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Hay, Carter; Fortson, Edward N.; Hollist, Dusten R.; Altheimer, Irshad; Schaible, Lonnie M. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2006
Prior research on the family has identified many variables significantly associated with criminal involvement, including such things as parental supervision and discipline and the quality of the parent-child relationship. However, little attention has been devoted to the possibility that the effects of these variables on crime depend on…
Descriptors: Crime, Adolescents, Social Environment, Family Environment
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Abdelrahman, A. I.; Rodriguez, Gloria; Ryan, John A.; French, John F.; Weinbaum, Donald – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1998
Examines the correlates of substance abuse among New Jersey middle school students by employing an epidemiological perspective in which an individual's risk of using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs is predicted to increase in relation to the amount of vulnerability and/or risk an individual faces. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Community Influence, Drinking
Ryan, Bruce A., Ed.; And Others – 1995
The nature of the relationships among contemporary family variables and school achievement is examined in this collection of articles. Divided into two parts, the collection examines related processes and issues. In the first part, the chapters and authors are: (1) "The Family-School Relationships Model" (Bruce A. Ryan and Gerald R.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Community Influence, Elementary Secondary Education