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Stoddard, Sarah A.; Henly, Susan J.; Sieving, Renee E.; Bolland, John – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Youth living in impoverished urban neighborhoods are at risk for becoming hopeless about their future and engaging in violent behaviors. The current study seeks to examine the longitudinal relationship between social connections, hopelessness trajectories, and subsequent violent behavior across adolescence. Our sample included 723 (49% female)…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Females, Early Adolescents
Marcon, Rebecca A. – 1997
The Erikson Psychosocial Inventory (EPSI) (Rosenthal, Gurney, and Moore, 1981) was introduced into a longitudinal study of 234 previously studied inner-city children as they were scheduled to make the transition from elementary to junior high school. Compared to the EPSI original Australian sample, inner-city African American 12- and 13-year-olds…
Descriptors: Black Students, Child Development, Early Adolescents, Elementary Education