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Brody, Gene H.; Yu, Tianyi; Chen, Yi-Fu; Kogan, Steven M.; Evans, Gary W.; Beach, Steven R. H.; Windle, Michael; Simons, Ronald L.; Gerrard, Meg; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Philibert, Robert A. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The health disparities literature has identified a common pattern among middle-aged African Americans that includes high rates of chronic disease along with low rates of psychiatric disorders despite exposure to high levels of cumulative socioeconomic status (SES) risk. The current study was designed to test hypotheses about the developmental…
Descriptors: Profiles, Public Health, Adolescents, African Americans
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Stewart, Endya B.; Stewart, Eric A.; Simons, Ronald L. – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
Previous research on educational aspirations has focused almost exclusively on micro-level predictors of educational aspirations. Notably absent from these studies are measures reflecting the neighborhood context in which adolescents live. Drawing on Wilson's theory of neighborhood effects, the present study examines the extent to which…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, African American Students
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Simons, Ronald L.; Murphy, Phyllis I. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1985
A model that incorporates both socioenvironmental and psychological factors was developed in an attempt to explain adolescent suicide ideation. A sample of 407 high school students was used to test the model. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Problems, High Schools, Models
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Simons, Ronald L.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1994
Used panel data on 207 divorced women and their children to examine influence of mothers' parenting practice, involvement of nonresidential fathers, and parental conflict on adjustment of adolescents. Quality of parenting by nonresidential fathers and quality of mother's parenting both were related to externalizing problems for boys and girls.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Child Custody, Child Rearing
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Simons, Ronald L.; Lin, Kuei-Hsiu; Gordon, Leslie C.; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999
Examines whether differences between adolescent adjustment problems in divorced families and intact families can be explained by parental conflicts and parents' level of involvement. Determined the quality of mother's parenting and father's involvement explained the association between divorce and boys' externalizing problems; the quality of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Conflict
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Simons, Ronald L.; Lin, Kuei-Hsiu; Gordon, Leslie C. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1998
Several theoretical perspectives regarding the manner in which parental behavior might increase the probability that an adolescent will engage in dating violence were tested using 113 adolescent males. Frequent exposure to corporal punishment increased the risk of dating violence; interparental aggression did not. Low support and involvement by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Corporal Punishment, Dating (Social)
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Simons, Ronald L.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1990
Hypotheses derived from social learning and exchange concepts regarding determinants of parenting practices were tested on 61 families, each with a seventh grader, using self-report measures and coders' ratings of videotaped family interaction. Findings indicated determinants of parenting differed somewhat by sex and different factors predicted…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Grade 7