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Irsheid, Sireen B.; Garthe, Rachel C.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Schoeny, Michael – Youth & Society, 2023
Exposure to community adversities and violence can be associated with a cascade of neurocognitive, mental health, and behavioral challenges among urban adolescents. Influenced by the bio-ecological framework, this study examines if problems with executive functioning (EF) exacerbate the relation between exposure to community adversity and violence…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Environmental Influences, Violence, Mental Health
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Brown, Monica R. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2023
Using a 3-Round Delphi Technique, the current study aimed to ascertain consensus regarding parents' thoughts about the school, home, and community protective factors (i.e., preventive behavior interventions, behavior resources) needed to prevent adolescents from referral to behavior school and subsequent involvement in the juvenile system. A…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Intervention
Lindsey M. Nichols; Jonathan A. Pedroza; Christopher M. Fleming; Kaitlin M. O'Brien; Emily E. Tanner-Smith – Grantee Submission, 2021
Adolescent opioid misuse is a public health crisis, particularly among clinical populations of youth 15 with substance misuse histories. Given the negative and often lethal consequences associated with 16 opioid misuse among adolescents, it is essential to identify the risk and protective factors underlying 17 early opioid misuse to inform…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Narcotics, Adolescents, Risk Management
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Brietzke, Maria; Perreira, Krista – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2017
Previous research has linked stress to adverse mental health outcomes among Latino adolescents living in the United States. The mechanism through which this process operates continues to be explored, especially in regions of the country where Latin American immigrants and their children have only recently begun to migrate. Our study aimed to…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Coping, Hispanic Americans, Mental Health
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Francois, Samantha; Overstreet, Stacy; Cunningham, Michael – Youth & Society, 2012
Adolescents who live in low-income neighborhoods face numerous unique challenges. Examining their resilience in multiple contexts sheds light on what contributes to the diverse outcomes of these youth. The current study examines how adolescents' reports of structural and experiential neighborhood characteristics buffered the impact of exposure to…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Neighborhoods, Violence, Academic Achievement
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Clark, Trenette T.; Nguyen, Anh B.; Belgrave, Faye Z. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine individual, family, peer, and community risk and protective factors associated with past-30-days alcohol and marijuana use among African-American adolescents living in rural and urban communities. This study used data collected from 907 tenth- and twelfth-grade African-American students who completed the…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Prevention, Adolescents, Grade 12