Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-06-13DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221099049
Michael D. O’Brien, Robert A. Marx, Jerel P. Calzo, V. Poteat, Christopher J. Ceccolini
{"title":"The Elephant in the GSA: Associations Between Discussions of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election and Mental Health Outcomes in Gender-Sexuality Alliances","authors":"Michael D. O’Brien, Robert A. Marx, Jerel P. Calzo, V. Poteat, Christopher J. Ceccolini","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221099049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221099049","url":null,"abstract":"The 2016 U.S. Presidential election led to a rise in mental health concerns among marginalized youth. We consider how LGBTQ+ and ally youth responded in Gender-Sexuality Alliances (GSAs). In this secondary analysis, we used survey data to assess for associations between frequency of discussions of the election in GSAs and mental health outcomes. We found that youth in GSAs that discussed the election and its sequelae more frequently reported lower depressive symptoms at the end of the year, but this association held true only for White youth and not racial/ethnic minority youth and only in the 2016 to 2017 academic year and not the 2017 to 2018 academic year. Implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1456 - 1474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49291847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-06-09DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221099992
Mallory VanMeeter, S. Curry, Brenda A. Tully, Stacey Ault, A. Nesmith, Jacqueline White
{"title":"The Costs of Caring: Navigating Material Challenges When Adults Informally Host Youth Facing Homelessness","authors":"Mallory VanMeeter, S. Curry, Brenda A. Tully, Stacey Ault, A. Nesmith, Jacqueline White","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221099992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221099992","url":null,"abstract":"Couch hopping is a significant feature of youth homelessness in the United States. Every year, half of youth ages 18 to 25 who experience housing instability report couch hopping—also known as couch surfing or doubling up. Emerging work suggests that in some intergenerational informal hosting arrangements, youth and their adult hosts can form meaningful and supportive relationships. However, hosts also navigate material challenges that could threaten the stability of these arrangements. Based on in-depth interviews with nine youth ages 17 to 23 in informal hosting arrangements and 10 informal hosts, we describe how increased household costs and lease and benefits restrictions can impact stability, and the strategies hosts and youth mobilized to address them. We place hosts’ instability in the context of intergenerational poverty and structural racism, reframing material challenges as opportunities to strengthen the village of support youth need to make sustained exits from homelessness.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1438 - 1455"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43692799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-06-05eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac033
Anaïs Louzolo, Alexander V Lebedev, Malin Björnsdotter, Kasim Acar, Christine Ahrends, Morten L Kringelbach, Martin Ingvar, Andreas Olsson, Predrag Petrovic
{"title":"Resistance to Extinction of Evaluative Fear Conditioning in Delusion Proneness.","authors":"Anaïs Louzolo, Alexander V Lebedev, Malin Björnsdotter, Kasim Acar, Christine Ahrends, Morten L Kringelbach, Martin Ingvar, Andreas Olsson, Predrag Petrovic","doi":"10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac033","DOIUrl":"10.1093/schizbullopen/sgac033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Delusional beliefs consist of strong priors characterized by resistance to change even when evidence supporting another view is overwhelming. Such bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE) has been experimentally demonstrated in patients with psychosis as well as in delusion proneness. In this fMRI-study, we tested for similar resistance to change and associated brain processes in extinction of fear learning, involving a well-described mechanism dependent of evidence updating. A social fear conditioning paradigm was used in which four faces had either been coupled to an unconditioned aversive stimulus (CS+) or not (CS-). For two of the faces, instructions had been given about the fear contingencies (iCS+/iCS-) while for two other faces no such instructions had been given (niCS+/niCS-). Interaction analysis suggested that individuals who score high on delusion-proneness (hDP; <i>n</i> = 20) displayed less extinction of evaluative fear compared to those with low delusion proneness (lDP; <i>n</i> = 23; <i>n</i> = 19 in fMRI-analysis) for non-instructed faces (<i>F</i> = 5.469, <i>P</i> = .024). The resistance to extinction was supported by a difference in extinction related activity between the two groups in medial prefrontal cortex and its connectivity with amygdala, as well as in a cortical network supporting fear processing. For instructed faces no extinction was noted, but there was a larger evaluative fear (<i>F</i> = 5.048, <i>P</i> = 0.03) and an increased functional connectivity between lateral orbitofrontal cortex and fear processing regions for hDP than lDP. Our study links previous explored BADE-effects in delusion associated phenotypes to fear extinction, and suggest that effects of instructions on evaluative fear learning are more pronounced in delusion prone subjects.</p>","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"47 1","pages":"sgac033"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11205979/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87228280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-27DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221098449
Sijeong Lim, Chung‐in Moon, Youngwan Kim
{"title":"Remaining Hopeful During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of NGOs in Filling the Social Support Gap for Vulnerable Children","authors":"Sijeong Lim, Chung‐in Moon, Youngwan Kim","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221098449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221098449","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on children’s mental health worldwide. Existing studies suggest that children with greater levels of hope are more likely to be resilient in the face of disaster. While social support at the family and community level is proposed as an important factor in sustaining and fostering hope, the children of underprivileged households in developing countries tend to lack this support. We investigate whether development projects run by international NGOs are able to fill this gap and help children to remain hopeful during the pandemic. Using original survey data from 834 children in adolescence (aged between 10 and 18) in Kenya and Zambia, we show that children participating in Good Neighbors’ child sponsorship programs and community development projects exhibit higher scores on the Children’s Hope Scale than do non-participating children. These projects appear to foster hope by providing emotional and informational support.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1307 - 1326"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45890730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-19DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221093394
Olga Cuadros, C. Berger
{"title":"Self-Disclosure, Self-concept, and Friendship’s Perceived Functions among Aggressive and Popular Adolescents","authors":"Olga Cuadros, C. Berger","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221093394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221093394","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores the subjective experiences and perceptions related to intimacy in friendships in a group of aggressive-popular adolescents in urban schools characterized by high rates of community violence. Individual interviews were conducted with 12 volunteering adolescents (12–14 years old). Procedures from grounded theory were used to enable thematic coding, departing from a social identity, socio-emotional, and ecological perspective. The narratives by adolescents highlighted the influence the social environment in which they grew had on individual psychological conditions that shape their emotional responses, self-concept, and beliefs. They exhibit aggressive behavior and to value popularity as an adaptive form of social survival, and belonging. Their social behavior has influence on their friendships face challenges, especially regarding the perception of envy from friends and the associated self-disclosure constraints when individuals are involved in high-violence contexts.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1415 - 1437"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47389011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-13DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221093657
Ke Liu, Jing Wang, Xinyi Wei, L. Lei
{"title":"Parental Modeling and Normative Influence in Shaping Teenagers’ Phubbing: An Exploratory Study","authors":"Ke Liu, Jing Wang, Xinyi Wei, L. Lei","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221093657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221093657","url":null,"abstract":"Phubbing, the ignoring of one’s companions to pay attention to one’s phone, is ubiquitous. Yet far less is known about its interpersonal transmission. Based on the social learning theory and the theory of normative social behavior, this cross-sectional study tested the associations between perceived parental phubbing and teenagers’ phubbing. Two hundred ninety-nine Chinese teenagers (M = 14.03, SD = 0.87) answered questions about perceived parental phubbing, descriptive norms and injunctive norms of phubbing, and phubbing of themselves. The regression analyses showed that perceived parental phubbing was positively associated with teenagers’ phubbing and descriptive norms. The conditional process analyses showed that higher levels of perceived parental phubbing predicted higher levels of descriptive norms, which in turn predicted higher levels of teenagers’ phubbing. Moreover, the magnitude of the association between descriptive norms and teenagers’ phubbing was greater as injunctive norms became greater.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1191 - 1206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45588688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-03DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221088611
Karla J. Girón, Jennifer L. Doty
{"title":"The Role of Future Orientation and Self-Mastery After Bullying Victimization: Associations With Depression","authors":"Karla J. Girón, Jennifer L. Doty","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221088611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221088611","url":null,"abstract":"The high prevalence of bullying is accompanied by research suggesting that bullying victimization predicts depressive symptoms during late adolescence. However, the processes through which bullying may lead to depression are not fully understood. This study used structural equation modeling to examine future orientation and self-mastery in the relationship between bullying and depression. Researchers used three waves of data (N = 448; Mage = 14.83; 52% female) in the Youth Development Study. The indirect pathway from bullying victimization to depressive symptoms through self-mastery was significant, suggesting that self-mastery may mediate the relationship. Results demonstrate that bullying victimization has long-term effects on adolescents’ mental health, and self-mastery can serve as a potential target for intervention and prevention.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"848 - 872"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43744335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-03DOI: 10.1177/0044118X221087282
Lauren C. Howard, Evan A. Krueger, Joshua Barker, T. Boley Cruz, S. Cwalina, J. Unger, J. Barrington-Trimis, A. Leventhal
{"title":"Young Adults’ Distress About Police Brutality Following the Death of George Floyd","authors":"Lauren C. Howard, Evan A. Krueger, Joshua Barker, T. Boley Cruz, S. Cwalina, J. Unger, J. Barrington-Trimis, A. Leventhal","doi":"10.1177/0044118X221087282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X221087282","url":null,"abstract":"Following the homicide of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, young adults participated widely in national protests against racism and police brutality. This study examined temporal trends and correlates of self-reported distress about police brutality from May 18 to August 3, 2020 among a cohort of young adults (ages 19–22; N = 2,080) from Los Angeles, CA. Bivariate and adjusted linear regression models estimated the association between survey completion date and distress about police brutality. Distress about police brutality increased substantially in the 2-weeks after Floyd’s death (43% increase over baseline), but gradually declined over the ensuing 8 weeks to a 19% increase over baseline. Results suggest that police violence is contributing to stress and worry among young adults.","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"55 1","pages":"1173 - 1190"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48871919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-01Epub Date: 2020-11-25DOI: 10.1177/0044118X20970226
Ijeoma Opara, David T Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert J Reid
{"title":"Measuring Intrapersonal Psychological Empowerment and Ethnic Identity: Highlighting Strengths of Urban Black Girls.","authors":"Ijeoma Opara, David T Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Robert J Reid","doi":"10.1177/0044118X20970226","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0044118X20970226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Limited research has examined intrapersonal psychological empowerment (PE) among Black girls solely. This study aims to fill a gap in empowerment literature by examining the factor structure of the Sociopolitical Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y) among Black girls (<i>N</i> = 377) between the ages of 14-17 years old. We also examine the association with ethnic identity as a conceptually related variable. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to examine the factorial validity of the abbreviated, eight-item SPCS-Y among Black girls. Results support the two-dimensional factor structure of the abbreviated SPCS-Y among Black girls, as well as the association intrapersonal PE has with ethnic identity. Findings provide preliminary support for the empirical and theoretical relationship between intrapersonal PE and ethnic identity among Black girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"54 2","pages":"573-592"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9269979/pdf/nihms-1655063.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40604259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youth & SocietyPub Date : 2022-05-01Epub Date: 2022-02-15DOI: 10.1177/0044118x221075051
Ijeoma Opara, Veronica Weser, Brandon Sands, Claudia-Santi F Fernandes, Sydney Hussett-Richardson, Kimberly Hieftje
{"title":"Feeling Invisible and Unheard: A Qualitative Exploration of Gendered-Racist Stereotypes Influence on Sexual Decision Making and Mistreatment of Black Teen Girls.","authors":"Ijeoma Opara, Veronica Weser, Brandon Sands, Claudia-Santi F Fernandes, Sydney Hussett-Richardson, Kimberly Hieftje","doi":"10.1177/0044118x221075051","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0044118x221075051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gendered racism can impact how Black teen girls perceive themselves in relation to the world and influence their behaviors. This form of discrimination tends to manifest in stereotypes that promote the victimization and mistreatment of Black teen girls. This qualitative study, using Black feminist thought through a Black Girlhood lens as a guiding framework, aims to understand how Black teen girls are affected by gendered-racist stereotypes and how these stereotypes impact sexual decision making among this group. Using a sample of (N = 27) Black teen girls, three major themes arose: (1) experiencing the effects of racist-sexist stereotypes, (2) feeling powerless and invisible due to stereotypes, and (3) navigating the pressure to have sex due to stereotypes. Implications for this study include incorporating elements of Black Feminist Thought through a Black girlhood lens within prevention programing while also providing Black teen girls with the tools to challenge negative stereotypes with support from adult allies in school and family settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47959,"journal":{"name":"Youth & Society","volume":"54 4","pages":"527-546"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265258/pdf/nihms-1773694.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10236365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}