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Namli, Sevinç; Demir, Gönül Tekkursun – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2020
The fact that the passion for digital gaming, which brings a sedentary lifestyle, replaces traditional games requiring exercise and physical education also has a negative impact on the health of children and adolescents. In this study, it was aimed to examine and evaluate high school students' attitudes towards digital gaming and sports by certain…
Descriptors: Athletics, Computer Games, Correlation, High School Students
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Nollen, Nicole; Kaur, Harsohena; Pulvers, Kim; Choi, Won; Fitzgibbon, Marian; Li, Chaoyang; Nazir, Niaman; Ahluwalia, Jasjit S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Cultural differences have been found in body image perceptions among Black and White adolescents, however little is known about the factors associated with perceptions of an ideal body size (IBS). This study examined differences in correlates of IBS among 265 Black (116 girls and 62 boys) and White (63 girls and 24 boys) adolescents. IBS for White…
Descriptors: Correlation, Self Concept, Body Composition, Adolescents
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Adams, Gerald R.; And Others – Adolescence, 1979
Eighty adolescents, grades 7-9, were assessed on empathy development and perceived competencies. Females proved more empathic than males, but no developmental trends in empathy development were observed. Social competence was positively associated with empathic skills, but cognitive and physical competencies showed a negative association,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Competence
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Nishina, Adrienne; Ammon, Natalie Y.; Bellmore, Amy D.; Graham, Sandra – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
The present study examined the association between body dissatisfaction and adjustment, and the role physical development plays in this association, in an ethnically diverse sample of over 1100 urban, ninth grade boys and girls (M age = 14). More similarities than differences were found across ethnic groups: Caucasian, African American, Latino,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Physical Development, Ethnic Groups, Adolescents
Baldwin, Bird Thomas – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
It should now be recognized that every child has at least five parallel ages: A "chronological" age, in years, months, and days: a "physiological" age, indicative of physical growth and maturity; a "mental" age, significant of intellectual capacity and ability; a "school standing," or "pedagogical"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Stages, Physical Development, Adolescent Development