Infants learn a great deal about social skills and interactions from their caregivers, and it is important to identify techniques caregivers can use to promote positive outcomes.
We examined the linear and nonlinear relations between breadth of extracurricular participation in 11th grade and developmental outcomes at 11th grade and 1 year after high school in an economically diverse sample of African-American and European-American youth.
Extracurricular activities provide youth with additional time and resources for positive development beyond school. This study examined the relationships between adolescents’ extracurricular involvement and youth outcomes (e.g., educational attainment, family and community involvement).
Educators, policy makers, and funders increasingly argue that structured afterschool activities can provide youth with valuable supports for development. Studies assessing the impact of particular programs and strategies, however, are rare.
After-school programs are often promoted as providing youth with opportunities and resources for development; however, the merit of these programs is not always assessed. This study compared school-based and community-based after-school programs and school opportunities.
This study employs the relational turbulence model to identify common issues facing married couples during the transition to the empty-nest phase of marriage.
Parents’ transition from children living in the home to an empty nest often involves many changes in the couples’ marriage. This study interviewed 50 couples whose last (or only) child had left home during the past 18 months about the changes in their marriage.
Examined the associations of adolescents' self-reported anxiety sensitivity with semistructured, interview-based anxiety and depressive symptoms and anxiety disorders.
Adolescents were assessed to determine the associations between anxiety sensitivity and anxiety symptoms, anxiety disorders, and anxiety comorbidity.
We investigated whether parental anxiety was related to anxiety sensitivity (AS) in offspring. Subjects were 261 offspring (aged 6–17 years) of parents with lifetime DSM-IV anxiety and/or mood disorders, and 79 offspring of parents with no lifetime anxiety, mood, or psychotic disorder.