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Hsieh, Hsing-Fang; Lee, Daniel B.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Pomerantz, Naomi; Cunningham, Mary C.; Messman, Elizabeth; Stoddard, Sarah A.; Grodzinski, Alison R.; Heinze, Justin E. – Journal of School Violence, 2022
We examined the effectiveness of the "Say Something Anonymous Reporting System" (SS-ARS) program in improving school safety in a cluster randomized control trial among over 700 students in 19 middle schools in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The SS-ARS is a program that emphasizes youth engagement and trains youth to recognize…
Descriptors: Prevention, Violence, Educational Environment, Middle Schools
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Hsieh, Hsing-Fang; Scott, Briana A.; Stoddard, Sarah A.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Kleinsasser, Michael J.; Heinze, Justin – Journal of School Violence, 2023
We examined the effect of multiple school-related, resilience-promotive factors against exposure to violence (ETV) at school among an urban sample of 6th-grade students (n = 441, 57% female, mean age = 11.81), 90% identify as students of color. Using multilevel mixed-effects linear models, we analyzed two waves of data (baseline and 4-month…
Descriptors: Violence, Urban Schools, Grade 6, Bullying
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Eisman, Andria B.; Stoddard, Sarah A.; Heinze, Justin; Caldwell, Cleopatra H.; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Depression is a serious mental health concern among adolescents. Violence exposure is a potent risk factor for depression. Social support may help reduce depression risk, even when adolescents are exposed to violence. Using a compensatory model of resilience, we investigate the influence of violence exposure and social support on depression over…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Socioeconomic Status, Mothers
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Stoddard, Sarah A.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Bauermeister, Jose A. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
This study examined the effects of cumulative risk and promotive factors on violent behavior across the high school years of adolescence in a sample of predominately African American urban adolescents (N = 750). Cumulative risk and promotive factor indices represented individual characteristics, and peer, parental, and familial influences. Using…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Violence, Risk, Adolescents
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Choe, Daniel Ewon; Stoddard, Sarah A.; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Family conflict is a salient risk factor for African American adolescents' mental health problems. No study we are aware of has estimated trajectories of their family conflict and whether groups differ in internalizing and externalizing problems during the transition to young adulthood, a critical antecedent in adult mental health and…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Family Relationship, Conflict, Mental Disorders
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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