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Sex Differences in Multilevel Factors of Smoking Experimentation and Age of Initiation in Korean Adolescents
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Kim, Eun-Mi; Park, Eunhee; Kim, Heejung – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
This study purpose was to investigate sex differences in multilevel factors associated with smoking experimentation and age of initiation among Korean adolescents. Based on the ecological model, this cross-sectional study used data from the 2016 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (N = 65,528). Among 33,803 males (51.6%) and 31,725 females…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Smoking, Health Behavior
School Engagement, Acculturation, and Mental Health among Migrant Adolescents in Israel
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Shoshani, Anat; Nakash, Ora; Zubida, Hani; Harper, Robin A. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2016
This study aimed to explore the role of school engagement and the mediation effect of acculturation in predicting 1.5 and second-generation migrant adolescents' mental health and risk behaviors. Participants included 448 seventh to tenth grade Israeli students (mean age 14.50, 53% boys): 128 non-Jewish 1.5 generation migrant adolescents (children…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Acculturation, Predictor Variables, Immigrants
Diet Pills, Powders, and Liquids: Predictors of Use by Healthy Weight Females
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Thorlton, Janet; Park, Chang; Hughes, Tonda – Journal of School Nursing, 2014
About 35% of healthy weight adolescent females describe themselves as overweight, and 66% report planning to lose weight. Body weight dissatisfaction is associated with unhealthy weight loss practices including diet pill/powder/liquid (PPL) use. Few studies have examined diet PPL use in healthy weight adolescent females; therefore, Youth Risk…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Body Weight, Females, Adolescents
Associations between Perceptions of School Connectedness and Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors in South African High School Learners
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Govender, Kaymarlin; Naicker, Sara Naomi; Meyer-Weitz, Anna; Fanner, Joanne; Naidoo, Avanya; Penfold, Wendy Leigh – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: This study investigated the relationship between school connectedness and health risk behaviors, specifically, substance abuse, violence-related behaviors, sexual risk behaviors, and suicidal ideation among school-going adolescents. School connectedness was understood to encompass a range of aspects pertaining to a learner's sense of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior
School-Related Violence among High School Students in the United States, 1993-1995.
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Hill, Susan C.; Drolet, Judy C. – Journal of School Health, 1999
Determined predictors of and prevalence rates for U.S. high school students who carried weapons, were threatened or injured with weapons, or were involved in fighting on school property from 1993 to 1995. Youth Risk Behavior Survey data indicated that gender, race, and grade predicted school-related violence. Males, minorities, and younger…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Health, High School Students
Alcohol Use and Violence among Adolescents in a Multiethnic Setting
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Goebert, Deborah A.; Caetano, Raul; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Ramisettymikler, Suhasini – Journal of School Violence, 2004
This study compares the prevalence of drinking behaviors and violence (fighting, weapon carrying, being threatened and feeling unsafe) among Hawaiian, other Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Caucasian students, using data collected from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey in Hawaii in 1997 and 1999 (N = 2,146). Native Hawaiians and…
Descriptors: Violence, Pacific Islanders, Hawaiians, Prevention