Sources of Support and Psychological Distress among Academically Successful Inner-City Youth

In Study 1, the relationships between parental attachment, academic achievement, and distress were tested with a sample of academically successful inner-city high school students (N=100). Affective quality of maternal attachment was positively associated with grade point average. In Study 2, case ex...

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Published in:Adolescence 2002, Vol.37 (145), p.161-182
Main Authors: Kenny, Maureen E, Gallagher, Laura A, Alvarez-Salvat, Rose, Silsby, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adolescent
Adolescents
Analysis of Variance
Attachment Behavior
Behavior Problems
Biological and medical sciences
Case Studies
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Educational psychology
Educational Status
Emotional Distress
Enrichment programmes
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grade Point Average
High School Students
High Schools
Humans
Inner cities
Inner city
Male
Mothers
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-Child Relations
Parental attachment
Parents & parenting
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychological distress
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Pupil and student. Academic achievement and failure
Resilience (Personality)
Secondary school students
Social Support
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Students
Support groups
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
Urban Population
Urban Schools
Urban Youth
Young Children
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Summary:In Study 1, the relationships between parental attachment, academic achievement, and distress were tested with a sample of academically successful inner-city high school students (N=100). Affective quality of maternal attachment was positively associated with grade point average. In Study 2, case examples provided an examination of sources of support, life stress, and patterns of resilience. (JDM)
ISSN:0001-8449