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Peer and school problems in the lives of urban adolescents: Frequency, difficulty, and relation to adjustment by Albert D. Farrell; Terri N. Sullivan; Wendy Kliewer; Kevin W. Allison; Elizabeth H. Erwin; Aleta L. Meyer; Layla Esposito is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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This study examined the occurrence of problem situations in the peer and school domains and their relation to adjustment among urban adolescents. Students from three urban middle schools (N = 176) serving a predominantly African American population rated 61 problem situations identified in a previous qualitative study and completed measures of adjustment. Ratings of frequency and difficulty confirmed the relevance of these situations for this population. Confirmatory factor analyses suggested that covariation in the frequency and difficulty of problem situations could be represented by separate factors representing peer situations involving friends, other peer situations, and school situations. The number of different problem situations experienced was significantly correlated with physical and relational aggression, delinquency, depression, anxiety, and self-worth. Several of these relations were strongest for peer situations that did not involve friends. There were few gender differences in the strength of these relations.

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Author

Albert D. Farrell; Terri N. Sullivan; Wendy Kliewer; Kevin W. Allison; Elizabeth H. Erwin; Aleta L. Meyer; Layla Esposito

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0022-4405)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)