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Thoma, Stephen J.; Walker, David Ian; Chen, Yen-Hsin; Frichand, Ana – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The purpose of this study is to present a cross-cultural description of responses to the Adolescent Intermediate Concepts Measure (hereafter the AD-ICM). Since the introduction of the AD-ICM, the measure has been used multiple times in the US, in The Republic of Macedonia, Taiwan, and the UK. Focusing on these data, the proposed paper session…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development
Jones, Randall M.; Adams, Carol Markstrom – 1988
Jones and Hartmann (1988) investigated the relation between identity status and experimental substance use among adolescents in junior and senior high schools, identifying differences in substance use across four identity statuses for adolescents in general. This study was conducted to examine the generalizability of these differences across…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indians, Behavior Patterns
Skelton, Sarah C. – 1991
This paper discusses the characteristics of middle school students and teachers, and provides suggestions for the development of cultural awareness at the middle school level. Between the ages of 10 and 14 years, adolescents experience rapid physical growth, changes in social relationships and in emotions, and changes in intellectual development…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Education
Rubin, Stephen – 1981
Dramatic accounts of adolescent turmoil may confuse psychopathology with normal development if derived from the study of clinical populations. To compare the development of normal adolescents, 108 students aged 17-22 from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Western Samoa were studied. Results of three different personality measures…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adults, Cohort Analysis
LeTendre, Gerald – 1996
This study explored middle school teachers' perspectives on and expectations of adolescence and puberty, using observations and interviews of 15 teachers in two Japanese middle schools and two United States (U.S.) middle schools, as well as a survey of teachers in selected schools in both nations. Teachers in the U.S. described puberty as being…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis
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Bender, David S. – 1979
A 120-item questionnaire was administered to 750 Irish adolescents, aged 12-17. It measured sex differences in the following variables: academic achievement; educational and occupational aspiration; self-assessment of achievement; assertiveness; and stereotypes toward adult roles and three achievement-related traits (striving, competence, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Development, Age Differences