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The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2014
The stress that adolescents experience is different from that experienced by adults because they ... more The stress that adolescents experience is different from that experienced by adults because they spend their lives in different social spheres than adolescents do. Research on adolescent stress and risk tends to follow an ecological model, which emphasizes the importance of social contexts for shaping youths’ well-being. Three commonly discussed contexts are family, peers, and school. Stress manifests within each of these domains, but the domains are also interconnected. Stress may spill over from one context to another, and the social support youth receive in one sphere may help them cope with stress from other spheres. Keywords: adolescence; children; family; stress
Teaching Sociology, 2013
The training of effective instructors and future faculty members is a critical component of docto... more The training of effective instructors and future faculty members is a critical component of doctoral programs in sociology. Many universities and departments have instituted a single course, course sequence, or certification program dedicated to the preparation of future academic faculty. This article evaluates the efficacy of one such program, and asks two questions: (1) What are the most useful aspects of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program? (2) Is participation in the PFF program associated with greater job satisfaction, confidence, or competence? Qualitative data from Indiana University alumni suggest that the program is beneficial for exposing students to pedagogical knowledge, encouraging professionalization, and providing institutionalized support in the form of peer and faculty mentorship. Quantitative data indicate that although PFF participants were not significantly more satisfied or confident than their nonparticipating peers, the PFF program did appear to help to...
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2012
Prior research on the association of mental health and behavior problems with academic achievemen... more Prior research on the association of mental health and behavior problems with academic achievement is limited because it does not consider multiple problems simultaneously, take co-occurring problems into account, and control for academic aptitude. We addressed these limitations using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ( N = 6,315). We estimated the associations of depression, attention problems, delinquency, and substance use with two indicators of academic achievement (high school GPA and highest degree received) with controls for academic aptitude. Attention problems, delinquency, and substance use were significantly associated with diminished achievement, but depression was not. Combinations of problems involving substance use were especially consequential. Our results demonstrate that the social consequences of mental health problems are not the inevitable result of diminished functional ability but, rather, reflect negative social responses. These r...
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2014
The stress that adolescents experience is different from that experienced by adults because they ... more The stress that adolescents experience is different from that experienced by adults because they spend their lives in different social spheres than adolescents do. Research on adolescent stress and risk tends to follow an ecological model, which emphasizes the importance of social contexts for shaping youths’ well-being. Three commonly discussed contexts are family, peers, and school. Stress manifests within each of these domains, but the domains are also interconnected. Stress may spill over from one context to another, and the social support youth receive in one sphere may help them cope with stress from other spheres. Keywords: adolescence; children; family; stress
Teaching Sociology, 2013
The training of effective instructors and future faculty members is a critical component of docto... more The training of effective instructors and future faculty members is a critical component of doctoral programs in sociology. Many universities and departments have instituted a single course, course sequence, or certification program dedicated to the preparation of future academic faculty. This article evaluates the efficacy of one such program, and asks two questions: (1) What are the most useful aspects of the Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program? (2) Is participation in the PFF program associated with greater job satisfaction, confidence, or competence? Qualitative data from Indiana University alumni suggest that the program is beneficial for exposing students to pedagogical knowledge, encouraging professionalization, and providing institutionalized support in the form of peer and faculty mentorship. Quantitative data indicate that although PFF participants were not significantly more satisfied or confident than their nonparticipating peers, the PFF program did appear to help to...
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2012
Prior research on the association of mental health and behavior problems with academic achievemen... more Prior research on the association of mental health and behavior problems with academic achievement is limited because it does not consider multiple problems simultaneously, take co-occurring problems into account, and control for academic aptitude. We addressed these limitations using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health ( N = 6,315). We estimated the associations of depression, attention problems, delinquency, and substance use with two indicators of academic achievement (high school GPA and highest degree received) with controls for academic aptitude. Attention problems, delinquency, and substance use were significantly associated with diminished achievement, but depression was not. Combinations of problems involving substance use were especially consequential. Our results demonstrate that the social consequences of mental health problems are not the inevitable result of diminished functional ability but, rather, reflect negative social responses. These r...