Dale A Blyth
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 116233 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Dale A Blyth |
| NOMBRES | Dale A |
| APELLIDO | Blyth |
| FIRMA | BLYTH D A |
| AFILIACIONES | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 482 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 36 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1977 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Beyond the “Village” Rhetoric
The role of community in child and adolescent development is emerging as a significant area of theoretical inquiry, research, and application. This article describes the development and utilization of a comprehensive community change effort designed to increase the attention of all community members toward strengthening core developmental processes for children and adolescents. It describes the development of 2 theoretical constructs, that of dev…
My Journey With Peter
Contribution of Developmental Assets to the Prediction of Thriving Among Adolescents
This article investigated the contribution of developmental assets to the prediction of thriving behaviors among adolescents. The study was based on a sample of 6,000 youth in Grades 6-12 evenly distributed across 6 ethnic groups. Investigated were the effects of gender, grade, and levels of youth assets on 7 thriving indicators: school success, leadership, valuing diversity, physical health, helping others, delay of gratification, and overcoming…
The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success
The effects of service-learning on social responsibility and academic success were investigated among a large, racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of students in Grades 6 through 8 in three middle schools. Over the school year, service-learning students maintained their concern for others’ social welfare, whereas control students declined on those concerns. Service-learning students, especially girls, also declined significantly less th…
Developmental Assets
(1998). Developmental Assets: Measurement and Prediction of Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents. Applied Developmental Science: Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 209-230
Beyond the 'Village' Rhetoric
The role of community in child and adolescent development is emerging as a significant area of theoretical inquiry, research, and application. This article describes the development and utilization of a comprehensive community change effort designed to increase the attention of all community members toward strengthening core developmental processes for children and adolescents. It describes the development of 2 theoretical constructs, that of dev…
Communities as Contexts for Adolescent Development
Research on the relation between context and adolescent development has been driven by an awareness of increases in problem behaviors during adokscence and an interest in the role of contextualfactors that may affect adolescent outcomes. The present study focused on cross-sectional views of changes in youths over time and compared 12 different conmnunities as experienced by 9th through 12th graders, using the community as the main unit of analysi…
In Honor of Roberta G. Simmons (1937-1993)
An Analysis of the Functional Nature of Adolescents' Supportive Relationships
A sample of 359 seventh and eighth graders completed the Social Support Functions Inventory to describe the amount of support they received in eight separate dimensions of social support from mothers, fathers, nonparental adults, and peers who helped them cope with a recent stress event. Similar levels of support were found across several of the relationship categories, suggesting that, with the exceptions of distraction and substance use, which …
Achievement in the First 2 Years of School
How successfully children adapt to the routine of schooling in the first grade or two likely has long-term implications for their cognitive and affective development. This study aims to understand how home and school factors either facilitate or impede this process of adaptation by examining longitudinal data on cognitive performance for a large and diverse sample of youngsters over grades 1 and 2 in Baltimore City Public Schools. Report-card mar…
The Family as a Looking Glass
This study examined why investigations into the family influences on adolescent self-esteem have either not used data from parents, or, when such data was used, have found very weak correlations. Given symbolic interactionism's postulate that individuals learn who they are by observing how significant others respond to them, it was hypothesized that parents' global appraisals of their adolescents' competency would improve the explanatory power of…
Early Adolescent Transitions
Moving into Adolescence
The Impact of Cumulative Change in Early Adolescence
Roberta G. Simmons, Richard Burgeson, Steven Carlton-Ford, Dale A. Blyth, The Impact of Cumulative Change in Early Adolescence, Child Development, Vol. 58, No. 5, Special Issue on Schools and Development (Oct., 1987), pp. 1220-1234
Transitions in West Germany
Gender differences in perceived intimacy with different members of adolescents' social networks
Individual Adjustment to School Transitions
Previous research has shown that the transition into junior high school can be difficult for certain subgroups, particularly girls. Recent work has also examined the social support roles played by best friends during the transition and found that high quality friendships can ease the adjustment to the new environment. The present longitudinal study of 410 students in a middle class suburban school district looked at adjustment to junior high scho…
Continuities and Changes in the Study of Friendship and Peer Groups during Early Adolescence
Studies on friendship and peer relations and peer groups during early adolescence were reviewed in order to provide a historical perspective for the research reported in this special issue. Continuities and changes in the research questions, methods, and guiding theories are delineated. Factors that influenced the growth of research on friendship and peer relations are discussed. Directions for research are suggested and the ways in which the stu…
Being Adolescent
Satisfaction with body image for early adolescent females
Social and Psychological Discriminants of Adolescent Suicide
Data from forty-six adolescent suicide attempters and their mothers, and a comparison group of 46 non-suicidal adolescents and their mothers, were analyzed to identify sex and age differences in adolescent suicidal behavior. In general, discriminant analyses indicated that variables descriptive of intra-familial attachments were more predictive of younger adolescent suicidal behavior whereas variables descriptive of attachments outside the family…
Physical attractiveness as a mediator of the impact of early pubertal changes for girls
Moving Beyond Current Limitations
The Adjustment of Early Adolescents to School Transitions
The self-concept and self-esteem of early adolescents
1983). The self‐concept and self‐esteem of early adolescents. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 22, Early Adolescence: A New Look, pp. 91-97
Entry into Early Adolescence
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the movement into early adolescence upon the self-esteem of children. Which children are most vulnerable to this role-transition and what is the effect of changes in school environment, pubertal development, and social behavior'? With repeated survey interviews and nurses' measurements, 798 school children were followed from sixth into seventh grade in two different types of school systems. Fi…
The Adjustment of Early Adolescents to School Transitions
Early adolescents' significant others
Gender differences in perceived intimacy with different members of adolescents' social networks
Self-Esteem and Achievement of Black and White Adolescents
This study measures the self-esteem and academic achievement of 798 black and white adolescents as they move from sixth to seventh grade in a large Midwestern city. Our findings, in many instances, do not fit widespread preconceptions, but support other recent, large-scale quantitative studies. The basic findings involving selfesteem are as follows: (1) black children appear to have higher, rather than lower, self-esteem than whites; (2) girls of…
Individual Adjustment to School Transitions
Previous research has shown that the transition into junior high school can be difficult for certain subgroups, particularly girls. Recent work has also examined the social support roles played by best friends during the transition and found that high quality friendships can ease the adjustment to the new environment. The present longitudinal study of 410 students in a middle class suburban school district looked at adjustment to junior high scho…
The Transition into Early Adolescence
Dale A. Blyth, Roberta G. Simmons, Diane Bush, The Transition into Early Adolescence: A Longitudinal Comparison of Youth in Two Educational Contexts, Sociology of Education, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Jul., 1978), pp. 149-162
The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success
The effects of service-learning on social responsibility and academic success were investigated among a large, racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of students in Grades 6 through 8 in three middle schools. Over the school year, service-learning students maintained their concern for others’ social welfare, whereas control students declined on those concerns. Service-learning students, especially girls, also declined significantly less th…
Adolescent Perception of Sex-Roles in 1968 and 1975
Findings from a study of 798 sixth- and seventh-grade students in Milwaukee in 1974–75 were compared to those from a study of 470 Baltimore sixth- and seventh-grade children in 1968 to see if the new feminist ideology has had an effect on girls' self-esteem and attitudes toward their own sex. Results indicate few differences between the two studies. Girls in 1974–75 still demonstrated lower self-esteem and a less high evaluation of their sex-role…
Satisfaction with body image for early adolescent females
Communities as Contexts for Adolescent Development
Research on the relation between context and adolescent development has been driven by an awareness of increases in problem behaviors during adokscence and an interest in the role of contextualfactors that may affect adolescent outcomes. The present study focused on cross-sectional views of changes in youths over time and compared 12 different conmnunities as experienced by 9th through 12th graders, using the community as the main unit of analysi…
An Analysis of the Functional Nature of Adolescents' Supportive Relationships
A sample of 359 seventh and eighth graders completed the Social Support Functions Inventory to describe the amount of support they received in eight separate dimensions of social support from mothers, fathers, nonparental adults, and peers who helped them cope with a recent stress event. Similar levels of support were found across several of the relationship categories, suggesting that, with the exceptions of distraction and substance use, which …
The Influence of Older Adolescents on Younger Adolescents
In considering the issue of different grade-level arrangements for early adolescents, many scholars have chosen to look only at the degree of similarity of developmental characteristics between different grade levels and have not empirically examined the consequences of combining them. Using MANOVA on almost 3,000 seventh through ninth grade students in a suburban school district as it changed from a 6-3-3 to a 6-2-2-2 structure, we explored the …
The self-concept and self-esteem of early adolescents
1983). The self‐concept and self‐esteem of early adolescents. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 22, Early Adolescence: A New Look, pp. 91-97
Another Look at School Crime
Physical attractiveness as a mediator of the impact of early pubertal changes for girls
The Family as a Looking Glass
This study examined why investigations into the family influences on adolescent self-esteem have either not used data from parents, or, when such data was used, have found very weak correlations. Given symbolic interactionism's postulate that individuals learn who they are by observing how significant others respond to them, it was hypothesized that parents' global appraisals of their adolescents' competency would improve the explanatory power of…
Continuities and Changes in the Study of Friendship and Peer Groups during Early Adolescence
Studies on friendship and peer relations and peer groups during early adolescence were reviewed in order to provide a historical perspective for the research reported in this special issue. Continuities and changes in the research questions, methods, and guiding theories are delineated. Factors that influenced the growth of research on friendship and peer relations are discussed. Directions for research are suggested and the ways in which the stu…
Adolescent Perception of Sex-Roles in 1968 and 1975
Findings from a study of 798 sixth- and seventh-grade students in Milwaukee in 1974–75 were compared to those from a study of 470 Baltimore sixth- and seventh-grade children in 1968 to see if the new feminist ideology has had an effect on girls' self-esteem and attitudes toward their own sex. Results indicate few differences between the two studies. Girls in 1974–75 still demonstrated lower self-esteem and a less high evaluation of their sex-role…
The Transition into Early Adolescence
Dale A. Blyth, Roberta G. Simmons, Diane Bush, The Transition into Early Adolescence: A Longitudinal Comparison of Youth in Two Educational Contexts, Sociology of Education, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Jul., 1978), pp. 149-162
Self-Esteem and Achievement of Black and White Adolescents
This study measures the self-esteem and academic achievement of 798 black and white adolescents as they move from sixth to seventh grade in a large Midwestern city. Our findings, in many instances, do not fit widespread preconceptions, but support other recent, large-scale quantitative studies. The basic findings involving selfesteem are as follows: (1) black children appear to have higher, rather than lower, self-esteem than whites; (2) girls of…
Entry into Early Adolescence
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the movement into early adolescence upon the self-esteem of children. Which children are most vulnerable to this role-transition and what is the effect of changes in school environment, pubertal development, and social behavior'? With repeated survey interviews and nurses' measurements, 798 school children were followed from sixth into seventh grade in two different types of school systems. Fi…
Another Look at School Crime
Selected Articles
The Influence of Older Adolescents on Younger Adolescents
In considering the issue of different grade-level arrangements for early adolescents, many scholars have chosen to look only at the degree of similarity of developmental characteristics between different grade levels and have not empirically examined the consequences of combining them. Using MANOVA on almost 3,000 seventh through ninth grade students in a suburban school district as it changed from a 6-3-3 to a 6-2-2-2 structure, we explored the …
Selected Articles
The Importance of Understanding Early Adolescent Development
Selected Articles
Early adolescents' significant others
Moving Beyond Current Limitations
The Adjustment of Early Adolescents to School Transitions
The self-concept and self-esteem of early adolescents
1983). The self‐concept and self‐esteem of early adolescents. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 22, Early Adolescence: A New Look, pp. 91-97
Social and Psychological Discriminants of Adolescent Suicide
Data from forty-six adolescent suicide attempters and their mothers, and a comparison group of 46 non-suicidal adolescents and their mothers, were analyzed to identify sex and age differences in adolescent suicidal behavior. In general, discriminant analyses indicated that variables descriptive of intra-familial attachments were more predictive of younger adolescent suicidal behavior whereas variables descriptive of attachments outside the family…
Physical attractiveness as a mediator of the impact of early pubertal changes for girls
Continuities and Changes in the Study of Friendship and Peer Groups during Early Adolescence
Studies on friendship and peer relations and peer groups during early adolescence were reviewed in order to provide a historical perspective for the research reported in this special issue. Continuities and changes in the research questions, methods, and guiding theories are delineated. Factors that influenced the growth of research on friendship and peer relations are discussed. Directions for research are suggested and the ways in which the stu…
Being Adolescent
Satisfaction with body image for early adolescent females
Individual Adjustment to School Transitions
Previous research has shown that the transition into junior high school can be difficult for certain subgroups, particularly girls. Recent work has also examined the social support roles played by best friends during the transition and found that high quality friendships can ease the adjustment to the new environment. The present longitudinal study of 410 students in a middle class suburban school district looked at adjustment to junior high scho…
The Impact of Cumulative Change in Early Adolescence
Roberta G. Simmons, Richard Burgeson, Steven Carlton-Ford, Dale A. Blyth, The Impact of Cumulative Change in Early Adolescence, Child Development, Vol. 58, No. 5, Special Issue on Schools and Development (Oct., 1987), pp. 1220-1234
Transitions in West Germany
Gender differences in perceived intimacy with different members of adolescents' social networks
Achievement in the First 2 Years of School
How successfully children adapt to the routine of schooling in the first grade or two likely has long-term implications for their cognitive and affective development. This study aims to understand how home and school factors either facilitate or impede this process of adaptation by examining longitudinal data on cognitive performance for a large and diverse sample of youngsters over grades 1 and 2 in Baltimore City Public Schools. Report-card mar…
The Family as a Looking Glass
This study examined why investigations into the family influences on adolescent self-esteem have either not used data from parents, or, when such data was used, have found very weak correlations. Given symbolic interactionism's postulate that individuals learn who they are by observing how significant others respond to them, it was hypothesized that parents' global appraisals of their adolescents' competency would improve the explanatory power of…
Psychology (32 obras) · Developmental psychology (26 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (16 obras) · Social Psychology (12 obras) · Youth Development and Social Support (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 obras) · Self-esteem (7 obras)