Promotive Factors and Psychosocial Adjustment among Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	O'Neal, LaToya J.; Cotten, Shelia R.
Titel	Promotive Factors and Psychosocial Adjustment among Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 45 (2016) 6, S.947-961 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-016-9364-z
Schlagwörter	Urban Areas; Urban Youth; At Risk Persons; Psychological Patterns; Self Efficacy; Positive Attitudes; Expectation; Health Promotion; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Friendship; Student Adjustment; Grade 4; Grade 5; Elementary School Students; Minority Group Students; Least Squares Statistics; Predictor Variables; Program Effectiveness; Regression (Statistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Stadtregion; Urban areas; Youth; Stadt; Jugend; Risikogruppe; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Angst; Freundschaft; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Prädiktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Background: Urban youth are often exposed to compounded risk factors which make them more vulnerable to negative outcomes. Research examining promotive factors which may reduce vulnerabilities to poor psychosocial adjustment among this population is limited. Objective: The current study addresses this limitation by examining the impact of self-efficacy and positive expectations about the future, as promotive factors, on levels of depressive and anxious symptomatology, sense of belonging, and friendship among a sample of urban youth. Methods: Data are from 1202 4th and 5th grade students enrolled at 27 elementary schools in a high poverty, high minority school district in the Southeastern United States. Results: Using ordinary least squares regression, analyses reveal that promotive factors are significant predictors of psychosocial adjustment and thus have implications for improving negative outcomes among urban minority youth. Conclusions: The findings suggests that interventions aimed at increasing self-efficacy and positive expectations about the future may reduce child and adolescent vulnerability to negative outcomes associated with poor psychosocial adjustment. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01