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By Raymond Montemayor, Gerald R. Adams, Thomas P. Gullotta
This booklet summarizes and integrates concept and examine on youngsters from a variety of ethnic, financial, and geographic contexts. The e-book goals to give a extra balanced photo of those understudied and misunderstood children via concentrating on confident, fit improvement.
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W a s h i n g t o n , D C : National A c a d e m y Press. Jarrett, R. L. (in press). C o m m u n i t y context, intrafamilial processes and social m o bility o u t c o m e s : Ethnographic contributions to the s t u d y of African-American families. In Μ. B. Spencer & G. K. ), Ethnicity and diversity. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Jemmott, J. , & Jemmott, L. S. (1994). Interventions for adolescents in c o m m u n i t y settings. In R. J. D i C l e m e n t e & J. L. ), Preventing AIDS: Theories and methods of behavioral interventions ( p p .
M a n y q u e s t i o n s r e m a i n to b e e x p l o r e d conc e r n i n g the effects of p o v e r t y o n adolescent c o m p e t e n c e , s u c h as: W h a t are the effects of d e p t h of p o v e r t y ( n e a r - p o v e r t y to e x t r e m e p o v e r t y ) o n forms of c o m p e t e n c e ? H o w d o n e i g h b o r h o o d - l e v e l p o v erty a n d family-level p o v e r t y affect c o m p e t e n c e profiles? A r e effects of p o v e r t y o n c o m p e t e n c e d i m e n s i o n s m e d i a t e d b y effects o n o t h e r aspects of a d o l e s c e n t s ' lives?
A l m o s t n o q u a n t i t a t i v e d a t a exist o n s u c h i m p o r t a n t q u e s t i o n s as w h e t h e r school or n e i g h b o r h o o d characteristics affect d i m e n s i o n s of c o m p e t e n c e other t h a n e d u c a t i o n or e m p l o y m e n t . O n e s t u d y from t h e A d o l e s c e n t P a t h w a y s Project p r e s e n t e d m e a s u r e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d v a l i d a t i o n d a t a c o n c e r n i n g i n v o l v e m e n t / p a r t i c i p a t i o n of p o o r u r b a n y o u t h in m u l t i p l e settings—peer, family, school, n e i g h b o r h o o d action, n e i g h b o r h o o d social, a n d athletic activities.