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Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in African American Adolescents: Do Ecological Domains and Timing of Life Events Matter?
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Sanchez, Yadira M.; Lambert, Sharon F.; Ialongo, Nicholas S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Considerable research has documented associations between adverse life events and internalizing symptoms in adolescents, but much of this research has focused on the number of events experienced, with less attention to the ecological context or timing of events. This study examined life events in three ecological domains relevant to adolescents…
Descriptors: Females, Family Life, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Social Connections, Trajectories of Hopelessness, and Serious Violence in Impoverished Urban Youth
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Stoddard, Sarah A.; Henly, Susan J.; Sieving, Renee E.; Bolland, John – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Youth living in impoverished urban neighborhoods are at risk for becoming hopeless about their future and engaging in violent behaviors. The current study seeks to examine the longitudinal relationship between social connections, hopelessness trajectories, and subsequent violent behavior across adolescence. Our sample included 723 (49% female)…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Females, Early Adolescents
Predicting Negative Life Outcomes from Early Aggressive-Disruptive Behavior Trajectories: Gender Differences in Maladaptation across Life Domains
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Bradshaw, Catherine P.; Schaeffer, Cindy M.; Petras, Hanno; Ialongo, Nicholas – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Transactional theories of development suggest that displaying high levels of antisocial behavior early in life and persistently over time causes disruption in multiple life domains, which in turn places individuals at risk for negative life outcomes. We used longitudinal data from 1,137 primarily African American urban youth (49.1% female) to…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Females, Dropouts, Drug Abuse
Sexual Activity, Pregnancy, and Deviance in a Representative Urban Sample of African American Girls.
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Lanctot, Nadine; Smith, Carolyn A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Studied the relationships among sexual activity, pregnancy, and deviance in a cohort of 196 urban African American adolescent girls and compared the risk factors that predict these behaviors. Results indicate that girls who engage in early sexual activity and those who become pregnant are more likely to be involved in substance abuse and status…
Descriptors: Blacks, Delinquency, Females, Prediction
Sociocultural Variations in the Body Image Perceptions of Urban Adolescent Females.
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Abrams, Laura S.; Stormer, Colleen Cook – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2002
Investigated the influences of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and ethnic peer group composition on awareness and internalization of socially sanctioned standards of appearance using the Sociocultural Attitudes towards Adolescence Questionnaire. Findings for 208 adolescent females highlight the importance of multiple ecological factors in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Ethnicity
Maternal Control and Adolescent Depression: Ethnic Differences among Clinically Referred Girls.
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Finkelstein, Jo-Ann S.; Donenberg, Geri R.; Martinovich, Zoran – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Examined the relationship between perceived maternal control and depression for 11 urban adolescent girls seeking psychological services at an outpatient clinic. No relation between control and depression was found for Caucasian and Latina girls, but high control was linked to less depression among African American girls. Findings highlight the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology)