TABLE 8–3 National Youth Surveys: Features of Social Settings Affecting Youth Development
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Features of Settings
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National Educational Longitudinal Survey** (NELS)
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National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health)
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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort (NLSY97)
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Monitoring the Future (MTF)a
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Structure
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Clear parental rules; parental monitoring; parental encouragement (P+Y for all)
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Clear rules (Y); communication between environments (P); monitoring (P)
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Parent: monitoring (Y); clear/fair rules (Y+P); teacher: clear/fair rules
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Parent: clear/fair rules; monitoring; School: clear/fair rules
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Supportive relationships
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Positive parent-child interaction/relationships; positive child-other adult interaction; parental/other-adult encouragement (P+Y for all)
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Positive parent-child interaction/relationship; closeness of parent-child relationship (P+Y for all)
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Positive parent-child interaction/relationship; emotional support; parental encouragement (Y for all)
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Positive parent-child interaction/ relationship
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Belonging
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Gang membership (Y); opportunity for extracurricular participation (Y+S); parental community involvement (Y+P)
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Feel part of group; feel valued by others; opportunity for extracurricular participation;
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opportunity for involvement with religious institution (Y for all) Opportunity for extracurricular participation; parental involvement in school/community (Y for all)
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Civic involvement; opportunity for extracurricular participation; feeling a part of a group
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Social norms
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School policies (S); peer norms (positive and negative) (Y)
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Peer norms (positive and negative); neighbor intervening (Y for all)
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Peer norms (positive and negative) (Y for all)
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Peer norms (positive and negative)
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