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Etienne, Jan, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2020
How can black women academics improve the lives of young people in their community? Etienne and her colleagues explore the ways they can intervene in two persistent and severe problems - the escalating knife crime that costs ever more young lives, and the disproportionately low academic attainment of black students compared with their white peers.…
Descriptors: Females, Women Faculty, Teacher Role, College Faculty
Sherman, Megan Callahan – School Social Work Journal, 2020
School-based mentoring (SBM) programs have emerged in response to the chronic academic failure of many at-risk youth. Students encountering poverty, familial instability, poor health, and/or exposure to violence and mental health issues are at greater risk of academic failure. The pressures bearing down upon the most vulnerable students foster…
Descriptors: School Social Workers, Mentors, At Risk Students, Intervention
Kanwar, Palak – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
Pubertal timing carries social as well as psychological implications. It is observed that adolescents rely upon their families, friends and other social circles for learning important skills that help them to cope with the pressures they face during the pubertal transition towards adulthood successfully. Since behavioural response to puberty also…
Descriptors: Puberty, Behavior Problems, Early Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship
Thi Thuy An Ngo; Ngoc Thien An Nguyen; Uyen Nhu La; Dong Nhi Truong; Hoang Quoc Bao Nguyen – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2023
Aim/Purpose: The main objective of this study is to explore the relationships among social media experience processes, peer influence, and fear of missing out (FoMO), as well as their impact on adolescent students' choice of participation in academic activities. Background: The increasing digitization of the world has consolidated social media as…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Social Media, Peer Influence, Adolescents
Wright, Michelle F. – Youth & Society, 2020
Little attention has focused on how adolescents' perceptions of the pressure to be popular or socially preferred from parents, friends, and the media influence their engagement in face-to-face and cyber aggressive and prosocial behaviors. The present study examined these relationships among 857 seventh graders (M age = 12.19; 50.8% girls) from…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Social Influences, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students
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Ungar, Michael T. – Adolescence, 2000
The construct of peer pressure was examined as part of a qualitative study of the determinants of mental health for 41 high-risk adolescents. While the concept of peer pressure enables adults to explain youths' troubling behaviors, content analysis of the participants' accounts of their lives reveals peer pressure to be a myth. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Content Analysis, High Risk Students, Mental Health
Marsh, Valerie Lieberman; Lammers, Jayne C.; Conroy, Elizabeth – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
Schools in underserved districts experience pressure to improve achievement outcomes, trapping curricula, teachers, and students in a skills-driven literacy framework, repeatedly reinscribing a racist pedagogy. Although the research community recommends resisting skills-based literacy, researchers often neglect to commit to a research-practice…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Literacy Education, Racism, Teaching Methods
Gutowski, Ellen; White, Allison E.; Liang, Belle; Diamonti, Alfred-John; Berado, Danielle – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2018
The present study explored the influence of psychological stress on the development of purpose among youth of color living in urban, low-income communities. A qualitative approach based on grounded theory was used to understand how stress-related experiences influence the development of youth purpose in participants' own words. Findings revealed…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Social Support Groups, Minority Groups, Urban Youth
Corwyn, Robert F.; Bradley, Robert H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2016
Relations between paternal autonomy support and four aspects of adolescent social competence and responsibility at age 16 were examined using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. With controls on maternal autonomy support, significant relations were observed between paternal autonomy support and three of the four…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Fathers, Sons, Personal Autonomy
Ellis, Wendy E.; Dumas, Tara M.; Hutchinson, Lynda R.; Talebi, Sarah – Youth & Society, 2023
Adherence to COVID-19 social distancing restrictions may be challenging for adolescents, especially those concerned about social status. This study examined self-perceived popularity and reputation concerns as predictors of adherence to health guidelines and the effects of self-perceived popularity on adjustment. Adolescents (n = 1,068, 14-18…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Isolation, Social Status
Trivedi, Rajvi; Prakasha, G. S. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2021
It is generally expected that the students are supposed to gain an engaging and enriching experience throughout their journey of higher education. The educational institutions have to take up the responsibility to ensure that students are engaged meaningfully and are in a state of well-being. However, in the present scenario, students at colleges…
Descriptors: Alienation, College Environment, School Culture, Undergraduate Students
Dresler, Emma; Whitehead, Dean; Weaver, Kelly – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the extent to which youth have ready access to alcohol and the extent to which immediate family influence affects consumption. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative descriptive exploratory study undertook semi-structured peer-group interviews with 20 participants from four New Zealand high…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Family Environment, Drinking, Family Influence
Montgomery, LaTrice; Vaughn, Lisa M.; Jacquez, Farrah – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Background: To identify contextually-relevant strategies for reducing and eventually eliminating addiction, it is imperative to engage stakeholders that are most affected by drug abuse but typically left out of the conversation, such as adolescents. Aim: The aim of this study was to collaborate with 45 adolescent stakeholders participating in a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Prevention, Addictive Behavior
Itzhaki, Yael; Itzhaky, Haya; Yablon, Yaacov B. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2018
Background: While extensive research has been done on high-school dropouts' adjustment, there is little data on dropouts from closed religious communities. Objective: This study examines the contribution of personal and social resources to the adjustment of high school dropouts in Ultraorthodox Jewish communities in Israel. Method: Using a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Student Adjustment, Jews
Cates, Joan R. – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2008
Outcomes from sex education are shaped not only by the knowledge and attitudes of youth but also by groups influential in young people's lives. American youth bear one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the industrialized world. Four constituencies with important roles in communicating about STIs are youth, parents,…
Descriptors: Physicians, Sex Education, Focus Groups, Peer Influence