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Download full textVeliz, Philip; Snyder, Marjorie; Sabo, Don – Women's Sports Foundation, 2019
This study builds on previous research and policy that view teen sports as an educational tool and public health asset. The results highlighted that school-based athletics continued to be the most popular activity provided by high schools in the U.S. and was the only school-based extracurricular activity that showed an increase in participation…
Descriptors: Athletics, Extracurricular Activities, High Schools, Peer Acceptance
Bridgeland, John M.; Moore, Laura A. – Civic Enterprises, 2010
American children represent a great untapped potential in our country. For many young people, choices are limited and the goal of a productive adulthood is a remote one. This report paints a picture of who these children are, shares their insights and reflections about the barriers they face, and offers ways forward for Big Brothers Big Sisters as…
Descriptors: Organizations (Groups), Youth Programs, Role Models, At Risk Persons
Peer reviewedAud, Susan; KewalRamani, Angelina; Frohlich, Lauren – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The transition to adulthood in the United States has changed in recent decades as many of the traditional milestones that mark adulthood, such as household establishment and marriage, have changed or been delayed (McLanahan et al. 2010; Arnett 2000). Among these changes are increased participation and attainment in education; extenuation of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Young Adults, Adolescents, Family Structure
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2009
Although many factors may influence the initiation of drug or alcohol use, the perception of risk associated with these behaviors also varies by gender, age, and type of drug. Understanding the different patterns of risk perceptions that emerge during adolescent development may help to better target health communication messages and increase the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Intervention, Smoking, Females
Trzcinski, Eileen; Brandell, Jerry – 2002
This study investigated the potential effects of welfare reform on children in late childhood through adolescence, examining how poverty status and family welfare receipt interacted with current poverty status and welfare receipt during adolescence to influence various outcomes. The study examined how 1998 outcomes varied for adolescents based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Children
Kang, Sang-Jin – 1997
Over the past 15 years a body of research has investigated organizational transitions in adolescent development. Researchers studying school transitions exclusively ask whether significant transition affects students' social and psychological development. To test the presence of transition effects, researchers have typically observed mean…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Equations (Mathematics), Factor Analysis, Grade 10
Baldwin, Bird Thomas – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
It should now be recognized that every child has at least five parallel ages: A "chronological" age, in years, months, and days: a "physiological" age, indicative of physical growth and maturity; a "mental" age, significant of intellectual capacity and ability; a "school standing," or "pedagogical"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development
