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Mayberry, Megan L.; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Koenig, Brian – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study tested a social-ecological model of adolescent substance use. Multilevel modeling was used to investigate how systems, such as parents, peers, schools, and communities, directly influence and interact together to influence adolescent substance use. Participants included 14,548 (50.3% female) middle school students who were 78.6% White,…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Models, Adolescents, Middle School Students
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Eamon, Mary Keegan; Altshuler, Sandra J. – Children & Schools, 2004
This study examined whether child, parental, and socioenvironmental factors predict disruptive school behavior two years later. Data from a sample of 10-to 12-year-old youths, including 289 African American, 183 Hispanic/Latino, and 335 non-Hispanic white youths from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth were analyzed. Findings indicate that…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Prediction, Preadolescents
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Roosa, Mark W.; Deng, Shiying; Ryu, Ehri; Lockhart Burrell, Ginger; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Jones, Sarah; Lopez, Vera; Crowder, Sakina – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2005
Neighborhood conditions are related to children's externalizing behavior, although few processes that help explain this association have been identified. With data from 189 primarily low-income Anglo and Mexican American families, we tested a stress process model that included 3 potential mediators of this relationship. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Income, Mexican Americans, Depression (Psychology), Neighborhoods