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Peer reviewedEccles, Jacquelynne S.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1991
Data from a longitudinal study of adolescent development of approximately 2,300 sixth and seventh graders (the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions) provide a basis for the hypothesis that optimal developmental outcomes should result from an environment that gradually reduces adult control as the child's desire for autonomy increases.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedPerkins, Daniel F.; Hartless, Glen – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Identified risk factors related to suicidal behavior in European American and African American adolescents. For males in both groups, risk factors for suicidal ideation and behavior were found at individual, family, and extrafamilial levels of social ecology. For females, the same factors occurred for suicidal attempts but not suicidal thoughts.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Blacks, Child Abuse
