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Revisiting Student Self-Rated Physical Health.
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Wade, Terrance J.; Pevalin, David J.; Vingilis, Evelyn – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Presents a replication of a model of student self-rated health initially proposed by Vingilis, Wade and Adlaf (1998). The original model is tested by a series of nested regression equations and path analysis. The results add support for the original model and are notable given that many items used to build the underlying constructs differ across…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Models, Path Analysis, Physical Health
A Test of the Validity of Delinquency Syndrome Construct in a Homogeneous Sample.
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Benda, Brent B.; Corwyn, Robert Flynn – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Examines if the delinquency syndrome argument has validity in a sample of religious youths, by testing whether the same basic theoretical models explained crime and drug use. Results find that all theoretical factors investigated are correlated significantly with both crime and use of drugs; however, some of these factors are differentially…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correlation, Crime, Delinquency
Urgent Adolescent Psychiatric Consultation: From the Accident and Emergency Department to Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Parker, Kevin C. H.; Roberts, Nasreen; Williams, Cheryl; Benjamin, Marcia; Cripps, Linda; Woogh, Carolyn – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
The Rapid Response Model (RRM) provides psychiatric services to children and adolescents seen at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department or at the Urgent Consultation Clinic. In a naturally occurring experiment, the RRM was introduced, withdrawn and restarted. The RRM reduced nighttime Emergency Consultations and inpatient admissions from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Consultation Programs, Emergency Programs
Primary Mental Health Workers within Youth Offending Teams: A New Service Model.
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Callaghan, Jane; Pace, Francis; Young, Bridget; Vostanis, Panos – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Primary Mental Health Workers (PMHWs) have been deployed to address the mental health needs of young offenders in two UK areas. The mental health characteristics of 60 young people consecutively referred to these PMHWs, the assessment outcome and interventions offered, are described. Findings indicate the usefulness of such a model in providing an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
Negative Life Events and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: A Critical Analysis from the Stress Process Perspective.
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Sandin, Bonifacio; Chorot, Paloma; Santed, Miguel A.; Valiente, Rosa M.; Joiner, Thomas E., Jr. – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Empirical evidence relating negative life events and adolescent suicidal behavior is reviewed. The contribution of life events tends to be moderate or weak. A stress process model is presented. Past research has not incorporated mediating and moderating variables into pathways that link psychosocial stressors and suicidal outcomes, providing a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Life Events, Models
Learned Helplessness or Expectancy-Value? A Psychological Model for Describing the Experiences of Different Categories of Unemployed People.
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Garcia Rodriguez, Yolanda – Journal of Adolescence, 1997
Proposes a model that assumes the relationships among unemployment and expectation of success, commitment to work, motivation, causal attributions, self-esteem, and depression are moderated by first-time job-seeking and age. Results show that, for first-job seekers, the relationships among these variables is consistent with expectancy-value…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Helplessness