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Rose, Theda; Joe, Sean; Shields, Joseph; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. – Child Development, 2014
The influence of family, school, and religious social contexts on the mental health of Black adolescents has been understudied. This study used Durkheim's social integration theory to examine these associations in a nationally representative sample of 1,170 Black adolescents, ages 13-17. Mental health was represented by positive and negative…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Integration, African American Children, Males
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Herman, Keith C.; Wang, Kenneth; Trotter, Reid; Reinke, Wendy M.; Ialongo, Nicholas – Child Development, 2013
This study examined the developmental trajectories of maladaptive perfectionism over a 7-year period among African American youth living in an urban setting (N = 547). In particular, the study attempted to determine whether two maladaptive aspects of perfectionism (socially prescribed and self-critical) changed over time and could be distinguished…
Descriptors: African American Children, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Swinton, Akilah D.; Kurtz-Costes, Beth; Rowley, Stephanie J.; Okeke-Adeyanju, Ndidi – Child Development, 2011
Developmental, gender, and academic domain differences in causal attributions and the influence of attributions on classroom engagement were explored longitudinally in 115 African American adolescents. In Grades 8 and 11, adolescents reported attributions for success and failure in math, English and writing, and science. In Grade 11, English and…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, African American Children, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
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Duncan, Garrett Albert; McCoy, Henrika – Negro Educational Review, The, 2007
A stage model of Black adolescent racial identity from the perspective of its use by educational researchers in the United States who employ it to explain the academic and social decisions that Black youth make in secondary schools was examined. Researchers often draw on stage models to explicitly challenge forms of White dominance in studies…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Racial Identification, Youth
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Kuperminc, Gabriel P.; Blatt, Sidney J.; Shahar, Golan; Henrich, Christopher; Leadbeater, Bonnie J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2004
Ethnic group differences in the contributions of self-definition (self-worth and efficacy) and interpersonal relatedness with parents and peers to changes in psychological and school adjustment were examined among 448 White, Black, and Latino girls and boys (11-14 years of age). Self-report questionnaires and school records were evaluated for…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Early Adolescents, Student Adjustment, Psychology
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Eifler, Karen E.; Green, Thomas G. – AILACTE Journal, 2005
This paper explores expressions of marginalization of White preservice teachers serving as academic mentors to Black adolescent males in a unique partnership program. Junior secondary education majors form tri-partite interdisciplinary teams and work with intact groups of Black youth, members of a community-based Black rites of passage program for…
Descriptors: Education Majors, African American Children, African Americans, Preservice Teachers