Jelani Mandara

Biographic Data

ID125271
NAMEJelani Mandara
GIVEN NAMESJelani
FAMILY NAMEMandara
SIGNATUREMANDARA J
AFFILIATIONSNorthwestern University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS162
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX5

  • Ethnic Differences in the Effects of Five Disciplinary Techniques on Subsequent Externalizing Behavior Problems

    Robert E Larzelere, Sada J Knowles et al.ARTICLEMarriage & Family Review2023References: 70

    To identify disciplinary alternatives to replace spanking, this study investigated ethnic differences in the associations of five disciplinary techniques with subsequent externalizing behavior problems in a national sample of 7- to 11-year-olds with ANCOVAs and difference-score analyses. Most techniques led to significant reductions in externalizing problems for African-Americans or Hispanics, but only after overcoming known biases in ANCOVA and …

  • The relationship between neighborhood racial composition and African American parents’ racial socialization

    Open AccessFatima Varner, Jelani Mandara et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2021Cited by: 2References: 30

    This study assessed the degree to which the racial composition of one's neighborhood was related to the racial socialization messages parents communicated to their children in a sample of 307 African American families. Linear regression analyses were conducted. Neighborhoods were classified as predominantly African American, predominantly European American, or racially integrated. Even after controlling for parents' education, mental health, and …

  • Decreasing Substance use Risk among African American Youth

    Open AccessSteven R Beach, Steven R H Beach et al.ARTICLEPrevention Science2016Cited by: 2References: 10

  • Differential Parenting of African American Adolescents as an Explanation for Gender Disparities in Achievement

    Open AccessFatima Varner, Jelani MandaraARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2013Cited by: 17References: 9

    Differential parenting based on gender and birth order status was examined as an explanation for the achievement differences between A frican A merican males and females. In a sample of 796 A frican A merican adolescents from the MADICS study, girls were found to have much higher GPA s and test scores compared with boys. Girls reported receiving more monitoring, communication, and rule enforcement, but less autonomy in decision making than later‐…

  • Feeling” hierarchy

    Open AccessMesmin Destin, Scott Richman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2012Cited by: 31References: 7

    The current study tested a psychosocial mediation model of the association between subjective social status (SSS) and academic achievement for youth. The sample included 430 high school students from diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Those who perceived themselves to be at higher social status levels had higher GPAs. As predicted by the model, most of the relationship was mediated by emotional distress and study skills and habi…

  • The Effects of Family Structure on African American Adolescents' Marijuana Use

    Open AccessJelani Mandara, Sheba Y Rogers et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2011Cited by: 4References: 35

    The relationship between family structure and marijuana use throughout adolescence was assessed among 1,069 African Americans from the NLSY. A model was also tested suggesting that the effects of family structure on marijuana use would be mediated by poverty, neighborhood quality, and adolescents' self-control. As most prior studies have found, family structure was not related to female adolescents' marijuana use. For young men, being raised with…

  • The Effects of Changes in Racial Identity and Self-Esteem on Changes in African American Adolescents’ Mental Health

    Open AccessJelani Mandara, Noni Gaylord‐harden et al.ARTICLEChild Development2009Cited by: 52References: 22

    This study assessed the unique effects of racial identity and self-esteem on 259 African American adolescents' depressive and anxiety symptoms as they transitioned from the 7th to 8th grades (ages 12-14). Racial identity and self-esteem were strongly correlated with each other for males but not for females. For both males and females, an increase in racial identity over the 1 year was associated with a decrease in the prevalence of depressive sym…

  • Marriage, Money, and African American Mothers' Self-Esteem

    Open AccessJelani Mandara, Jamie Sewan Johnston et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2008Cited by: 2References: 40

    This study examined the effects of marital status and family income on the self-esteem of 292 African American mothers. Counter to previous studies with European American mothers, family income moderated the effects of marital status. Those mothers with higher family income had higher self-esteem, regardless of their marital status. For those with less family income, married mothers had much higher self-esteem than unmarried mothers. Low-income m…

  • Perceived Support and Internalizing Symptoms in African American Adolescents

    Open AccessNoni K Gaylord-Harden, Noni Gaylord‐harden et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2007Cited by: 27References: 56

  • Father's Absence and African American Adolescent Drug Use

    Jelani Mandara, Carolyn B MurrayARTICLEJournal of Divorce & Remarriage2006

    This study assessed the effects of father's absence on drug use among 86 African American adolescents. No differences between father-present and father-absent girls' self-reported drug usage were found.The results did reveal, however, that father-absent boys were much more likely than father-present boys or either group of girls to use drugs. These findings persisted even when background factors such as SES, extent of neighborhood crime, parental…

  • The Impact of Fathers' Absence on African American Adolescents' Gender Role Development

    Open AccessJelani Mandara, Carolyn B Murray et al.ARTICLESex Roles2005Cited by: 20References: 17

  • Predictors of African American Adolescent Sexual Activity

    Open AccessJelani Mandara, Carolyn B Murray et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2003Cited by: 5References: 18

    The present study identified predictors of African American adolescent sexual activity. An ecological model of personal, familial, and extrafamilial risk factors was proposed. Forty-eight female and 53 male African American adolescents participated. Hierarchical logistic regression and structural equation modeling found some support for the model. Risk factors were found at each level of the adolescents social ecology and explained over 80% of th…