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Pelekanakis, Annie; O'Loughlin, Jennifer L.; Maximova, Katerina; Montreuil, Annie; Kalubi, Jodi; Dugas, Erika N.; Sylvestre, Marie-Pierre – Health Education & Behavior, 2022
Introduction: An association between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoke-free private spaces among smokers could be due to heavier smoking among low SES smokers. We assessed whether quantity smoked or SES are independently associated with smoke-free homes or cars in daily smokers. Method: Data were drawn from a cross-sectional telephone survey…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Smoking, Health Behavior, Correlation
Roessger, Kevin M.; Liang, Xinya; Weese, James; Parker, Daniel – Journal of Correctional Education, 2021
Using all Arkansas correctional releases from 2005-2016 of adults who at intake lacked high school diplomas or GEDs, the authors examined how correctional education and its moderating factors affect recidivism (N = 32,174) and post-release employment (N = 40,667). Completion of GED and vocational programs were associated with financially viable…
Descriptors: Adults, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Lee, Jeoung Min; Hong, Jun Sung; Resko, Stella M.; Gonzalez-Prendes, A. Antonio; Voisin, Dexter R. – Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Adolescent bullying is a concern for adolescents, parents, teachers, school officials, and the general public. The purpose of the study is to apply Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems perspective and explore factors that are correlated with bullying perpetration and victimization among 638 urban African American adolescents in Chicago's Southside.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Urban Areas, Adolescents
Abedi, Behin; Reardon, Sean; Winters, Ken C.; Lee, Susanne – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2019
The present study used data from a randomized controlled trial on brief interventions with adolescents to identify distinct longitudinal patterns of substance use and identify predictors, as well as outcomes associated with those use patterns. Data were originally collected for the purpose of evaluating two brief intervention conditions with…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Substance Abuse
Thomson, J. L.; Zoellner, J. M.; Tussing-Humphreys, L. M.; Goodman, M. H. – Health Education Research, 2016
Many community-based lifestyle interventions targeting African Americans have reported positive effects on participants' dietary choices and physical activity habits. However, these effects vary and not all participants will have outcome changes. Moderation analysis can help explain differential effects observed, but are not often reported. Hence,…
Descriptors: Life Style, African Americans, Health Promotion, Eating Habits
Wei, Mi-Hsiu – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: To determine the associations between health literacy, the reasons for seeking health information, and the information sources utilized by Taiwanese adults. Method: A cross-sectional survey of 752 adults residing in rural and urban areas of Taiwan was conducted via questionnaires. Chi-squared tests and logistic regression were used for…
Descriptors: Family Income, Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, Health
Schneider, Daniel – Future of Children, 2015
In the contemporary United States, marriage is closely related to money. Men and (perhaps to a lesser extent) women with more education, higher incomes, larger stocks of wealth, and more stable employment are more likely to marry than are people in more precarious economic positions. But is this relationship truly causal? That is, does economic…
Descriptors: Marriage, Money Management, Income, Employment Level
Roberts, Eric Landon – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The Texas Statewide Youth Leadership Forum (TXYLF) provides self-advocacy training to high school youths with disabilities. TXYLF is an enhanced version of the Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) that is comprised of an initial five day training, a nine month support phase, regional YLFs, and the opportunity for participants to return to the five day…
Descriptors: Self Advocacy, Training, Youth Programs, Disabilities
McRee, Nick; Drapela, Laurie A. – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Judicial sanctions are used by drug courts to encourage clients to comply with program requirements. However, few studies have explored the application of sanctions in drug courts or the relationship between sanctions and drug court graduation. This article reports the results of a study of sanctions as applied in a drug court in southwest…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Graduates, Sanctions
Derby, Dustin C. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Men's alcohol expectancies are an important cognitive-behavioral component of their consumption; yet, sparse research details such behaviors for men in two-year colleges. Selected for inclusion with the current study were 563 men from seven Illinois community colleges. Logistic regression analysis indicated four significant, positive relationships…
Descriptors: Drinking, Males, Community Colleges, College Students
Khumalo, I. P.; Temane, Q. M.; Wissing, M. P. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
Age, gender, marital status, education attainment, employment status, and environmental setting explain different amounts of variance in psychological well-being and mental health. Inconsistent findings are reported for the socio-demographic variables in psychological well-being depending amongst others on the definition and measurement of…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Employment Level, Socioeconomic Status, Mental Health
Rhoades, Brittany L.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Domitrovich, Celene E. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
Social-emotional competence is a key developmental task during early childhood. This study examined concurrent relationships between maternal education and employment status, children's sex, ethnicity, age, receptive vocabulary, emotional knowledge, attention skills, inhibitory control and social-emotional competence in a sample of 146 preschool,…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Correlation, Mothers, Employment Level
McKenna, Gregory S. – Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2010
The primary purpose of this report is to explore within the Canadian context the relationship between Self-Reported Learning Disabilities (SRLD) and low literacy performance using the Canadian portion of the public data set from the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (IALSS). Two primary research questions related to SRLD…
Descriptors: Intervention, Remedial Reading, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Hermos, J.; Winter, M.; Heeren, T.; Hingson, R. – Substance Abuse, 2009
The authors determined whether lifetime prescription drug misuse (PDM) associated with increased risks for alcohol-related problems among 18- to 34-year-old, NESARC respondents. Among 8222 "ever-drinkers," 15.4% reported ever "misusing sedatives, tranquilizers, painkillers or stimulants ... as prescriptions or from indirect sources." Outcomes were…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse
Brown, Adrienne; Cosgrave, Elizabeth; Killackey, Eoin; Purcell, Rosemary; Buckby, Joe; Yung, Alison R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
While the prevalence, correlates and mental health impacts of intimate partner violence are well documented in adolescents and young adults, fewer studies have considered physical dating violence among clinical samples of help-seeking young people. In a sample of 98 young people aged 15-24 years (54% females) referred to a specialist public youth…
Descriptors: Health Services, Violence, Incidence, Mental Health Programs
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