The purpose of this study was to investigate the leadership development of Korean American youth who participated in a community-based participatory action research program designed to assist community members affected by COVID-19. Participants were drawn from a small town in the southeastern part o…
Adolescent employment is commonly valued in the United States for its ability to promote youths' positive psychosocial development. Empirical research, however, suggests the extent to which youth reap such benefits from work is largely a function of work's quality. This study investigated adolescent…
The current investigation examined whether apprentices differed from nonapprentices (Gymnasium and teacher's college students) in rates of deviant behavior. Questionnaire data were collected on more than 4,000 Swiss adolescents (mean age = 18.0, SD = 1.1) between the ages of 16 and 19. The following…
Guided by Hamilton's discussion on apprenticeships and adolescent delinquency, the goals of the present exploratory study were twofold: (a) to document variation in delinquency (attitudes and behavior), attachment to adults, optimism about occupational future, and disposition toward aggressiveness a…
