Acts of violence include bullying, verbal threats, physical assault, domestic abuse, the use of objects or weapons to harm another, and gunfire. Premature death, disability, and academic failure occur due to the violent activity that surrounds many American youth. Risk factors that contribute to youth violence include a history of being abused or abusing others, school truancy, poor time use, e...

Abstract: Empowerment evaluation (EE) aims to teach program stakeholders, including beneficiaries, how conduct their own evaluations. This mixed methods research study examined youth are involved in EE. Phase 1 surveyed evaluators investigate the involvement of EE programs targeting youth. 2 interviewed explore what factor(s) perceive as facilitating or hindering The findings show that, on aver...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of maternal depressive symptoms on child problem behavior trajectories and how the father's positive involvement may modify this association. DESIGN Secondary data analysis using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. SETTING A nationally representative household sample of men and women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. PARTICIPA...

The religious lives of young adults have generally been investigated by examining what young people believe and their self-reported religious practices. Far less is known about young adults’ organizational involvement and its impact on religious identities and ideas about religious commitment. Using data from site visit observations of religious congregations and organizations, and individual a...