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Jacobs, Wura; Goodson, Patricia; Barry, Adam E.; McLeroy, Kenneth R. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Despite previous research indicating an adolescents' alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use is dependent upon their sex and the sex composition of their social network, few social network studies consider sex differences and network sex composition as a determinant of adolescents' ATOD use behavior. Methods: This systematic…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Social Networks, Drinking, Smoking
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Kim, Dong-Sik; Cho, Youngtae; Cho, Sung-Il; Lim, In-Sook – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: This study examined the mediating function of body weight perception (BWP) in the relation between body mass index (BMI) and unhealthy weight control behaviors (UWCBs; eg, fasting, using diet pills, or laxatives), and between BMI and suicidal ideation. It also explored the correlation between exposure to multiple UWCBs and suicidal…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Body Composition, Females, Suicide