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Baden, Amanda L. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
This study explores the impact of racial-ethnic socialization on adopted South Korean children and adolescents who attended a sleepaway Korean culture camp for one week. This camp provided racial-ethnic socialization experiences via exposure to camp counselors, staff, and teachers who were Korean Americans, Korean nationals, and Korean adult…
Descriptors: Adoption, Korean Americans, Socialization, Ethnicity
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Poulin, Francois; Denault, Anne-Sophie – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
The goal of this study was to provide an in-depth examination of friendships within organized activities. The prevalence of friendships with co-participants, their quality and characteristics, and their associations with adjustment were investigated. A sample of 281 (60% girls) 8th grade adolescents reported their friendships, activities, and…
Descriptors: Incidence, Grade 8, Behavior Problems, Friendship
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Bohnert, Amy M.; Aikins, Julie Wargo; Arola, Nicole T. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Although organized activities (OAs) have been established as important contexts of development, limited work has examined the role of OAs across the high school transition in buffering adolescents' social adjustment by providing opportunities for visibility and peer affiliation. The transition to high school is characterized by numerous changes…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, High School Students, Peer Relationship, Depression (Psychology)