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Wang, Hongxia; Geng, Jingyu; Liu, Ke; Wei, Xinyi; Wang, Jing; Lei, Li – Youth & Society, 2022
While there has been growing evidence that autonomy-supportive parenting is associated with the ability of Western adolescents to thrive, it is less clear this relationship exists in other cultural contexts. This study primarily explored the relationship between parental autonomy support (PAS) and Chinese adolescents' digital citizenship behavior…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Time Perspective, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns
Forbes, Cory T.; Neumann, Knut; Schiepe-Tiska, Anja – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Scientific literacy is a central aim of science education. The "Programme for International Student Assessment" (PISA) provides a measure of secondary students' scientific literacy and reported science instruction in 72 countries. Researchers have analyzed PISA data to identify important relationships between science instruction and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Science Achievement
Konig, Susanne; Gluck, Judith – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event…
Descriptors: Barriers, Accidents, Age, Adolescents
ter Doest, Laura; Dijkstra, Arie; Gebhardt, Winifred A.; Vitale, Salvatore – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
The theory of planned behavior identifies important proximal determinants of behavior, including attitude toward the behavior, perception of subjective norms exerted by significant others, and perception of perceived control over performance of the behavior. Because research in the planned behavior tradition has focused on desirable target…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Smoking, Adolescents, Schemata (Cognition)
Gallup, George, Jr. – Quill and Scroll, 1986
Reports on a poll assessing the status of teenagers in the United States, including such findings as the fact that 22 percent of teenagers live in poverty and that more than one million teenagers become pregnant each year. (DF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Life Style, Questionnaires

Jorgensen, Stephen R.; Sonstegard, Janet S. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1984
Presents a test of the Fishbein model of behavior prediction applied to predict the pregnancy risk-taking behavior of adolescent females (N=244). Analyses of data showed that the Fishbein model of attitude-behavior consistency seems to be applicable to the fertility-related behavior of adolescent females. (LLL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Contraception, Females
Strong, William – Media and Methods--Exploration in Education, 1971
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Experience, Emotional Response

Siegel, Lawrence J.; Griffin, Nora J. – Adolescence, 1983
Surveyed 99 adolescents to quantify the behavioral cues used to identify their peers as depressed. The results indicated that social isolation was an important component of adolescents' concepts of depression among their peers. Subjects felt that there was a higher frequency of alcohol and marijuana use among depressed peers. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Peer Relationship

Mitic, Wayne R. – Journal of Drug Education, 1980
Results revealed that regular users possessed significantly higher mean scores in overall self-esteem as compared to all other drinking categories. Potential problem drinkers obtained significantly lower scores in academic self-esteem. Educators should consider self-esteem building activities when devising alcohol education programs for teenagers.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Alcohol Education, Alcoholism
Gotch, Chad; Hall, Troy – Environmental Education Research, 2004
The Theory of Reasoned Action has proven to be a valuable tool for predicting and understanding behavior and, as such, provides a potentially important basis for environmental education program design. This study used a Theory of Reasoned Action approach to examine a unique type of behavior (nature-related activities) and a unique population…
Descriptors: Program Design, Behavior Modification, Norms, Behavior Patterns

Swisher, John D.; Bibeau, Daniel – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1987
Data from 13,998 students revealed that high percentages of students drank often and that many of these students reported being drunk often. While most students indicated they would prefer not to drive home after drinking, approximately one-third of driving age students indicated they would drive under the influence of alcohol or would ride with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior Patterns, Drinking

Petroni, Frank A. – Adolescence, 1972
In a study of high school youth on the question of racial integration, author finds that the imputed difference in youths' attitudes and those they attributed to members of the adult community were often apparent rather than real. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Generation Gap, Parents
Starr, Philip – Rehabilitation Literature, 1980
The behavior, self-esteem, and attitude toward clefting of 94 adolescents being treated at a clinic for oral-facial anomalies and communicative disorders were examined. Younger teenagers were more aggressive, more active, and had more somatic complaints than did the older teenagers. (SBH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cleft Palate
Parker, Reese; And Others – 1991
This study identified differences and similarities among the perceptions of adult and adolescent community members regarding drug use patterns and practices. A written questionnaire was administered to 5,128 adolescents from grades 7 through 12 in the rural inland northwest, and a similar questionnaire was administered to over 900 adults in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Community Attitudes
Newman, Ian M.; And Others – 1978
This paper describes an attempt to use a model of behavioral intention as a diagnostic tool to provide useful data for the preparation of health education programs for adolescents in the area of cigarette smoking. The theory of this model is that a person's behavior is a function of their behavioral intention which, in turn, is a function of their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Health Education, Parent Influence