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Psychometric Evidence of SRSS-IE Scores in Middle and High Schools
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Cantwell, Emily D.; Menzies, Holly Mariah; Schatschneider, Christopher; Lambert, Warren; Common, Eric Alan – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2017
We report results of an exploratory validation study of the "Student Risk Screening Scale-Internalizing and Externalizing" (SRSS-IE) applied with the first sample of middle and high school students from nine middle and three high schools from three states. The "Student Risk Screening Scale" (SRSS) was modified to broaden the…
Descriptors: Scores, Psychometrics, Evidence, Middle Schools
After-School Activities, Misbehavior in School, and Delinquency from the End of Elementary School through the Beginning of High School: A Test of Social Development Model Hypotheses
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Fleming, Charles B.; Catalano, Richard F.; Mazza, James J.; Brown, Eric C.; Haggerty, Kevin P.; Harachi, Tracy W. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
Annual survey data on 776 students from sixth through ninth grade were used to examine the relationships among after-school activities, misbehavior in school, and delinquency. The social development model hypothesizes that antisocial behavior in one developmental time period leads to less involvement in activities and interactions that have…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Activities, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency
A Study of Negative Contagion among Students Labeled as Severely Emotionally Disturbed.
Brulle, Andrew R.; McIntyre, Thomas C. – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1985
The extent of negative contagion (the modeling of inappropriate behaviors) among 15 high school severely emotionally disturbed students was explored. Through the use of naturalistic experimentation and a lag analysis, two behaviors (disruptive verbal and self-stimulation) were found to be contagious. One behavior (disruptive motor) was found to be…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, High Schools
The Effect of Parenting Styles on Adolescent Problems: A Case of Korean Americans.
Shrake, Eunai Kim – 1999
Focusing on Korean Americans, this study examined the overall pattern of adolescents' perceptions of their parents and its effects on adolescent problem behaviors. Analyses of survey data from 218 Korean American adolescents indicated that these adolescents perceived their parents as "authoritarian yet warm," and that this parenting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Associations between Drug Use and Deviant Behavior in Teenagers. Health Sciences Program Reprint Series, 96-23D.
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Hays, Ron D.; Ellickson, Phyllis L. – Addictive Behaviors, 1996
Drug use and delinquency share many common antecedents: early antisocial behavior, difficulties in school, impaired family relationships, delinquent or drug-using peers, and rebelliousness. But these common factors could underlie a cluster of problem behaviors or lead to distinctly different behavioral manifestations. Using data from 1,363 West…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Rural and Urban Adolescents' Perceptions of Mental Health.
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Chimonides, Kathryn M.; Frank, Deborah I. – Adolescence, 1998
Investigates rural and urban adolescents' perceptions of mental health. Provides insight into rural and urban students' perceptions of problematic behaviors, who should intervene, and how. Recommends that health care providers help adolescents expand their range of coping behaviors, especially in regard to alcohol abuse and violence. (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems