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Zweig, Janine M.; Lindberg, Laura Duberstein; McGinley, Karen Alexander – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2001
Examines the interrelationships among adolescent health risk behaviors using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health for 12,955 adolescents. Findings show distinct differences for males and females in risk profile, but few distinctions between profiles based on socioeconomic characteristics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Health Behavior, National Surveys

Veneziano, Carol; Veneziano, Louis – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1992
Family functioning of 411 incarcerated male juvenile delinquents (aged 12-16 years) was studied using the Family Environmental Scale. A typology of family social environments was developed using cluster analysis. Delinquents with the most serious behavioral difficulties come from family environments with few strengths and openly expressed conflict…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Classification, Cluster Analysis