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Warren, Michael T.; Wray-Lake, Laura; Rote, Wendy M.; Shubert, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Recent advances in positive youth development theory and research explicate complex associations between adaptive functioning and risk behavior, acknowledging that high levels of both co-occur in the lives of some adolescents. However, evidence on nuanced overlapping developmental trajectories of adaptive functioning and risk has been limited to 1…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Adolescent Development, Substance Abuse
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James, Jenee; Ellis, Bruce J.; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Garber, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The current study tested sex-specific pathways to early puberty, sexual debut, and sexual risk taking, as specified by an integrated evolutionary-developmental model of adolescent sexual development and behavior. In a prospective study of 238 adolescents (n = 129 girls and n = 109 boys) followed from approximately 12-18 years of age, we tested for…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Puberty, Fatherless Family