Taking a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach and using a two-wave longitudinal
design, this study examines the relation between brain development and the social …

Positive Youth Development (PYD) is an approach that promotes resilience and focuses on
youth strengths rather than their weaknesses as done by the traditional deficit-based …

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to test the transactional relationships of risk
and protective factors that influence initiation of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among …

The bidirectional relations between parenting behaviors and youth mental health were
examined in a Mexican American adolescent sample using a transactional model. Data …

The purpose of this review is to understand the risk and protective factors that are associated
with substance use among Asian American youth. Using the Bronfenbrenner's (1994) …

Although the number of students who complete high school continues to rise, dramatic
differences in school success remain across racial/ethnic groups. The current study …

Risk taking underlies many health problems that contribute to the public health burden
during the adolescent period. Recent advances in developmental neuroscience have …

Youth substance use was investigated in a sample of Mexican-origin mothers and youth (93
dyads totaling 186 individuals). We tested the hypotheses that both acculturation and inner …

Mental health is a critical issue for all of America's children and adolescents. However,
African American adolescents have a particularly difficult burden to bear regarding mental …

The interrelation of ecological and psychosocial risk factors and adolescent marijuana use is
examined in this three-sample longitudinal data analysis. Participants included (a) white …