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Dong, Yang; Ding, Cody – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Within the framework of problem behavior theory, the purpose of this study was to examine risk behavior profiles of typical and atypical adolescents and the differential outcomes of well-beings for these individuals in the United States. Based on the data from the survey of Health Behavior of School-Aged Children by World Health Organization,…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavior Patterns, Health Behavior, Adolescents
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Jakobsen, Reidar; Rise, Jostein; Aas, Henrik; Anderssen, Norman – Journal of Adolescence, 1997
Focuses on whether early onset of noncoital sexual interactions (EONSI) is best understood in the same paradigm as adolescent problem behavior. A longitudinal study (N=927) revealed that EONSI was related to problem behavior; the higher ordered the noncoital sexual interaction was, the more strongly it correlated with measure of problem behavior.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
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Fisher, Sue – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Gathered data on arcade use in adolescents (n=460). "Regular" arcade visitors varied sufficiently from the more "casual" visitors in their orientation to, and experience in, arcades. Regular visitors were more likely to score positively on indices screening for addiction. Raises questions about children's access to potentially…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Peer Groups