Forthcoming Special Issue: How Culture Matters in Programs for Adolescents
(Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Announcement Source Type: research

School Adjustment and Friendship Quality of First- and Second-Generation Adolescent Immigrants to Spain as a Function of Acculturation
The purpose of this study was to determine the links between school adjustment, friendship, and identification with both the cultures of origin and with the host culture. Our overriding hypothesis was that integration in Berry’s terms, that is, simultaneous identification with both the culture of origin and the majority Spanish/Catalan culture, would predict better school adjustment. We also expected the same integrated acculturative stance to be linked with closer and less conflictual friendships. The participants were 682 students, in six public high schools in Catalonia, Spain. Of these, 226 were first- and second...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Alvarez Valdivia, I. M., Schneider, B. H., Carrasco, C. V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The Experience of Early Marriage: Perspectives of Engaged and Married Muslim Women in Israel
The negative impact of early marriage on girls’ psychosocial well-being is well documented in the literature, but little is known about the girls’ motivations and experiences within marriage. A phenomenological case study approach, combining artwork and semi-structured interviews, was used to investigate the motivations and experiences of early marriage among 10 engaged and married young Muslim women who married young in Israel. The findings regarding the engaged women point to their decision to use marriage as a way to fulfill their need for freedom, their wish to experience love in a culturally respectable fr...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Segal-Engelchin, D., Huss, E., Massry, N. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Motherhood as the Vehicle for Change in Australian Adolescent Women of Preterm and Full-Term Infants
Preterm birth represents an interruption to the normal development of maternal identity and is considered a highly stressful event for adult mothers. However, no research has investigated whether or how preterm birth affects the adolescent mother’s transition to motherhood. The current study aimed to explicate the experience of being a mother for adolescent women who experienced a preterm or term birth in Australia. This Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Study analyzed interviews with 14 primiparous, English-speaking adolescent mothers (15-19 years; 10 preterm and 4 full term) who participated in three intervi...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Sheeran, N., Jones, L., Rowe, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Exploring the Appearance Culture in Early Adolescence: A Qualitative Focus Group Approach in the Republic of Ireland (ROI)
Despite the heightened awareness of body image concerns in early adolescence, there has been little research in Ireland regarding young people’s own perspectives on associated factors. Eight focus groups with young adolescents were conducted to explore common perceptions and influential processes occurring within the current Irish appearance culture. Three main themes emerged reflecting (a) appearance-related norms and processes operating in young adolescents’ immediate environment, (b) means by which more distal levels of sociocultural influences are transmitted, and (c) individual characteristics that shape t...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Kierans, J., Swords, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Toward a Culturally and Contextually Sensitive Understanding of Resilience: Privileging the Voices of Black, South African Young People
Extant theories of resilience, or the process of adjusting well to adversity, privilege the voices of minority-world young people. Consequently, the resilience of marginalized, majority-world youth is imperfectly understood, and majority-world social ecologies struggle to facilitate resilience in ways that respect the insights of majority-world youth and their cultural and contextual positioning. Accordingly, this article makes audible, as it were, the voices of 181 rural, Black, South African adolescents with the purpose of explicating which resilience-supporting processes characterize their positive adjustment to disadva...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - October 2, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Theron, L. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Forthcoming Special Issue: How Culture Matters in Programs for Adolescents
(Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Announcement Source Type: research

Adolescent Nondisclosure in Cultural Context: Voices of Chinese American Adolescents and Parents
This qualitative study explored second-generation Chinese American adolescents’ nondisclosure to parents on the basis of their experiences in daily interactions. The research questions were as follows: (a) What role does adolescents’ nondisclosure play in parent-adolescent relationships in second-generation Chinese American families? (b) How do factors of adolescent nondisclosure interplay with the cultural context? In-depth individual interviews were conducted with 16 adolescents (6 boys and 10 girls, average age 15) and 11 immigrant parents in a large urban area in the Western United States. The principal the...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Yau, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Violence in the Social Networks of Homeless Youths: Implications for Network-Based Prevention Programming
This study examined social network processes related to interpersonal violence using a sample of 360 homeless youths from Los Angeles. Results indicated that violence is pervasive among homeless youths. Consistent with previous findings, hard drug use and childhood maltreatment experiences were closely related to violence experiences. Social network analyses revealed that having a higher proportion of violence-engaged peers in a youth’s network is associated with increased risk of personal violent behavior as well as having a high k-core number within the larger overall homeless youth network. The findings have impor...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Petering, R., Rice, E., Rhoades, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

"They Will Post a Law About Playing Soccer" and Other Ethnic/Racial Microaggressions in Organized Activities Experienced by Mexican-Origin Families
Organized activities have been found to provide positive experiences for Latino adolescents to develop confidence and learn critical life skills; however, these programs are sometimes a context where youth encounter negative experiences related to ethnic/racial microaggressions (ERMs). This qualitative study explores the types of ERMs that Mexican-origin parents and adolescents encountered in their organized activities experience. Parents were mainly concerned about SB-1070 and the associated law enforcement practices that posed a threat to transporting their children to and from the organized activity site. Adolescents re...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Lin, A. R., Menjivar, C., Vest Ettekal, A., Simpkins, S. D., Gaskin, E. R., Pesch, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

"Im Not Just Runnin the Streets": Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and Violence Management Strategies Among Urban Youth of Color
This article examines the experiences of 25 youth of color living in East Oakland, California. Building on empirical studies examining violence prevention efforts on the behalf of and among youth and using an ethnographic approach, this study samples young people, with varying levels of education, income, and motivation for involvement, attending the same youth-serving organization in East Oakland. The findings offer a frame of "violence management strategies" for the active ways in which youth strategically avoid unsafe spaces and people and seek out safe spaces and people on a daily basis within their neighborhoods marke...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Dill, L. J., Ozer, E. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

How Children Understand Civic Actions: A Mixed Methods Perspective
The development of civically engaged citizens is vital for democratic societies. Although several studies have explored children and adolescents’ conceptualizations of civic engagement, less is known about youths’ understanding of the individual skills and attributes best suited for civic action. The current study utilized a Q-sort methodology to explore the types of character strengths children and adolescents (n = 87; Mage = 13, 9-19, 52% female) assigned to people who engage in different types of civic activities. Participants sorted 12 character strengths (amazed, creative, forgiving, future-minded, generou...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - August 4, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Metzger, A., Syvertsen, A. K., Oosterhoff, B., Babskie, E., Wray-Lake, L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Forthcoming Special Issue: How Culture Matters in Programs for Adolescents
(Source: Journal of Adolescent Research)
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 19, 2016 Category: Child Development Tags: Announcement Source Type: research

Cultural, Media, and Peer Influences on Body Beauty Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescent Girls
Social and cultural values are believed to play a role in the types of bodies that adolescent girls consider beautiful and desirable. In this article, the authors analyzed qualitative interviews from 27 Latina mid-adolescent girls (ages 14 to 16) regarding their perceptions of what body shapes and sizes are valued in Latino culture and European American culture, the nature of their conversations with friends about appearance, and whether boys and the larger community consider large body sizes to be acceptable. There was an overwhelming consensus that a slender but curvy figure is the ideal body type in Latino culture and t...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 19, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Romo, L. F., Mireles-Rios, R., Hurtado, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Internet Addiction: The Role of Conscientiousness and Classroom Hostility
Over the last decade, research on Internet addiction (IA) has increased. However, almost all studies in the area are cross-sectional and do not examine the context in which Internet use takes place. Therefore, a longitudinal study examined the role of conscientiousness (as a personality trait) and classroom hostility (as a contextual factor) in the development of IA. The participants comprised 648 adolescents and were assessed over a 2-year period (while aged 16-18 years). A three-level hierarchical linear model was carried out on the data collected. Findings revealed that (a) lower conscientiousness was associated with IA...
Source: Journal of Adolescent Research - May 19, 2016 Category: Child Development Authors: Stavropoulos, V., Kuss, D., Griffiths, M., Motti-Stefanidi, F. Tags: Articles Source Type: research