{"title":"Adolescents' Religiousness and Substance Use Are Linked via Afterlife Beliefs and Future Orientation.","authors":"Christopher J Holmes, Jungmeen Kim-Spoon","doi":"10.1177/0272431616642325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616642325","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although religiousness has been identified as a protective factor against adolescent substance use, processes through which these effects may operate are unclear. The current longitudinal study examined sequential mediation of afterlife beliefs and future orientation in the relation between adolescent religiousness and cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use. Participants included 131 adolescents (mean age at Time 1 = 12 years) at three time points with approximately two year time intervals. Structural equation modeling indicated that higher religiousness at Time 1 was associated with higher afterlife beliefs at Time 2. Higher afterlife beliefs at Time 2 were associated with higher future orientation at Time 2, which in turn was associated with lower use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana at Time 3. Our findings highlight the roles of afterlife beliefs and future orientation in explaining the beneficial effects of religiousness against adolescent substance use.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"37 8","pages":"1054-1077"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431616642325","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35383385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marcos J Martinez, Shi Huang, Yannine Estrada, Madeline Y Sutton, Guillermo Prado
{"title":"The Relationship Between Acculturation, Ecodevelopment, and Substance Use Among Hispanic Adolescents.","authors":"Marcos J Martinez, Shi Huang, Yannine Estrada, Madeline Y Sutton, Guillermo Prado","doi":"10.1177/0272431616636228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616636228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using structural equation modeling, we examined the relationship of Hispanicism on recent substance use and whether Americanism moderated the effect in a sample of 1,141 Hispanic adolescents. The Bicultural Involvement Questionnaire (BIQ) was used to determine the degree of individual comfort in both Hispanic (Hispanicism) and American (Americanism) cultures. Hispanicism was associated with greater family functioning (<i>β</i> = 0.36, <i>p</i> < .05) and school bonding (<i>β</i> = 0.31, <i>p</i> < .01); Americanism moderated the effect of Hispanicism on substance use (<i>β</i> = 0.92, <i>p</i> < .01). Findings suggest that Hispanic culture was protective against substance use, however those effects differed depending on level of Americanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"37 7","pages":"948-974"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431616636228","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35310675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa B Hurwitz, Alexis R Lauricella, Brianna Hightower, Iris Sroka, Teresa K Woodruff, Ellen Wartella
{"title":"\"When You're a Baby You Don't Have Puberty\": Understanding of Puberty and Human Reproduction in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence.","authors":"Lisa B Hurwitz, Alexis R Lauricella, Brianna Hightower, Iris Sroka, Teresa K Woodruff, Ellen Wartella","doi":"10.1177/0272431616642323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431616642323","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Basic knowledge of human reproduction can help youth prepare for puberty and make later classes focused on advanced reproductive health topics manageable. With the intention of potentially informing the creation of learning materials, we conducted a needs assessment among children ages 7 to 12 in our suburban Chicago community to ascertain their current understanding of, and beliefs and misconceptions about, human reproduction, and to determine their needs for additional reproductive health education. We held qualitative focus group interviews with local children. Participants primarily reported learning about these topics from their parents prior to receiving school-based education in fifth grade. Their level of understanding was relatively low. They had little knowledge of internal sexual organs, expressed a range of beliefs about conception ranging from inaccurate to accurate but incomplete, and voiced concerns about transitioning into adolescence. This suggests a need for additional resources that provide comprehensible descriptions of reproductive health processes and mitigate puberty-related concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"37 7","pages":"925-947"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431616642323","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35426896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Craig R Colder, Jennifer P Read, William F Wieczorek, Rina D Eiden, Liliana J Lengua, Larry W Hawk, Elisa M Trucco, Hector I Lopez-Vergara
{"title":"Cognitive appraisals of alcohol use in early adolescence: Psychosocial predictors and reciprocal associations with alcohol use.","authors":"Craig R Colder, Jennifer P Read, William F Wieczorek, Rina D Eiden, Liliana J Lengua, Larry W Hawk, Elisa M Trucco, Hector I Lopez-Vergara","doi":"10.1177/0272431615611256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615611256","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early adolescence is a dynamic period for the development of alcohol appraisals (expected outcomes of drinking and subjective evaluations of expected outcomes), yet the literature provides a limited understanding of psychosocial factors that shape these appraisals during this period. This study took a comprehensive view of alcohol appraisals and considered positive and negative alcohol outcome expectancies, as well as subjective evaluations of expected outcomes. Developmental-ecological theory guided examination of individual, peer, family, and neighborhood predictors of cognitive appraisals of alcohol and use. A community sample of 378 adolescents (mean age 11.5 years at Wave 1, 52% female) was assessed annually for 4 years. Longitudinal path analysis suggested that the most robust predictors of alcohol appraisals were peer norms. Furthermore, perceived likelihood of positive and negative alcohol outcomes prospectively predicted increases in drinking. There was limited support for appraisals operating as mediators of psychosocial risk and protective factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"37 4","pages":"525-558"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431615611256","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34973973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clorinda E Vélez, Elizabeth D Krause, Allison McKinnon, Steven M Brunwasser, Derek R Freres, Rachel M Abenavoli, Jane E Gillham
{"title":"Social support seeking and early adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms: The moderating role of rumination.","authors":"Clorinda E Vélez, Elizabeth D Krause, Allison McKinnon, Steven M Brunwasser, Derek R Freres, Rachel M Abenavoli, Jane E Gillham","doi":"10.1177/0272431615594460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615594460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how social support seeking and rumination interacted to predict depression and anxiety symptoms six months later in early adolescents (N = 118; 11 - 14 yrs at baseline). We expected social support seeking would be more helpful for adolescents engaging in low rather than high levels of rumination. Adolescents self-reported on all measures at baseline, and on depression and anxiety symptoms six months later. Social support seeking predicted fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety at low rumination levels, but lost its adaptive effects as rumination increased. For depression symptoms, social support seeking led to <i>more</i> symptoms at high rumination levels. Results were stronger for emotion-focused than problem-focused support seeking, and for depression compared to anxiety symptoms. These findings suggest that cognitive risk factors like rumination may explain some inconsistencies in previous social support literature, and highlight the importance of a nuanced approach to studying social support seeking.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"36 8","pages":"1118-1143"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431615594460","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34955414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Charles B Fleming, W Alex Mason, Ronald W Thompson, Kevin P Haggerty, Thomas Jai Gross
{"title":"Child and Parent Report of Parenting as Predictors of Substance Use and Suspensions from School.","authors":"Charles B Fleming, W Alex Mason, Ronald W Thompson, Kevin P Haggerty, Thomas Jai Gross","doi":"10.1177/0272431615574886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615574886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how child and parent reports of parenting were related to early adolescent substance use and school suspensions. Data were from two time points six months apart on 321 families with an eighth grade student attending one of five schools in the Pacific Northwest. Child- and parent-report measures of family management practices were moderately correlated (<i>r</i> = .29). Child report, but not parent report, of more positive family management practices uniquely predicted a lower likelihood of adolescent substance use. Also, discrepancies between child and parent report of parenting predicted substance use, with child positive report of family management losing its protective association with adolescent substance use when parents had negative reports of their parenting. Parent report, but not child report, of better parenting predicted lower likelihood of suspensions, suggesting that the salience of child and parent report may depend on the type of behavioral outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"36 5","pages":"625-645"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431615574886","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34344141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measures of Early Adolescent Development and School Contexts: Narrowing the Research to Practice Divide.","authors":"Bridget K Hamre, Elise Cappella","doi":"10.1177/0272431615578275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615578275","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This special issue highlights recent research on measures of early adolescents' development and the school contexts in which they spend their time. We are particularly interested in measures with direct application-providing actionable data to teachers, principals, parents, school counselors, or the students themselves, in ways that promote social-emotional and academic learning. In this introduction, we highlight the ways in which articles in this special issue offer rigorous, relevant, and feasible approaches to this measurement work and discuss future directions for research and practice in this area.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"35 5-6","pages":"586-596"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431615578275","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35426892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin Jager, Cynthia X Yuen, Diane L Putnick, Charlene Hendricks, Marc H Bornstein
{"title":"Adolescent-Peer Relationships, Separation and Detachment from Parents, and Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: Linkages and Interactions.","authors":"Justin Jager, Cynthia X Yuen, Diane L Putnick, Charlene Hendricks, Marc H Bornstein","doi":"10.1177/0272431614537116","DOIUrl":"10.1177/0272431614537116","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most research exploring the interplay between context and adolescent separation and detachment has focused on the family; in contrast, this investigation directs its attention outside of the family to peers. Utilizing a latent variable approach for modeling interactions and incorporating reports of behavioral adjustment from 14-year-old adolescents (<i>N</i> = 190) and their mothers, we examine how separation and detachment relate to adolescent peer relationships, and whether peer relationships moderate how separation and detachment relate to adolescent internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Positive peer relationships were both associated with lower detachment and sharply attenuated relations between detachment and higher adolescent internalizing and externalizing. Separation from parents was unrelated to peer relationships, and regardless of whether peer relationships were positive, separation was not related to adolescent internalizing and externalizing. We integrate these findings with those from family-focused investigations and discuss their substantive and clinical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"35 4","pages":"511-537"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5844272/pdf/nihms946943.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35901826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne E Norris, Jonathan Pettigrew, Michelle Miller-Day, Michael L Hecht, Janet Hutchison, Kristi Campoe
{"title":"Resisting pressure from peers to engage in sexual behavior: What communication strategies do early adolescent Latino Girls use?","authors":"Anne E Norris, Jonathan Pettigrew, Michelle Miller-Day, Michael L Hecht, Janet Hutchison, Kristi Campoe","doi":"10.1177/0272431614544962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431614544962","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A content analysis of early adolescent (<i>M</i>=12.02 years) Latino girls' (n=44) responses to open-ended questions imbedded in an electronic survey was conducted to explore strategies girls may use to resist peer pressure with respect to sexual behavior. Analysis yielded 341 codable response units, 74% of which were consistent with the REAL typology (i.e., refuse, explain, avoid, and leave) previously identified in adolescent substance use research. However, strategies reflecting a lack of resistance (11%) and inconsistency with communication competence (e.g., aggression, involving authorities) were also noted (15%). Frequency of particular strategies varied according to offer type, suggesting a variety of strategies may be needed to resist the peer pressure that puts early adolescent girls at risk for engaging in sexual behavior. Findings argue for universality of the REAL typology, building communication competence skills for conflict resolution in dating situations, and including peer resistance strategies in adolescent pregnancy prevention programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"35 4","pages":"562-580"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2015-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431614544962","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34264699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elissa J Hamlat, Benjamin G Shapero, Jessica L Hamilton, Jonathan P Stange, Lyn Y Abramson, Lauren B Alloy
{"title":"Pubertal Timing, Peer Victimization, and Body Esteem Differentially Predict Depressive Symptoms in African American and Caucasian Girls.","authors":"Elissa J Hamlat, Benjamin G Shapero, Jessica L Hamilton, Jonathan P Stange, Lyn Y Abramson, Lauren B Alloy","doi":"10.1177/0272431614534071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431614534071","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study prospectively examined pubertal timing and peer victimization as interactive predictors of depressive symptoms in a racially diverse community sample of adolescents. We also expanded on past research by assessing body esteem as a mechanism by which pubertal timing and peer victimization confer risk for depression. In all, 218 adolescents (53.4% female, 49.3% African American, 50.7% Caucasian) completed both a baseline assessment and a follow-up assessment approximately 8 months later. Early maturing Caucasian girls and late maturing African American girls experienced the greatest increases in depressive symptoms at follow-up if they experienced higher levels of peer victimization between baseline and follow-up. Furthermore, body esteem significantly mediated the relationship between pubertal timing, peer victimization, and depressive symptoms for girls of both races. The interaction of pubertal timing and peer victimization did not predict depressive symptoms for boys of either race. These results support body esteem as a mechanism that contributes to increased depression among girls in adolescence-despite a differential impact of pubertal timing for Caucasian and African American girls.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"35 3","pages":"378-402"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431614534071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34264698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}