Atika Khurana
Biographic Data
| ID | 308295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Atika Khurana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Atika |
| FAMILY NAME | Khurana |
| SIGNATURE | KHURANA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oregon |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0364-9086 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Sex differences in academic achievement in US adolescents: The role of maturation and impulse control
This study investigates mechanisms underlying girls’ academic advantage over boys by examining the role of physical and pubertal maturation. Using longitudinal data from the Add Health study, we analyzed whether sex differences in maturation explain girls’ higher grade 10 GPAs, and whether these associations are mediated by planfulness or impulse control. Path analysis revealed that females’ higher GPAs were partially explained by their advanced …
Early Parenting Effects on Childhood Delay of Gratification and Adolescent Allostatic Load
Background/Objectives : Early parenting can influence child self-regulatory skills, which are in turn linked to allostatic load (AL)-a predictor of future morbidity and mortality. However, this mechanistic pathway from early parenting to later AL has not been tested using longitudinal data. Methods : We analyzed longitudinal data ( N = 1364) from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to examine relationships between early childhood …
Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women With Disabilities
This study examined the protective effect of perceived peer support on involvement in work experiences in a sample of 366 young women receiving special education services in 26 high schools. Career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations are well-established predictors of behaviors aimed at achieving career goals, such as obtaining work experiences. Hence, we also evaluated their role as mediators of the hypothesized effect of perceived pee…
Parenting Behaviors and Family Conflict as Predictors of Adolescent Sleep and Bedtime Media Use
Media violence exposure and aggression in adolescents: A risk and resilience perspective
Media violence exposure (MVE) is associated with aggressive outcomes in adolescents. However, based on the differential susceptibility hypothesis, this risk is expected to vary based on the individual's unique risk and protective factors. Using survey data from 1,990 adolescents (Mean age = 15.6 ± 1.10 years; 48% female) and content analysis of U.S. top-grossing films and popular TV shows, we evaluated the effect of MVE in relation to both risk (…
Predictors of Sexual Debut
Do you see what I see? A character analysis of health risk behaviors in television shows popular with Black adolescents in the US
Adolescents spend many hours per day watching television, and there are racial differences in time spent watching television and in show preferences. Prior research suggests there are also differential associations in how exposure to media content affects adolescent behavior. This study examines the demographic representation of main characters and health risk behaviors (i.e., sex, alcohol use, violence, bullying, and their combinations) portraye…
How Patterns of Learning About Sexual Information Among Adolescents Are Related to Sexual Behaviors
Adolescents' learning about sex from informal sources varies by race and gender. Future research should examine whether sexual health interventions and message development can capitalize on these differences
Modeling Trajectories of Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity Dimensions from Early to Late Adolescence: Universal Trends or Distinct Sub-groups
Alcohol, Sex, and Screens: Modeling Media Influence on Adolescent Alcohol and Sex Co-Occurrence
Alcohol use and sexual behavior are important risk behaviors in adolescent development, and combining the two is common. The reasoned action approach (RAA) is used to predict adolescents' intention to combine alcohol use and sexual behavior based on exposure to alcohol and sex combinations in popular entertainment media. We conducted a content analysis of mainstream (n = 29) and Black-oriented movies (n = 34) from 2014 and 2013-2014, respectively…
Risky movies, risky behaviors, and ethnic identity among Black adolescents
The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet Restriction on Adolescents’ Risk of Online Harassment
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates: Results from a National Survey
Early adolescent sexual debut: The mediating role of working memory ability, sensation seeking, and impulsivity
Although deficits in working memory ability have been implicated in suboptimal decision making and risk taking among adolescents, its influence on early sexual initiation has so far not been examined. Analyzing 2 waves of panel data from a community sample of adolescents (N = 347; Mean age[baseline] = 13.4 years), assessed 1 year apart, the present study tested the hypothesis that weak working memory ability predicts early sexual initiation and e…
Juvenile Delinquency and Teenage Pregnancy: A Comparison of Ecological Risk Profiles Among Midwestern White and Black Female Juvenile Offenders
The authors examined ecological risk factors associated with teen pregnancy with a sample of 1,190 court-involved female juvenile offenders between 11 and 18 years of age. Data were obtained from five Midwestern juvenile county courts using a recently developed youth risk assessment instrument called the global risk assessment device (GRAD). In line with past research on teen pregnancy, the authors found that young African American female offende…
Fathering at the Margins of Society: Reflections From Young, Minority, Crime-Involved Fathers
This study aims to broaden researchers' understanding of fatherhood by focusing on an understudied population of young, urban, minority, crime-involved fathers. Using 115 qualitative life history interviews, the authors examine fatherhood expectations, role participation, and ideals. Study fathers described very similar ideals for being fathers (e.g., providing financial resources, caring, basic needs, spending time together, and being a role mod…
The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet Restriction on Adolescents’ Risk of Online Harassment
Early adolescent sexual debut: The mediating role of working memory ability, sensation seeking, and impulsivity
Although deficits in working memory ability have been implicated in suboptimal decision making and risk taking among adolescents, its influence on early sexual initiation has so far not been examined. Analyzing 2 waves of panel data from a community sample of adolescents (N = 347; Mean age[baseline] = 13.4 years), assessed 1 year apart, the present study tested the hypothesis that weak working memory ability predicts early sexual initiation and e…
How Patterns of Learning About Sexual Information Among Adolescents Are Related to Sexual Behaviors
Adolescents' learning about sex from informal sources varies by race and gender. Future research should examine whether sexual health interventions and message development can capitalize on these differences
Alcohol, Sex, and Screens: Modeling Media Influence on Adolescent Alcohol and Sex Co-Occurrence
Alcohol use and sexual behavior are important risk behaviors in adolescent development, and combining the two is common. The reasoned action approach (RAA) is used to predict adolescents' intention to combine alcohol use and sexual behavior based on exposure to alcohol and sex combinations in popular entertainment media. We conducted a content analysis of mainstream (n = 29) and Black-oriented movies (n = 34) from 2014 and 2013-2014, respectively…
Modeling Trajectories of Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity Dimensions from Early to Late Adolescence: Universal Trends or Distinct Sub-groups
Juvenile Delinquency and Teenage Pregnancy: A Comparison of Ecological Risk Profiles Among Midwestern White and Black Female Juvenile Offenders
The authors examined ecological risk factors associated with teen pregnancy with a sample of 1,190 court-involved female juvenile offenders between 11 and 18 years of age. Data were obtained from five Midwestern juvenile county courts using a recently developed youth risk assessment instrument called the global risk assessment device (GRAD). In line with past research on teen pregnancy, the authors found that young African American female offende…
Risky movies, risky behaviors, and ethnic identity among Black adolescents
Fathering at the Margins of Society: Reflections From Young, Minority, Crime-Involved Fathers
This study aims to broaden researchers' understanding of fatherhood by focusing on an understudied population of young, urban, minority, crime-involved fathers. Using 115 qualitative life history interviews, the authors examine fatherhood expectations, role participation, and ideals. Study fathers described very similar ideals for being fathers (e.g., providing financial resources, caring, basic needs, spending time together, and being a role mod…
Parenting Behaviors and Family Conflict as Predictors of Adolescent Sleep and Bedtime Media Use
Media violence exposure and aggression in adolescents: A risk and resilience perspective
Media violence exposure (MVE) is associated with aggressive outcomes in adolescents. However, based on the differential susceptibility hypothesis, this risk is expected to vary based on the individual's unique risk and protective factors. Using survey data from 1,990 adolescents (Mean age = 15.6 ± 1.10 years; 48% female) and content analysis of U.S. top-grossing films and popular TV shows, we evaluated the effect of MVE in relation to both risk (…
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates: Results from a National Survey
Fathering at the Margins of Society: Reflections From Young, Minority, Crime-Involved Fathers
This study aims to broaden researchers' understanding of fatherhood by focusing on an understudied population of young, urban, minority, crime-involved fathers. Using 115 qualitative life history interviews, the authors examine fatherhood expectations, role participation, and ideals. Study fathers described very similar ideals for being fathers (e.g., providing financial resources, caring, basic needs, spending time together, and being a role mod…
Juvenile Delinquency and Teenage Pregnancy: A Comparison of Ecological Risk Profiles Among Midwestern White and Black Female Juvenile Offenders
The authors examined ecological risk factors associated with teen pregnancy with a sample of 1,190 court-involved female juvenile offenders between 11 and 18 years of age. Data were obtained from five Midwestern juvenile county courts using a recently developed youth risk assessment instrument called the global risk assessment device (GRAD). In line with past research on teen pregnancy, the authors found that young African American female offende…
Student Drug Testing in the Context of Positive and Negative School Climates: Results from a National Survey
Early adolescent sexual debut: The mediating role of working memory ability, sensation seeking, and impulsivity
Although deficits in working memory ability have been implicated in suboptimal decision making and risk taking among adolescents, its influence on early sexual initiation has so far not been examined. Analyzing 2 waves of panel data from a community sample of adolescents (N = 347; Mean age[baseline] = 13.4 years), assessed 1 year apart, the present study tested the hypothesis that weak working memory ability predicts early sexual initiation and e…
The Protective Effects of Parental Monitoring and Internet Restriction on Adolescents’ Risk of Online Harassment
Alcohol, Sex, and Screens: Modeling Media Influence on Adolescent Alcohol and Sex Co-Occurrence
Alcohol use and sexual behavior are important risk behaviors in adolescent development, and combining the two is common. The reasoned action approach (RAA) is used to predict adolescents' intention to combine alcohol use and sexual behavior based on exposure to alcohol and sex combinations in popular entertainment media. We conducted a content analysis of mainstream (n = 29) and Black-oriented movies (n = 34) from 2014 and 2013-2014, respectively…
Risky movies, risky behaviors, and ethnic identity among Black adolescents
Predictors of Sexual Debut
Do you see what I see? A character analysis of health risk behaviors in television shows popular with Black adolescents in the US
Adolescents spend many hours per day watching television, and there are racial differences in time spent watching television and in show preferences. Prior research suggests there are also differential associations in how exposure to media content affects adolescent behavior. This study examines the demographic representation of main characters and health risk behaviors (i.e., sex, alcohol use, violence, bullying, and their combinations) portraye…
How Patterns of Learning About Sexual Information Among Adolescents Are Related to Sexual Behaviors
Adolescents' learning about sex from informal sources varies by race and gender. Future research should examine whether sexual health interventions and message development can capitalize on these differences
Modeling Trajectories of Sensation Seeking and Impulsivity Dimensions from Early to Late Adolescence: Universal Trends or Distinct Sub-groups
Media violence exposure and aggression in adolescents: A risk and resilience perspective
Media violence exposure (MVE) is associated with aggressive outcomes in adolescents. However, based on the differential susceptibility hypothesis, this risk is expected to vary based on the individual's unique risk and protective factors. Using survey data from 1,990 adolescents (Mean age = 15.6 ± 1.10 years; 48% female) and content analysis of U.S. top-grossing films and popular TV shows, we evaluated the effect of MVE in relation to both risk (…
Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women With Disabilities
This study examined the protective effect of perceived peer support on involvement in work experiences in a sample of 366 young women receiving special education services in 26 high schools. Career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations are well-established predictors of behaviors aimed at achieving career goals, such as obtaining work experiences. Hence, we also evaluated their role as mediators of the hypothesized effect of perceived pee…
Parenting Behaviors and Family Conflict as Predictors of Adolescent Sleep and Bedtime Media Use
Early Parenting Effects on Childhood Delay of Gratification and Adolescent Allostatic Load
Background/Objectives : Early parenting can influence child self-regulatory skills, which are in turn linked to allostatic load (AL)-a predictor of future morbidity and mortality. However, this mechanistic pathway from early parenting to later AL has not been tested using longitudinal data. Methods : We analyzed longitudinal data ( N = 1364) from the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development to examine relationships between early childhood …
Sex differences in academic achievement in US adolescents: The role of maturation and impulse control
This study investigates mechanisms underlying girls’ academic advantage over boys by examining the role of physical and pubertal maturation. Using longitudinal data from the Add Health study, we analyzed whether sex differences in maturation explain girls’ higher grade 10 GPAs, and whether these associations are mediated by planfulness or impulse control. Path analysis revealed that females’ higher GPAs were partially explained by their advanced …
Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (4 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works)