APS

2023 APS Annual Convention

Curbing Adolescents' Risky Behaviors: Opportunities and Resources in Childhood Contexts

Friday, May 26, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · Developmental

This symposium brings together three studies investigating social and familial determinants of adolescent risky behavior. Leveraging innovative statistical methods analyzing large national longitudinal studies, this symposium features sorting temporal orders of both proximal and distal contextual factors in childhood and risky behavioral outcomes in adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Ying ZhangChair
    Clarkson University
  • Qingyang LiuCoChair
    Syracuse University

Presentations

  1. Long-Term Impact of Early Childhood Social-Ecological Protective and Risk Class and Early Adolescence Sexual BehaviorsQingyang Liu, Sara Vasilenko
  2. A Bioecological Model of Adolescent Risk and ResilienceBenjamin Bayly, Zhenyu Zhang
  3. Children in Families with Intimate Partner Violence: Developmental Trajectories and Longitudinal Mediation Effects of Behavioral Self-Regulation for Risky Behaviors in AdolescenceYing Zhang, Rachel Razza