The phrase
"minority adolescents" refers to young people who belong to a group that makes up a smaller part of the population. These young individuals might have diverse ethnic, cultural, or racial backgrounds compared to the majority of the people around them.
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Contrary to predictions, high family support protected
ethnic minority adolescents only when other sources of support were not available.
The relation of patterns of family problems and patterns of delinquent behavior over time was evaluated among a sample of inner -
city minority adolescent males.
Two of the reports also suggest that inappropriate and inadequate special education services may be a leading factor in overrepresentation of
minority adolescents in the juvenile justice system.
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racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality: Study reveals pervasive lifetime substance use among US adolescents in ninth to 12th grades, especially for alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana.»
Interpersonal Sensitivity, Romantic Stress, and the Prediction of Depression: A Study of Inner - City,
Minority Adolescent Girls.
«Contrary to popular thought, racial and ethnic minorities engage in indoor tanning and it appears to be particularly concentrated among sexual -
minority adolescent boys,» said Blashill, an assistant professor of psychology.
Low -
income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public charter high schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those schools, according to a new UCLA - led study.
Seeing and expecting injustice and disrespect, negatively stereotyped
ethnic minority adolescents may disengage, defy authorities, underperform and act out.»
Reliance on experiential avoidance in the context of relational aggression: Links to internalizing and externalizing problems and dysphoric mood among urban,
minority adolescent girls.
1/2013 -11 / 2014 Role: Principal Investigator; Funding Agency: Virginia Youth Tobacco Projects, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth; Title: Smoking among
Sexual Minority Adolescents.
The study also found that while prevalence rates were roughly the same across races, fewer African - Americans and Mexican - Americans were likely to seek help, which indicates gaps in access and / or barriers to treatment
among minority adolescents.
«Adriana is one of the leading authorities on scholarship related to
minority adolescents and ethnic identity development.
A longitudinal study of school adjustment in urban,
minority adolescents: Effects of a high school transition program.
Comfort and conflict in the relationships of pregnant,
minority adolescents: Social support as a moderator of social strain.
Results of the «Active by Choice Today» (ACT) Randomized Trial for Increasing Physical Activity in Low - Income and
Minority Adolescents.
This picture contradicts the view that equates being
a minority adolescent with poor developmental outcomes.
than ethnic
minority adolescents.
However, ethnic majority adolescents benefited more from this pattern... than ethnic
minority adolescents.
In order to increase cultural competency, the scripts for both video clips were reviewed and tailored for appropriate language, communication style, and content by a pediatric health behavior researcher with expertise in developing interventions for urban,
minority adolescents, specifically African American adolescents.
Guided by the integrative model of parenting, the present study investigated the relationship between parental monitoring and racial / ethnic
minority adolescents» school engagement and academic motivation as a function of parental warmth, and explored whether these associations varied for boys and girls.