comparative international perspective and proposing a simplified conceptual model that can be operationalized. This model includes a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Models, Youth, Community Organizations
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Booker, Keonya C.; Lim, Jae Hoon – Youth & Society, 2018
In the present study, school belongingness was explored in the context of a mathematics classroom over the course of one academic year. In-depth interviews with eight African American middle school students and their three White teachers were conducted at two time periods. This phenomenological qualitative investigation of African American middle…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, African American Students, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
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Zhang, Jing; Savla, Jyoti; Cheng, Hsiu-Lan – Youth & Society, 2019
Using data from Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study, this study examined the longitudinal effects of cumulative risk of immigrant parents on immigrant youth's health and educational achievement in young adulthood. The mediating effects of intra- (i.e., family cohesion) and inter-familial (i.e., parental school involvement) social capital…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Capital, Longitudinal Studies, Risk
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Chen, Pan; Voisin, Dexter R.; Jacobson, Kristen C. – Youth & Society, 2016
This study examined whether promotive factors (future expectations, family warmth, school attachment, and neighborhood cohesion) moderated relationships between community violence exposure and youth delinquency. Analyses were conducted using N = 2,980 sixth to eighth graders (M[subscript age] = 12.48; 41.1% males) from a racially, ethnically, and…
Descriptors: Violence, Community Characteristics, Delinquency, Futures (of Society)