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An Intergroup Contact-Theory Framework for Evaluating Racial Climate on Predominantly White College Campuses
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
This study examined the association of racial climate to social integration outcomes among 215 African American students and 144 White students from a predominantly White university. Presented is preliminary evidence ...
Parents' and teachers' beliefs about adolescents: Effects of sex and experience
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-08)
Three studies examine beliefs that parents and teachers have about adolescents. A distinction is made between category-based beliefs (concerning adolescents as a group) and target-based beliefs (concerning individual adoles ...
Peer Effects in Drug Use and Sex Among College Students
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-06)
Past research suggests that congregating delinquent youth increases their likelihood of problem behavior. We test for analogous peer effects in the drug use and sexual behavior of male ( n = 279) and female ( n = 435) ...
Assessing Depression in Childhood and Adolescence: A Guide for Social Work Practice
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-02)
Depression is relatively common in children and adolescents, and if left undetected and untreated, can have long-term negative consequences. Social workers providing services to families, children and adolescents need to ...
Learning the functional significance of mnemonic actions: A microgenetic study of strategy acquisition
(Elsevier, 1982-12)
How children learn to use memory strategies in a microgenetic investigation of learning and metacognition is examined. Seven- and eight-year-olds were given two memory trials with 24 pictures on each of 5 consecutive days. ...
Advice About Life Plans and Personal Problems in Late Adolescent Sibling Relationships
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-02)
This study examined older adolescents' perceptions of the following sibling relationship characteristics: advice about life plans and personal problems, satisfaction with support, and sibling influence on interests and ...
Adolescent Participation in Structured and Unstructured Activities: A Person-Oriented Analysis
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-08)
The current study used a person-oriented approach to examine the participation of adolescents in both constructive, organized activities as well as relaxed leisure activities. The goal of this research was to identify ...
Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity as Risk or Protective Factors for Violent Behaviors in African American Young Adults
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-03)
This study examined the influences of racial discrimination and different racial identity attitudes on engaging in violent behavior among 325 African American young adults. The contributions of racial discrimination and ...
The transition to junior high school: Beliefs of pre- and posttransition teachers
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1988-12)
The beliefs of 107 teachers who students have for mathematics the last year of elementary school are compared to the beliefs of 64 teachers the same students have for mathematics the first year of junior high school. As ...