Patterns of Middle School Adjustment and Ninth Grade Adaptation of Rural African American Youth: Grades and Substance Use

Autor/inn/en	Estell, David B.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Irvin, Matthew J.; Thompson, Jana H.; Hutchins, Bryan C.; McDonough, Erin M.
Titel	Patterns of Middle School Adjustment and Ninth Grade Adaptation of Rural African American Youth: Grades and Substance Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 4, S.477-487 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-007-9167-5
Schlagwörter	African American Students; Rural Youth; Adolescents; Grade 9; Student Adjustment; Grades (Scholastic); Substance Abuse; Middle School Students; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugendalter; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Adjustment; Adaptation; Notenspiegel; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule
Abstract	The transition to high school has been identified as a potentially difficult time in adolescents' lives. Reductions in both academic and social functioning often accompany this transition. While these effects have been documented in urban youth, the move to high school has not been extensively studied in rural minority youth. Toward that end, the academic grades and substance use in ninth grade of 447 (184 male and 263 female) African-American adolescents from two rural counties in a state in the deep South were examined in relation to configurations of adaptation from sixth through eighth grade. Results indicate that individual with consistently positive patterns across middle school had higher grades and lower rates of substance use compared to individuals with persistent difficulties or those that transitioned to problem behavior. Many individuals who improved in their patterns of adaptation had relatively high grades, but also rather high rates of substance use in the ninth grade. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10