Adolescence And Family Influence Essay

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August 24, 2015
Gerard, J., & Booth, M. (2015). Family and school influences on adolescents' adjustment: The moderating role of youth hopefulness and aspirations for the future. Journal of Adolescence, 2005, 44, pp. 1-16.
Regan Jones
This study examined the relationship between the individual, adolescence’s family, and the school’s climate and how that impacts the adolescence’s behavior. During the stages of adolescence is where a person develops a lot. Due to this there is vulnerabilities that can pop up in an adolescence life. From their peers rejecting them to the adolescent dropping out of school. There are connections between the aspirations of the individual, the amount the family supports the individual, and the surroundings that the …show more content…

The climate of the school is negatively associated with the adolescent’s conduct problems. When the parent supports the adolescent that serves as a protective barrier from conduct problems. Lastly, the adolescent’s confidence, parent’s aspirations, and the school climate are negatively correlated with depression.
All of these factors show that the environment around adolescents can either positively affect them or negatively affect them. The environment can positively affect adolescents by supporting the child and acknowledging that they can achieve what they want. The environment can negatively affect the adolescents by not giving up its own time to help the adolescents or ignoring any small achievements that they may make.
This article was interesting to read. This article makes me think about all of my siblings who I have seen grown up around me and I can relate the article to their life. One adolescent that comes in mind is someone who would have parents that would try to get involve in school work and other activities. The only problem was that the school climate and the friends that surrounded this adolescent didn’t help at all. This led to a lot of conduct problems like running away from home, smoking, and coming home after

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