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Author: Loper, Ann Booker
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Nichols, Emily Bever Loper, Ann Booker |
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Incarceration in the Household: Academic Outcomes of Adolescents with an Incarcerated Household Member Journal of Youth and Adolescence 41,11 (November 2012): 1455-1471. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/e40v4v88457x071r/ Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Springer Keyword(s): Economic Well-Being; Educational Outcomes; Fathers, Absence; High School Completion/Graduates; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Incarceration/Jail; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT); Stress Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, yet there is relatively little information on how the removal of these adults from households impacts the youth who are left behind. This study used a child-centered lens to examine the impact of incarceration on the school outcomes of youth who resided with a family member or family associate who was incarcerated prior to the youth’s 18th birthday. We used data from 11 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Child and Young Adult (n = 3,338, 53 % female). Initial analyses indicated that youth who experienced a household members’ incarceration evidenced more socioeconomic challenges, more frequent home adversities, and lower cognitive skills relative to youth who did not experience a household members’ incarceration. Results also revealed that youth who had experienced a household member’s incarceration were more likely to report extended absence from school and were less likely to graduate from high school relative to those youth who did not experience a household members’ incarceration. Counter to our hypotheses, results revealed the incarceration of an extended family member being in the household was the only relation significantly associated with worse school outcomes. Plausibly, families who allow non-immediate criminally involved individuals to reside in the household are experiencing a more pervasive chaotic home environment than those with a parent or sibling incarcerated. Our study suggests that efforts to address the needs of children with incarcerated parents need to be widened to those who experience the loss of any household member due to incarceration. |
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Nichols, Emily Bever and Ann Booker Loper. "Incarceration in the Household: Academic Outcomes of Adolescents with an Incarcerated Household Member." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 41,11 (November 2012): 1455-1471.
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Whalen, Mathilde Logan Loper, Ann Booker |
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Teenage Pregnancy in Adolescents With an Incarcerated Household Member Western Journal of Nursing Research 36,3 (March 2014): 346-361. Also: http://wjn.sagepub.com/content/36/3/346.abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Adolescent Sexual Activity; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Household Composition; Incarceration/Jail; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Sex Education Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study examines the association between the incarceration of a household member and adolescent pregnancy, and evaluates whether this association extends beyond that of other variables associated with sexual health. We used data from 12 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: Child and Young Adult. After eliminating males and individuals who did not respond to key questions, a sample of 1,229 girls (ages 14-19) was analyzed. Girls who experienced the incarceration of a household member faced more demographic and family environment risk factors than those who did not. Regression analyses demonstrated that the addition of a household incarceration variable afforded superior prediction of teenage pregnancy relative to the prediction based on demographic and family features alone. Programs that are directed toward reducing teen pregnancy will benefit from attention to the home situation of the at-risk girl, particularly the experience of household member incarceration and related family dynamics. |
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Bibliography Citation
Whalen, Mathilde Logan and Ann Booker Loper. "Teenage Pregnancy in Adolescents With an Incarcerated Household Member." Western Journal of Nursing Research 36,3 (March 2014): 346-361.
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