Resilience to risk-taking behaviors in impoverished African American girls: The role of mother-daughter connectedness

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teri Aronowitz ◽  
Dianne Morrison-Beedy
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
African American Girls ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

Emotional Victimization and Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Adolescent African American Women

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sinead N. Younge ◽  
Laura F. Salazar ◽  
Jessica M. Sales ◽  
Ralph J. DiClemente ◽  
Gina M. Wingood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
American Women ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

What African-American Middle School Youth Report About Risk-taking Behaviors

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 393-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy H. Busen ◽  
Marianne T. Marcus ◽  
Kirk L. von Sternberg
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
African American ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Middle School Youth ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
School Youth

Peer Social Structure and Risk-Taking Behaviors Among African American Early Adolescents

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 375-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shari Miller-Johnson ◽  
Philip R. Costanzo ◽  
John D. Coie ◽  
Mary R. Rose ◽  
Dorothy C. Browne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors

The Role of Parental Monitoring in Mediating the Link Between Adolescent ADHD Symptoms and Risk-Taking Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1141-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yehuda Pollak ◽  
Bella Poni ◽  
Naama Gershy ◽  
Adi Aran
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Parental Monitoring ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Reduce Risk ◽  
Risk Taking Behavior ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
Youth With Adhd

Objective: ADHD in adolescents and low level of parental monitoring have been associated with increased risk-taking behavior. The present study examined whether parental knowledge of the child’s whereabouts mediates the correlations between adolescent ADHD symptoms and risk-taking behavior. Method: Ninety-two adolescents and their parents completed questionnaires assessing perceptions of parents’ monitoring, engagement in risk-taking behaviors, and ADHD symptoms. Results: Greater engagement in risk-taking behavior correlated with higher levels of ADHD symptoms and decreased parental monitoring. Mediation analysis revealed both direct effect of ADHD symptoms on risk-taking behavior and an indirect effect mediated by level of parental knowledge. Conclusion: These findings suggest that parental knowledge is negatively affected by the presence of ADHD symptoms, and may in turn lead to risk-taking behavior. The findings emphasize the need to target parenting and in particular parental knowledge of the child’s whereabouts to reduce risk-taking behaviors among youth with ADHD.

ADHD-associated risk-taking: The role of benefit and risk perceptions

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S533-S533
Author(s):  
Y. Pollak ◽  
H. Aloni ◽  
R. Shoham
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Benefit Perception ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
Benefit And Risk

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with increased engagement in risk-taking behaviors. The present study aimed to further our knowledge regarding the extent and the reasons for the association between ADHD symptoms and risk-taking, using a theory-driven behavioral economy theory. The Domain Specific Risk-Taking scale was used, on which 244 adults rated the likelihood of engagement in a range of risky behaviors, across five real life domains, as well as the magnitude of perceived benefit and risk they ascribed to these behaviors. Level of ADHD symptoms was positively correlated with engagement in risky behaviors and benefit perception, but not with risk perception. Mediation analysis confirmed that benefit perception, but not risk perception, mediated the association between ADHD symptoms and engagement in risk-taking behaviors (Fig. 1). These findings emphasize the role of benefit perception in facilitating risk-taking by people with ADHD symptoms.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Cultural Signification through Reader’s Theatre: An Analysis of African American Girls and Their Hair

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Jeffries ◽  
Devair Jeffries
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Girls ◽  
Reader's Theatre

AbstractThis article explored the role of hair in Sylviane Diouf’s

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document