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Mounts, Nina S.; Kim, Hyun-Soo – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
This investigation examined mothers' beliefs about important dating partner characteristics and expectations regarding management of dating in an ethnically diverse sample of 76 early adolescents and their mothers. Open-ended and structured questions were used to identify a range of dating partner characteristics which were important to mothers…
Descriptors: Mothers, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Gender Differences
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Mounts, Nina S. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
Relations between adolescents' reports of parental management of peer relationships (consulting, mediating, and autonomy granting in regard to peer relationships) and positive friendship quality, friendship conflict, delinquent activity, and drug use were examined in an ethnically diverse sample of 322 7th and 8th graders. Regression analyses…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Drug Use, Adolescents, Family Structure
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Mounts, Nina S. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
The role of parental support, hostile campus racial climate, and sense of belonging to campus in predicting psychological adjustment and drug use was examined in a sample of 319 African American and White college freshmen. No ethnic-group differences were found for mean levels of parental support, racial hostility, belonging to campus, or…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Psychological Patterns, Student Adjustment, Racial Differences