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Berger, Roni; Shechter, Yuta – Adolescence, 1989
Specifies parameters of adolescent girls in distress in terms of behavioral and personality features. Discusses main characteristics of adolescents, females, and those in social distress. Develops an integrative theoretical model that illustrates uniqueness of this group and its problems. Concludes that needs of this group require establishment of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Females, Foreign Countries
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Kratcoski, Peter C.; Kratcoski, John E. – Adolescence, 1975
Article considered newly emerging evidence regarding the character of delinquency in general and modifications of female sex roles which challenge popular notions about the quality and quantity of the sexual distribution of delinquent acts. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquent Behavior, Females, Males
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Eberhardt, Carolyn A.; Schill, Thomas – Adolescence, 1984
Compared sexual permissiveness attitudes and likely behaviors of father-absent vs. father-present Black, lower-socioeconomic female adolescents (N=100). Father-absent subjects were not found to be more sexually permissive, but had significantly greater inconsistency between behavioral and attitudinal scores in which the reported behavior was more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Black Youth
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Macdonald, A. P., Jr.; And Others – Adolescence, 1973
The present study looks primarily at the correlates of drug use among a sample of female undergraduate students at a State University in West Virginia. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, College Students, Correlation