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Jonathon Shasteen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Behavioral activation (BA) has significant and long-lasting effects on depression in adults, and a growing body of evidence supports its efficacy with adolescents. It remains unclear, however, whether BA reduces systematically-observed depressive behavior in addition to subjective report of depressive symptoms. In this single-case study, three…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Junior High School Students, Intervention
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Ewing, Eve L.; Khatri, Sanya M.; Irsheid, Sireen B.; Castleberry, Leah Y. – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: Research suggests that sexual harassment and assault are distressingly common occurrences in middle school settings. However, prevention efforts have largely focused on secondary and post-secondary settings. While research-based initiatives to discuss consent could be effective, currently there is a dearth of literature on…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade 7
Emma Armstrong-Carter; Kathy T. Do; Natasha Duell; Seh-Joo Kwon; Kristen A. Lindquist; Mitch J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many prosocial behaviors involve social risks such as speaking out against a popular opinion, bias, group norm, or authority. However, little is known about whether adolescents' prosocial tendencies develop over time with their perceptions of social risks. This accelerated longitudinal study used within-subject growth-curve analyses to test the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Risk, Social Bias, Adolescent Development
Jacob Adam Giessman – ProQuest LLC, 2020
At North Middle School--a Northeastern public school with a large African immigrant population--Black males were overrepresented in disciplinary referral by a factor of three in 2017-2018. A literature review framed by network theory (Neal, J. W. & Neal, 2013) and the concept of the serial stream of discipline (Irvin, Tobin, Sprague, Sugai,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Males, Blacks, Immigrants
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Araúz Ledezma, Ana Belinda; Massar, Karlijn; Kok, Gerjo – Education Sciences, 2020
Gender inequalities still affect the health and well-being of young people worldwide. Given the apprehensions among government and educators in a conservative context like Panama to implement comprehensive sexual education, there is a need for other educational efforts to stimulate healthy and respectful intimate relationships between adolescents.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Program Effectiveness, Early Adolescents
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Hadley, Jade; Mowbray, Tony; Jacobs, Nicky – Journal of School Violence, 2017
Proactive aggression (PA) is goal-directed, hostile social behavior that has been linked to detrimental outcomes. It has been theorized that adolescents who believe aggression is a normal and acceptable social response (approval of aggression) are more likely to show PA. Confidence in one's ability to behave aggressively (self-efficacy about…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Aggression, Interpersonal Relationship, Gender Differences