Negative Adult Influences and the Protective Effects of Role Models: A Study with Urban Adolescents |
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| Authors: | Noelle M Hurd Marc A Zimmerman Yange Xue |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;(2) Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;(3) Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA |
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| Abstract: | We investigated whether role models (individuals adolescents look up to) contributed to the resilience of adolescents who
were exposed to negative nonparental adult influences. Our sample included 659 African American, ninth-grade adolescents.
We found that adolescents’ exposure to negative adult behavior was associated with increased externalizing, internalizing,
and substance using behaviors, as well as more negative school attitudes and behavior. We found that role models had protective
effects on externalizing and internalizing behaviors and compensatory effects on school outcomes. Collectively, our findings
indicate that role models can contribute to the resilience of African American adolescents who are exposed to negative nonparental
adult behavior.
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| Keywords: | Resilience Adolescents Role models Negative adult influences |
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