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Attitudes toward Political Engagement and Willingness to Participate in Politics: Trajectories throughout Adolescence
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Eckstein, Katharina; Noack, Peter; Gniewosz, Burkhard – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Drawing on data from a longitudinal cohort-sequential project, the present study examined developmental trajectories of adolescents' attitudes toward political engagement and their willingness to participate in politics from grade 7 to 11 while accounting for the influence of school track and gender. Moreover, stabilities on the dependent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Longitudinal Studies, Citizen Participation, Politics
Cross-Cultural Invariance of the Academic Expectations Stress Inventory: Adolescent Samples from Canada and Singapore
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Ang, Rebecca P.; Klassen, Robert M.; Chong, Wan Har; Huan, Vivien S.; Wong, Isabella Y. F.; Yeo, Lay See; Krawchuk, Lindsey L. – Journal of Adolescence, 2009
We provide further evidence for the two-factor structure of the 9-item Academic Expectations Stress Inventory (AESI) using confirmatory factor analysis on a sample of 289 Canadian adolescents and 310 Singaporean adolescents. Examination of measurement invariance tests the assumption that the model underlying a set of scores is directly comparable…
Descriptors: Validity, Factor Structure, Adolescents, Factor Analysis
Adolescent Psychological Well-Being by Identity Style
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Phillips, Tommy M.; Pittman, Joe F. – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
High school-age adolescents (N=262) in two samples completed a measure of identity style, along with measures of self-esteem, hopelessness, delinquent attitudes, educational expectations, and optimism/efficacy. Analysis of variance was used to evaluate the relationship between identity style and the other psychosocial variables. Participants…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Statistical Analysis
A Prospective Study of Adolescent Pregnancy.
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Hockaday, Cathy; Crase, Sedahlia Jasper; Shelley, Mack C., II; Stockdale, Dahlia F. – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Examines prospectively the characteristics contributing to adolescent pregnancy in a pregnant and comparison group of adolescents. Adolescent pregnancy in Blacks was predicted by approval of delaying a family and pursuing a career, aspirations of working, and lower educational expectations. Higher educational wishes, lower educational…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
Resilient Students' Goals and Motivation.
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Rouse, Kimberly A. Gordon – Journal of Adolescence, 2001
Presents results of an exploratory study of self concept and motivational patterns of academically resilient, non-resilient students, advantaged achievers, and advantaged low-achievers. Results, obtained from Assessment of Personal Agency Beliefs and High School Assessment of Academic Self-Concept, show significant results subscales of cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents
Parental Views of Popularity and Stress among Adolescents.
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Tatar, Moshe – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Data from 742 parents of adolescents revealed that about half the parents chose friendly behavior towards classmates and strong personality as the most important factors contributing to popularity, followed by high grades, acceptance by the opposite sex, and physical attractiveness. Parents chose high grades and desire to pursue higher education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education