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Aikins, Julie Wargo; Simon, Valerie A.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Journal of Adolescence, 2010
This study examined romantic partner selection and socialization of substance use (cigarettes, alcohol) and behavior problems among a sample of 78 young adolescents (6th-8th graders) over eleven months. Adolescent and romantic partner behaviors were assessed before and after relationships were initiated via school records and self-report. Most…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Socialization, Drinking, Early Adolescents
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Ludden, Alison Bryant – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2012
The current research examines how social goals and perceptions of what is needed for social status at school relate to school misbehavior and substance use among rural adolescents (N = 683). Results indicate that social goals and perceptions of social status have differential links to problem behaviors depending upon adolescents' achievement.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Social Status, Low Achievement, Academic Achievement