NCJ Number
123091
Journal
Journal of Adolescent Research Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Dated: special issue (April 1990) Pages: 143-262
Editor(s)
E E Thornburg
Date Published
1990
Length
120 pages
Annotation
This document focuses on research dealing with the attitudes, behavior, family, peer relations, and schooling of the adolescent.
Abstract
A study on the relationship between family decision making behaviors and academic performance indicated that granting adolescents too-early autonomy in decision-making was associated with lower levels of effort and lower grades, while joint decision-making was associated with more effort and higher grades for youth of both sexes, regardless of ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Research on the effects of gender and family cohesion revealed that females perceived more cohesion in their families. In the area of sexual attitudes and behaviors, parents were more influential for adolescent males, whereas friends were more important for females. Other studies deal with factors affecting the probability of school dropout, adolescent mothers' perceptions of future employment, same-sex and opposite-sex peer relations, and the institutional context of an adolescent transition from high school to college in the U.S. and Japan. 19 tables, 3 figures, 295 references, 7 notes, appendix.