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da Costa, Bruno G. G.; da Silva, Kelly S.; Bandeira, Alexsandra S.; Martins, Cilene R.; Vieira, Jéssika A. J.; Petroski, Edio L. – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Sedentary behavior (SB) is related to unhealthy outcomes and is performed in many contexts, including school. The aim of this study was to identify sociodemographic, biological, and psychosocial correlates of SB performed at school in a sample of adolescents. Methods: Adolescents provided information regarding sex, age, socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Activity Level, Health Behavior, Child Health
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Langberg, Joshua M.; Epstein, Jeffery N.; Altaye, Mekibib; Molina, Brooke S. G.; Arnold, L. Eugene; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom presentation of young adolescents with ADHD was examined in association with the transition to middle school. This study used data collected in the Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD, which included children between 7 and 9 years of age with a diagnosis of ADHD (n = 258) and grade- and…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Adolescents, Middle Schools
Wattenberg, William W. – High Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
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Rapoport, Tamar – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1991
Gender-differential socialization within/across the home, school, and informal youth association were examined using self-reports of 220 Israeli adolescents in grades 8-10. Three components of socialization arenas--openness, control, and deviation--were delineated. The deviation of boys was a stronger and more sensitive function of openness and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
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Everhart, Robert B. – Adolescence, 1982
Focuses on "goofing off" and the meaning of that activity to students involved. Describes goofing off as an adaptive behavior which occurs within a particular organizational context. Discusses factors that affect the presence of this behavior. Analyzes what goofing off shows about early adolescence in the context of schooling. (RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Wright, Judith, Ed. – SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1996
This special issue of the serial SET for 1996 contains seven newly commissioned articles and four reprints all related to the education of children at risk. This issue includes: (1) "Students at Risk: An Overview" (Margaret Batten, Graeme Withers, and Jean Russell); (2) "Inquiry into Children in Education at Risk through Truancy and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adolescents, Attendance, Behavior Patterns