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Chang, Esther S.; Heckhausen, Jutta; Greenberger, Ellen; Chen, Chuansheng – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
This study proposed and confirmed three ways in which college students can perceive "shared" agency and two ways in which they can perceive "non-shared" agency with parents when pursuing educational goals in college. Differences and similarities were examined among participants from four ethnic backgrounds (N = 515; 67% female): East Asian…
Descriptors: College Students, Pacific Islanders, Youth, Asian Americans
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Chung, William Y.; Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen; Heckhausen, Jutta – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
This 1-year longitudinal study investigated the effects of adolescents' depressed mood on perceived parental and peer warmth during the transition to young adulthood. We hypothesized that ethnicity would moderate such effects. As part of a larger study, 511 adolescents (154 European, 205 Hispanic, and 152 Asian Americans) participated in this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Depression (Psychology)
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Haddad, Eileen; Chen, Chuansheng; Greenberger, Ellen – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Previous research has consistently documented the importance of VIPs (mentors or important non-parental adults) in the lives of adolescents. Little is known, however, about whether VIPs play the same important roles across ethnic groups and whether VIPs remain influential when adolescents are older and involved in romantic relationships. The…
Descriptors: Psychological Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents, Psychology