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School-Work-Transition of NEETS: A Comparative Analysis of European Countries
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Rocca, Antonella; Neagu, Gabriela; Tosun, Jale – Youth & Society, 2022
This study investigates the connection between the reasons why some young people end their education without attaining a university degree and the effect of this decision on the probability of becoming a NEET in a set of European countries. Young people face the highest degree of disadvantage in the Mediterranean and East European countries,…
Descriptors: Out of School Youth, Unemployment, Adolescents, Young Adults
Comparing Communities: The Cultural Characteristics of Ethnic Social Capital
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Pearrow, Melissa; Sander, Janay; Jones, Janine – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Social capital includes access to resources based on social networks, similar to how economic capital is access to fiscal resources. We explore ethnic social capital as a variant of social capital that includes the social resources that are available to a person as a result of being a member of an ethnic and cultural network. This study identifies…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Social Capital, Crime, Neighborhoods
The Protective Function of Neighborhood Social Ties on Psychological Health
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Chung, He Len; Docherty, Meagan – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2011
Objective: To examine relations between neighborhood characteristics and psychological health, specifically whether neighborhood trust and cooperation buffers the effects of neighborhood disorder on depression and aggressive behavior. Methods: The sample was composed of 127 urban, African American young adults from Trenton, NJ. Results: The…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Trust (Psychology), Aggression, Holistic Approach
Stressors in Multiple Life-Domains and the Risk for Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors among African Americans during Emerging Adulthood
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Estrada-Martanez, Lorena M.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H.; Bauermeister, Jose A.; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Behavioral and mental health outcomes have been associated with experiencing high levels of stress. Yet, little is known about the link between the nature of stressors, their accumulation over time, and the risk for externalizing and internalizing outcomes. Compared to the general population, African Americans are exposed to a disproportionate…
Descriptors: Risk, Racial Discrimination, African Americans, Depression (Psychology)
Relationships among Alcohol Outlet Density, Alcohol Use, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization among Young Women in the United States
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Waller, Martha W.; Iritani, Bonita J.; Christ, Sharon L.; Clark, Heddy Kovach; Moracco, Kathryn E.; Halpern, Carolyn Tucker; Flewelling, Robert L. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Greater access to alcohol has been widely found to be associated with many negative outcomes including violence perpetration. This study examines the relationship between alcohol outlet density, alcohol use, and intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization among young women in the United States. A direct association between alcohol outlet density…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Adolescents, African Americans
Community Violence and Externalizing Problems: Moderating Effects of Race and Religiosity in Emerging Adulthood
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Fowler, Patrick J.; Ahmed, Sawssan R.; Tompsett, Carolyn J.; Jozefowicz-Simbeni, Debra M. H.; Toro, Paul A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2008
The present study examined racial differences in the relationship between exposure to community violence and public and private religiosity in predicting externalizing problems among at-risk emerging adults. Participants were 178 African American and 163 European American emerging adults at risk for exposure to community violence. Exposure to…
Descriptors: Race, Substance Abuse, Violence, Racial Differences