TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Exploring risk in early adolescent African American youth
JO  - American journal of community psychology
A1  - Farmer, Thomas W.
A1  - Price, LeShawndra N.
A1  - O'Neal, Keri K.
A1  - Leung, Man-Chi
A1  - Goforth, Jennifer B.
A1  - Cairns, Beverley D.
A1  - Reese, Le'Roy E.
SP  - 51
EP  - 59
VL  - 33
IS  - 1-2
N2  - Two studies were conducted to explore the degree to which single- and multiple-risk profiles were evident in samples of African American early adolescents in low-income inner-city, rural, and suburban schools. Study 1 examined early adolescent risk status (i.e., single, multiple) in relation to later adjustment in a representative sample (70% European American, 30% African American). Youth who experienced a single risk in early adolescence had moderately increased levels of school dropout and criminal arrests, whereas youth with multiple risks (i.e., combination of 2 or more risks) had significantly increased levels of school dropout, criminal arrests, and teen parenthood. Study 2 examined the extent to which single- and multiple-risk profiles were evident in cross-sectional samples of African American youth from low-income inner-city and rural areas. About one fourth of both the inner-city and rural samples of African American youth were composed of youth in the single-risk category. A significantly greater proportion of boys in the inner-city sample (20%) than boys in the rural sample (13%) experienced multiple risks. Girls across the rural and inner-city samples did not differ in terms of risk. Overall, more than 60% of African American youth in these two low-income samples did not evidence risk for later adjustment problems. Implications for research and intervention are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -