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Direct linkDiana M. Doumas; Raissa Miller; Susan Esp – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Sensation seeking is a significant predictor of alcohol-related consequences among high school students. High school seniors report the highest prevalence rates of alcohol use and binge drinking among students in high school. Among high sensation-seeking students, higher rates of Protective Behavioral Strategies (PBS) use are associated with fewer…
Descriptors: Risk, Predictor Variables, Drinking, High School Seniors
Mokaya, Aggrey G.; Kikuvi, Gideon M.; Mutai, Joseph; Khasakhala, Lincoln I.; Memiah, Peter – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
Depression is common among adolescents more so during the transition to secondary school, and the psychosocial and emotional changes that accompany adolescence. This study sought to assess the prevalence and predictors of depression among students joining public secondary schools in Nairobi County. The study was carried out at five selected public…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology), Secondary School Students, Bullying
Rocchino, Gabrielle H.; Dever, Bridget V.; Telesford, Alana; Fletcher, Kristen – Psychology in the Schools, 2017
This study examines academic self-efficacy and gender as predictors of internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescence. In addition, the role of gender was considered as a moderator in the relationship between academic self-efficacy and internalizing/externalizing difficulties. Participants were 4,318 predominantly African American,…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Self Efficacy, Prevention, Intervention
Oldfield, Jeremy; Hebron, Judith; Humphrey, Neil – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
The study investigated whether school-level protective factors could moderate the effects cumulative risk has upon behavior difficulties in children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The sample comprised 4,288 children identified with SEND: 2,660 pupils within 248 primary schools, and 1,628 pupils within 57 secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Risk, At Risk Students, Behavior Problems
Fan, Weihua; Williams, Cathy M.; Corkin, Danya Marie – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
This multilevel study examines the extent to which individual- and school-level variables are predictive of three aspects of students' perceived school climate (order, safety, and discipline; fairness and clarity of school rules; and teacher-student relationship) by using a nationally representative sample. A wide range of social and academic risk…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Catholic Schools, Student Attitudes, Risk
Peer reviewedRobertson, Laurel M.; Bates, Michael P.; Wood, Michael; Rosenblatt, Jennifer A.; Furlong, Michael J.; Casas, J. Manuel; Schwier, Pam – Psychology in the Schools, 1998
Examines child and family risk factors and behavioral indexes of youths with emotional and behavioral disorders to determine critical factors that predicted the restrictiveness of their educational placements. Discusses findings in the context of system of care efforts to reform service system response to youth with special-education and…
Descriptors: Attendance, Behavior Disorders, Children, Emotional Disturbances
