Negative Adult Influences and the Protective Effects of Role Models: A Study with Urban Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Hurd, Noelle M.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Xue, Yange
Titel	Negative Adult Influences and the Protective Effects of Role Models: A Study with Urban Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38 (2009) 6, S.777-789 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-008-9296-5
Schlagwörter	Role Models; School Attitudes; Adolescents; Influences; Adults; Urban Areas; Personality Traits; African American Students; Grade 9; Interpersonal Relationship; Substance Abuse; Behavior Problems; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikationsfigur; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Urban area; Stadtregion; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	We investigated whether role models (individuals adolescents look up to) contributed to the resilience of adolescents who were exposed to negative nonparental adult influences. Our sample included 659 African American, ninth-grade adolescents. We found that adolescents' exposure to negative adult behavior was associated with increased externalizing, internalizing, and substance using behaviors, as well as more negative school attitudes and behavior. We found that role models had protective effects on externalizing and internalizing behaviors and compensatory effects on school outcomes. Collectively, our findings indicate that role models can contribute to the resilience of African American adolescents who are exposed to negative nonparental adult behavior. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10