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Direct linkSchnurr, Melissa P.; Lohman, Brenda J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Given prevalence rates and negative consequences that adolescents' perpetration of dating violence may have on an individual's well-being and future relationships, it is imperative to explore factors that may increase or reduce its occurrence. Thus, we aimed to identify how multiple contextual risk factors (individual, family, schools, and…
Descriptors: Prevention, Risk, Behavior Problems, Well Being
Bazargan, Mohsen; Stein, Judith A.; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Hindman, David W. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: Testing, refining, and tailoring theoretical approaches that are hypothesized to reduce sexual risk behaviors among adolescent subpopulations is an important task. Relatively little is known about the relationship between components of the information-motivation-behavior (IMB) model and sexual behaviors among underage minority youth.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Motivation, Sexuality, Peer Influence
Download full textWalker-Barnes, Chanequa J.; Mason, Craig A.; Arrue, Rafael Martinez – 1999
This study examines the relative influence of peer and parenting behavior on changes in adolescent gang involvement and gang-related delinquency. An ethnically diverse sample of 300 urban ninth-grade students was recruited and assessed on 8 occasions during the school year. Analyses were conducted using hierarchical linear modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedEsbensen, Finn-Aage; Huizinga, David – Youth and Society, 1991
Demographic characteristics of juvenile victims of crime and a potential relationship between victimization and self-reported delinquency are examined for 877 adolescents from a large midwestern city. Lifetime victimization rates (LVRs) are higher for those involved in delinquency, and LVRs rise with age and higher levels of delinquent behavior.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Blacks
Fernandez, Ricardo R.; Velez, William – 1989
This document combines a review of the literature on Hispanic high school dropouts and urban dropout prevention initiatives with an analysis of the findings of a study of the individual, family, school, and community characteristics of Hispanic ninth grade students in predominantly minority high schools in American cities. The study was designed…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Grade 9
Peer reviewedReyes, Olga; Jason, Leonard A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
Studied characteristics distinguishing successful and failing Hispanic innercity high school students, using 24 high dropout-risk and 24 low dropout-risk Hispanic tenth graders (22 males and 26 females). When compared to high-risk counterparts, low-risk students were more satisfied with their school and maintained social groups predominantly free…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Grade 10, High Risk Students
