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Direct linkSun, Li; Semovski, Valbona; Stewart, Shannon L. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2021
School disruption (SD) places students at risk of early school departure and other negative psychological outcomes. Based on the data derived from a sample of Ontario children and youth, this study aims to identify risk factors associated with SD among 1,241 school-aged students. A logistic regression model revealed that substance use, family…
Descriptors: Risk, Risk Assessment, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries
Galambos, Nancy L.; Albrecht, Arne K.; Jansson, S. Mikael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
This study examined the nature of the relationship between adolescents' subjective age (how old they feel) and chronological age, and explored whether dating, sex, and substance use predicted increases in adolescents' subjective age across a two-year period. The participants were 570 adolescents who were interviewed when they were first ages 12-19…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Self Concept, Adolescents, Dating (Social)
Peer reviewedSmart, Reginald G.; Walsh, Gordon W. – Adolescence, 1993
Interviewed 145 adolescent street youth in Toronto, Canada, to examine association of depression with alcohol and drug use and related problems, social supports, self-esteem, family background, and alcohol and drug use among family members. Results indicated that best predictors of depression among street youth were self-esteem and length of time…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Drug Use
Gatti, Uberto; Tremblay, Richard E.; Vitaro, Frank; McDuff, Pierre – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: Three different explanations have been given for the observation that adolescent gang members report more delinquent behaviour than their counterparts who do not affiliate with gangs: a) adolescents who commit more crimes join gangs (selection hypothesis); b) gang membership facilitates deviant behaviour (facilitation hypothesis); c)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Hypothesis Testing, Behavior Theories
Peer reviewedGrobe, Cary; Campbell, Elaine – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1990
Attempted to discover patterns of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use among public school children in New Brunswick using Provincial School Drug Survey (PSDS), an existing large-scale assessment. Recoded variables in PSDS dataset to derive profiles of typical tobacco, cannabis, and alcohol users. Found increase in predictive accuracy of regression…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Cocaine
