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Suvivuo, Pia; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Kontula, Osmo – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
This study examined what kinds of sexual scripts were found in Finnish girls' narratives, what elements those scripts included and how different scripts were associated with sexually risky behavior. The data were comprised of the narratives of 173 14-15-year-old girls regarding their experiences in sexually motivating situations. The narratives…
Descriptors: Scripts, Sex Education, Females, Adolescents
Diez, Virginia; Mistry, Jayanthi – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
We report the results of a study about how early childbearing affected the educational trajectories of nine Puerto Rican teenage mothers living in New England. Raised largely on the mainland, participants chose to carry pregnancies to term and to participate in a parenting program for young mothers. Upon examination of shared meaning-making around…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Early Parenthood, Puerto Ricans, Adolescents
Beyers, Wim; Seiffge-Krenke, Inge – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Erikson stated that healthy identity development during adolescence is a precursor of intimacy in romantic relationships during emerging adulthood. However, from a developmental contextual perspective, there are reasons to question this strict developmental ordering. Using interview and questionnaire data from a longitudinal study on 93…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Identification (Psychology), Self Concept, Adolescents
Moua, MyLou Y.; Lamborn, Susie D. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Guided by an ecological framework, this study explored ethnic socialization practices from the perspective of Southeast Asian American adolescents. Defined as a multidimensional construct that is conceptually distinct from racial socialization, ethnic socialization involves parents' communication to children about their ethnic heritage. The…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Socialization, Hmong People, Adolescents
Erjavec, Karmen; Volcic; Zala – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Children born of war rape continue to be a taboo theme in many post-war societies, also in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH). This study is based on in-depth interviews with eleven adolescents born of war rape in BH. The main goal is to present how these adolescents represent themselves and their life-situations. On the basis of the research we identify…
Descriptors: Violence, Rape, War, Mothers
Davis, Katie – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Adolescent girls have emerged as the largest demographic of bloggers in the United States. In this study, the author interviewed 20 girls, aged 17 to 21, who had been blogging for 3 or more years. Consistent with previous studies involving youths' online activities, the girls discussed their use of blogging for self-expression and peer…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Females, Adolescents
Sullivan, Patrick J.; Larson, Reed W. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Adolescents benefit from contact with high-resource community adults, but intergenerational obstacles make these interactions difficult, fragile, and rare. This qualitative research investigated the success of seven, primarily urban, leadership, and arts programs that attempted to facilitate these interactions within their programming. Program…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Youth Programs, Adolescents, Urban Areas
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
DeLisi, Matt; Wright, John Paul; Vaughn, Michael G.; Beaver, Kevin M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Recognition of the interplay between nature and nurture is decades old in fields such as psychiatry, but other fields in the social sciences continue to be hampered by the idea that social and biological variables compete for explanatory relevance. In a recent study of the adolescent brain and risk taking, Males critiqued biologically oriented…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Psychiatry, Psychopathology, Adolescents
Johnson, Sara B.; Sudhinaraset, May; Blum, Robert Wm. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
In the January 2009 issue of this journal, Males argues that adolescent brain science perpetuates the "myth of adolescent risk taking." He contends that those who study adolescent neuromaturation are biological determinists who ignore the profound social and environmental forces that influence adolescent behavior to further their own agendas.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Brain, Males, Developmental Stages
Mazur, Elizabeth; Kozarian, Lauri – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
This article analyzed 124 blogs, chronological, journal-type entries published on public hosting Web sites, as new and popular places for adolescents and emerging adults aged 15 to 19 to play openly with their self-presentation, an important aspect of identity exploration. Findings indicate that most young persons write emotionally toned entries;…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Age Differences, Diaries
Sercombe, Howard – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Progressive developments in scanning technologies over the last decade have led to a surge of new research into the structure and function of the brain and into differences between the brains of teenagers and other adults. This work has not been free of controversy, notably around the question of deficits in the capacity of young people concerning…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Brain, Social Environment
Thompson, Sanna J.; Barczyk, Amanda N.; Gomez, Rebecca; Dreyer, Lauren; Popham, Amelia – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
Research has indicated that a high proportion of homeless emerging adults use substances. This article aims to understand the attitudes of these young adults concerning their substance use and its effect on their lives. A mixed methods study using semistructured interviews and self-report instruments was conducted with 87 emerging adults who…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Adults, Adolescents, Coping
Bradley, Graham L. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2010
All people influence, and are influenced by, the contexts they inhabit. Leisure contexts are no exception. The current research comprised three studies investigating the links between one leisure context, skate parks, and adolescent development. Using interview, observation, and questionnaire methods, the research shed light on several of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Integration, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment)
Nalkur, Priya G. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
This study compares hope in street youth, former street youth, and school youth (aged 12-18) in Tanzania. Responding to Snyder's hope theory, the author argues that not only personal agency but also the stability of living context (street, shelter, home) shapes hopefulness. Employing qualitative and quantitative analyses, the author presents a…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Foreign Countries, Youth, Comparative Analysis