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Albright, D. L.; Fletcher, K. L.; McDaniel, J.; Godfrey, K.; Thomas, K. H.; Tovar, M.; Bertram, J. M. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore (a) current utilization rates of university mental health services among American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) student veterans and (b) predictors of mental health service utilization among AI/AN student veterans. Participants: Data for this cross-sectional study were obtained…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Physical Health, Military Personnel, Veterans
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Kim, Eun-Mi; Park, Eunhee; Kim, Heejung – Journal of School Nursing, 2020
This study purpose was to investigate sex differences in multilevel factors associated with smoking experimentation and age of initiation among Korean adolescents. Based on the ecological model, this cross-sectional study used data from the 2016 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey (N = 65,528). Among 33,803 males (51.6%) and 31,725 females…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Smoking, Health Behavior
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Kaplan, Sandra J.; Pelcovitz, David; Salzinger, Suzanne; Mandel, Francine; Weiner, Merrill; Labruna, Victor – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1999
Study assessed the contribution of physical abuse to increased risk for suicidal behaviors in physically abused adolescents compared with non-abused adolescents. Significant predictors of scores on the instrument used included parent and adolescent psychopathology, poor academic performance, and decreased family cohesiveness. Physical abuse was a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Family Environment
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Sun, Rachel C. F.; Hui, Eadaoin K. P. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study aimed to investigate the family, school, peer and psychological factors that contribute to adolescent suicidal ideation. The participants were 1,358 (680 boys and 678 girls) Hong Kong Chinese adolescents who were divided into younger (12.3 years, n = 694) and older (15.4 years, n = 664) age groups. By using structural equation modeling,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suicide, Depression (Psychology), Conflict
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Wenz, Friedrich V. – Adolescence, 1979
Dean's alienation scale was employed with a sample of adolescent suicide attempters. Several variables were examined by multiple regression procedures and eight found to be statistically significant. The fact that adolescence, by itself, seems to be a good predictor of whether a person will attempt suicide is discussed (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Emotional Problems, Individual Characteristics
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Lewis, Selma A.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
Twenty-six suicide attempters (ages 9-18) were compared with 725 nonattempters on measures of school achievement, educational goals, socioeconomic status (SES) and depression. Among reported results were significantly lower school achievement by suicide attempters, attributed to the effects of depression. Lower-SES youth were more likely to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
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Ialongo, Nicholas S.; Edelsohn, Gail; Kellam, Sheppard G. – Child Development, 2001
Examined the predictive validity of urban first-graders' self-reports of depressed mood and feelings with respect to later psychopathology and adaptive functioning. Found that subjects' self-reports of depressed mood predicted later academic functioning, the need for and use of mental health services, suicidal ideation, and major depressive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances
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Lee, Margaret T. Y.; Wong, Betty P.; Chow, Bonnie W.-Y.; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
The unique dimensions of perceptions of school and family contributing to depression and suicide ideation in Hong Kong adolescents were examined in two studies. In Study 1, among 327 Hong Kong Chinese female students ages 13-18, 47% reported some suicide ideation. Suicide ideation was significantly associated with depression, test anxiety,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Test Anxiety, Family Relationship
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Martin, Graham; Richardson, Angela S.; Bergen, Helen A.; Roeger, Leigh; Allison, Stephen – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Introduction: There is currently a need for research into indicators that could be used by non-clinical professionals working with young people, to inform the need for referral for further clinical assessment of those at risk of suicide. Method: Participants of this repeated measures longitudinal study, were 2603, 2485, and 2246 school students…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Academic Achievement, Suicide, Self Esteem