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Trajectories of Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence.
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Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
This 4-year study of 191 girls and 185 boys living in intact families in the rural Midwest examined the trajectories of life events and depressive symptoms during adolescence. Compared with boys, girls experienced a greater number of depressive symptoms after age 13. Changes in uncontrollable events were associated with increases in girls'…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
Assessing the Impact of Family Process on Rural African American Adolescents' Competence and Behavior Using Latent Growth Curve Analysis
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Toldson, Ivory A. – Journal of Negro Education, 2006
A study examines the long-term effects of a family process program on social and cognitive competence and aggressive and deviant behavior among rural African American adolescents. Results suggest that family processes influence the status and changes in adolescent competence and behavior, while analysis of covariant structures suggest that…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Interpersonal Competence
The Effect of Participation in Activities Outside the School and Family Structure on Substance Use by Middle and Secondary School Students.
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Van Nelson, C.; And Others – 1991
A study was done to determine if certain social variables outside of the school environment would show a relationship with substance abuse. Non-school activities considered were organized athletics, clubs, and music and drama organizations. A survey was distributed to 7,426 secondary school and middle school students in a large Midwestern…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Etiology, Extracurricular Activities, Family Environment
Families in Troubled Times: Adapting to Change in Rural America. Social Institutions and Social Change.
Conger, Rand D.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – 1994
In Iowa in the 1980s, dreams of prosperity were suddenly replaced by economic nightmares as plummeting land values generated economic decline and dislocation in rural communities and individual lives. This book examines the experience of over 400 Iowa families who lived through the Great Farm Crisis and now face an uncertain future. Interviewed as…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
The Educational Effects of Rural Adolescents' Social Networks
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Singh, Kusum; Dika, Sandra – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2003
This study explored the social networks and sources of social support for rural high-school adolescents and how these are related to educational and psychological outcomes. We examined quality, frequency. and nature of social relationships of high school students to understand how size, density, heterogeneity, compositional quality of social…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Outcomes of Education, Adolescents, Social Networks
The State of Native American Youth Health.
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Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Div. of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health. – 1992
This survey on the health status of Native American adolescents living on or near reservations was completed by 14,000 American Indian and Alaska Native youths from 50 tribes attending 200 schools in 12 states. Results indicate that most Native teenagers felt their family cared about them a great deal, and many would go to a family member first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Alaska Natives