This study examined the various ways adults engage and support youth in connected learning settings, which are focused on supporting youth in their interests or passions.
Youth programs are designed to support youth development; however, not much is known about youth's own perspectives of what adult behaviors are most supportive.
Anxiety sensitivity represents a robust risk factor for the development of anxiety symptoms among both adolescents and adults. However, the development of anxiety sensitivity among adolescents remains inadequately understood.
Middle school children were assessed at three time points over a school year (7 month period) to examine the role of stressful life events as a risk factor for elevated anxiety sensitivity. Stressful life events were associated with later increases in anxiety sensitivity.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of maternal and paternal spanking of children at 3 and 5 years of age and the associations between spanking and children’s externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary through age 9.
A nationally representative sample of families was studied to examine the prevalence of maternal and paternal spanking of children at age three and age five. Associations between spanking and children’s externalizing behavior and receptive vocabulary at age nine were also examined.
How does having a sibling in the military affect young adults? Despite increasing attention to the challenges faced by spouses and children of servicemembers, the siblings of servicemembers have been largely ignored in the existing literature.
Siblings of current or recent Service members were interviewed to explore how having a family member in the military impacts their family.
Although existing literature demonstrates that developmental benefits are associated with religion for adolescents, little is understood about the dynamics of this relationship.
Urban youths completed questionnaires in their school classrooms to examine how social interactions, trust, and shared vision that youth have with adults surrounding religion influence youth’s moral behavior. Religiously active youth report more frequent interactions with nonfamilial adults.