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Snapp, Shannon D.; Hoenig, Jennifer M.; Fields, Amanda; Russell, Stephen T. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2015
Emerging evidence suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth experience disparate treatment in schools that may result in criminal sanctions. In an effort to understand the pathways that push youth out of schools, we conducted focus groups with youth (n = 31) from Arizona, California, and Georgia, and…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, Institutionalized Persons
Gowen, L. Kris; Catania, Joseph A.; Dolcini, M. Margaret; Harper, Gary W. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2014
Although interpersonal respect is considered an important quality in successful romantic relationships, limited attention has been paid to this concept. We examined the meaning of respect in romantic relationships as conceptualized by low-income, sexually active, heterosexually identified, African American adolescents aged 15 to 17 (N = 50).…
Descriptors: Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Gender Differences, Cultural Differences
Shulman, Elizabeth P.; Steinberg, Laurence; Piquero, Alex R. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2014
The present article responds to Males and Brown's "Teenagers' High Arrest Rates: Features of Young Age or Youth Poverty?" which claims that the widely observed pattern of crime rates peaking in late adolescence or early adulthood is an artifact of age differences in poverty. We note that the authors' interpretation of their aggregated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Poverty, Crime
Males, Mike A.; Brown, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2014
The association of more crime with youthful age is widely accepted in social science. However, a literature search revealed no studies of the age-crime relationship that controlled for young ages' economic disadvantage. This research gap is addressed using the California Criminal Justice Statistics Center's arrest detail and Census poverty…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Delinquency, Age Differences
Ayres, Melanie M.; Leaper, Campbell – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2013
The research examined (a) girls' responses to personal experiences of gender and/or ethnic/racial discrimination, (b) social support from parents and friends following the discrimination, and (c) the relationship between girls' reported coping strategies to the discrimination and their self-esteem. Participants were 74 adolescent girls…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Gender Bias, Racial Bias
Males, Mike A. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Three respondents provide cogent commentary on the author's first article, "Does the Adolescent Brain Make Risk Taking Inevitable? A Skeptical Appraisal." Two respondent papers argue that the author mischaracterized valid and useful developmental and biological arguments affirming adolescents' singular risk propensities; the third…
Descriptors: Brain, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Biology
Manago, Adriana M.; Brown, Christia Spears; Leaper, Campbell – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
This study explores developing conceptions of feminism among Latina adolescents, their prevalence of feminist endorsement, and whether home environment and well-being are related to feminist identity. One hundred and forty Latina girls (Grades 9 to 12, M age = 15) wrote personal narratives of their understanding of feminism and whether they…
Descriptors: Feminism, Females, Self Concept, Parent Education
Dollahite, David C.; Thatcher, Jennifer Y. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2008
This study builds on previous research regarding parent-child religious conversations to explore the transactional processes of these conversations. It employs qualitative analyses of interviews with highly religious parents and adolescents representing the Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) from New England and Northern California.…
Descriptors: Christianity, Parent School Relationship, Emotional Experience, Religion
Eyre, Stephen L.; Milbrath, Constance; Peacock, Ben – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
The interview study reported here sought to identify the perceived trajectory of romantic relationships of a cohort of Oakland African American gay/bisexual adolescents. Biographical interviews were used to identify cultural models of romantic relationships in the study sample and discovered a trajectory of four phases. In the antecedent to the…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Adolescents, Homosexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases