Journal of Youth and Adolescence

• Editorial Notes

The Ethnicity of Adolescent Research

Roger J. R. Levesque

• Original Paper

Implications of Out-of-School Activities for School Engagement in African American Adolescents

Aryn M. Dotterer, Susan M. McHale, Ann C. Crouter

• Original Paper

Academic Achievement and Problem Behaviors among Asian Pacific Islander American Adolescents

Yoonsun Choi

• Original Paper

Gender Differences in the Educational Expectations of Urban, Low-Income African American Youth: The Role of Parents and the School

Dana Wood, Rachel Kaplan, Vonnie C. McLoyd

• Original Paper

Internalizing Symptoms in Latinos: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity

R. Enrique Varela, Carl F. Weems, Steven L. Berman, Lauren Hensley, Maria Clara Rodriguez de Bernal

• Original Paper

Substance Use Attitudes among Urban Black Adolescents: The Role of Parent, Peer, and Cultural Factors

Scyatta A. Wallace, Celia B. Fisher

• Original Paper

Self-Esteem Enhancing Reasons for Having Sex and The Sexual Behaviors of African American Adolescents

Melissa L. Robinson, Grayson N. Holmbeck, Roberta Paikoff

• Original Paper

Socioenvironmental Risk and Adjustment in Latino Youth: The Mediating Effects of Family Processes and Social Competence

Hazel M. Prelow, Alexandra Loukas, Lisa Jordan-Green

• Original Paper

Patterns of Middle School Adjustment and Ninth Grade Adaptation of Rural African American Youth: Grades and Substance Use

David B. Estell, Thomas W. Farmer, Matthew J. Irvin, Jana H. Thompson, Bryan C. Hutchins, Erin M. McDonough

• Original Paper

Examining Resource and Protective Factors in the Adjustment of Latino Youth in Low Income Families: What Role Does Maternal Acculturation Play?

Alexandra Loukas, Marie-Anne Suizzo, Hazel M. Prelow

• Original Paper

Cultural Orientation as a Protective Factor Against Tobacco and Marijuana Smoking for African American Young Women

Aashir Nasim, Rosalie Corona, Faye Belgrave, Shawn O. Utsey, Niloofar Fallah

• Original Paper

Parenting Behaviors, Association with Deviant Peers, and Delinquency in African American Adolescents: A Mediated-Moderation Model

Marvella A. Bowman, Hazel M. Prelow, Scott R. Weaver

• Original Paper

Parental Cultural Affiliation and Youth Mental Health Service Use

Judy Ho, May Yeh, Kristen McCabe, Richard L. Hough

Predictors of Psychosocial Well-Being in Urban African American and European American Youth: The Role of Ecological Factors

Hazel M. Prelow, Marvella A. Bowman, Scott R. Weaver

• Original Paper

A Comparison of Acculturation Measures Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents

Jennifer B. Unger, Anamara Ritt-Olson, Karla Wagner, Daniel Soto, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

• Original Paper

Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents: A Study of Ethnic Identity, Emotional and Behavioral Functioning, Child Characteristics, and Social Support

Karin Sieger, Kimberly Renk

• Original Article

Ethnic Differences in Trajectories of Family Cohesion for Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Adolescents

Judith C. Baer, Mark F. Schmitz