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Predicting Age of Sexual Initiation: Family-Level Antecedents in Three Ethnic Groups
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Moilanen, Kristin L.; Leary, Janie M.; Watson, S. Michelle; Ottley, Jason – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
We investigated how family characteristics and experiences during early adolescence predicted timing of sexual initiation. In addition, we investigated adolescent sex and race/ethnicity as potential moderating factors. As part of the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979 (CNLSY-79), 799 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years provided…
Descriptors: Prediction, Age Differences, Sexuality, Decision Making
Purposive and Unintentional Family Financial Socialization, Subjective Financial Knowledge, and Financial Behavior of High School Students
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Deenanath, Veronica; Danes, Sharon M.; Jang, Juyoung – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2019
Using the family financial socialization theory, this study investigated the financial knowledge and behavior of high school students' contextualizing unintentional and purposive family financial socialization. The sample of 4,473 high school students were 51% females, 45% seniors, and ethnically diverse. A path analysis tested conceptual…
Descriptors: High School Students, Money Management, Socialization, Correlation
The Contribution of Work Characteristics, Home Characteristics and Gender to Burnout in Medical Residents
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Verweij, Hanne; van der Heijden, Frank M. M. A.; van Hooff, Madelon L. M.; Prins, Jelle T.; Lagro-Janssen, Antoine L. M.; van Ravesteijn, Hiske; Speckens, Anne E. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017
Burnout is highly prevalent in medical residents. In order to prevent or reduce burnout in medical residents, we should gain a better understanding of contributing and protective factors of burnout. Therefore we examined the associations of job demands and resources, home demands and resources, and work-home interferences with burnout in male and…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Undergraduate Students, Medical Education, Foreign Countries
Canadian Mock Juror Attitudes and Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases Involving Asian and White Interracial and Intraracial Couples
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Maeder, Evelyn M.; Mossiere, Annik; Cheung, Liann – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2013
This study manipulated the race of the defendant and the victim (White/White, White/Asian, Asian/Asian, and Asian/White) in a domestic violence case to examine the potential prejudicial impact of race on juror decision making. A total of 181undergraduate students read a trial transcript involving an allegation of spousal abuse in which defendant…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Foreign Countries, Path Analysis, Race
Principals' Decision Making in Discipline Policy Implementation: The Lutheran Schools' Perspective
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Brandon, Katherine J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative study examines the relationship of philosophical beliefs of administrators of Lutheran schools and the influence of those beliefs on discipline decision-making styles, job satisfaction, and other factors. The study patterns the survey work from William Perry (1999) and other theorists regarding philosophy and ethics. A…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Discipline Policy, Protestants, Statistical Analysis
An Exploration of Social Cognitive Mechanisms, Gender, and Vocational Identity among Eighth Graders
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Jantzer, Amanda Macht; Stalides, Dimitrios J.; Rottinghaus, Patrick J. – Journal of Career Development, 2009
The authors conducted a multiple group path analysis examining gender differences in relations among career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE), career decision-making outcome expectations (CDMOE), and career decision-making intentions-goals (CDMIG), as well as linkages between these three sociocognitive variables and vocational identity status…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Career Choice, Path Analysis, Gender Differences