Preventing Poor Mental Health and School Dropout of Mexican American Adolescents Following The Transition to Junior High School  

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Gonzales, Nancy A. ; Carter, Sara Jacobs ; Deardorff, Julianna ; McCray, Adam ; Dumka, Larry E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Adolescent Research (http://jar.sagepub.com/) vol. 19 no. 1 (Jan. 2004), page 113-131.
Topik: MENTAL HEALTH; prevention; school transition; mexican americans
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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ81.6 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study provided an initial test of the bridges to high school program, an itnervention designed to prevent school disengagement and negative mental health trajectories during the transisiton to junior high school. The intervention included an adolescent coping skills intervention, a parenting skills intervention, and a family strengthening intervention. The program was evaluated by examining pretest to post - test changes on targeted mediators and outcomes with a sample of 22 predominantly mexican american families. Adolescents reported increased use of active and distraction coping strategies and decreased depressive symptoms for themselves from pretest to post test. They also reported significant changes in their mothers' parenting skills, including increased monitoring and a decrease in inconsistent discipline. maternal caregivers reported an increase in supportive parenting and a decrease in inconsistent discipline for themselves and fewer adolescent problem behaviour. Process evaluations confirmed the attractiveness and perceived helpfullness of the program.

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