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Classroom Climate Indicators and Attitudes towards Foreigners
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Gniewosz, Burkhard; Noack, Peter – Journal of Adolescence, 2008
The school has been described as an important socialization agent in the process of political development. But the mechanism concerning how school contributes to political development has rarely been investigated. In this study we focus on contextual variables, i.e., classroom climate indicators that are seen as important aspects of the context in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Student Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Educational Background
Stability of Attachment Representations during Adolescence: The Influence of Ego-Identity Status.
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Zimmermann, Peter; Becker-Stoll, Fabienne – Journal of Adolescence, 2002
Examines two core assumptions of attachment theory: internal working models of attachment should increase in stability during development, and attachment is related to the adaptive solution of stage-salient issues, in adolescence, specifically to identity formation. Results show secure attachment representation was positively associated with the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attachment Behavior, Foreign Countries
Sexuality and AIDS: Attitudes and Behaviors of Adolescents in East and West Berlin.
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Oswald, Hans; Pforr, Petra – Journal of Adolescence, 1992
Study conducted in 1990 compared 2 samples of 542 adolescents from west Berlin and 340 adolescents from east Berlin. Findings suggest that general trend toward sexual liberality among adolescents is continuing and that necessary processes of adolescent sexual development appear not to be influenced by the threat of Acquired Immune Deficiency…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Attitudes
Male Adolescent Sex Offenders against Children: Similarities and Differences between Those Offenders with and Those without a History of Sexual Abuse.
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Hummel, Peter; Thomke, Volker; Oldenburger, Hartmut A.; Specht, Friedrich – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Compares sample of male adolescents (n=36) in relation to their personal development, family characteristics, and types of offense they committed, including those (n=16) with a history of sexual abuse who had offended against children. The most important difference between the two groups was the more frequent absence of the parents of adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Coping Behavior in Normal and Clinical Samples: More Similarities than Differences?
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Seiffge-Krenke, Inge – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Examined research involving over 3,000 adolescents from various cultures to determine problems typical of this developmental phase and ways of coping with normative demands. Found that adolescents' response to problems stemming from different developmental fields such as parents, peers, school, or future involved three main modes of coping: Active…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping
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Seiffge-Krenke, Inge – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
In this introduction to the special journal issue on stress and coping, stress and coping theory is reviewed. Notes that issue is devoted to coping with stressors during transition of adolescence; age and gender differences in stress and coping; influence of close relationship as stress buffer; relationship between coping and adaption; and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences