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Buckley, Lisa; Reveruzzi, Bianca; Dingli, Kelly; Chapman, Rebekah L.; Sheehan, Mary – Youth & Society, 2021
This study evaluated the injury prevention program, Skills for Preventing Injury in Youth (SPIY) for Year 9 students (aged 13-14 years). The aim of SPIY was to reduce adolescent injury by reducing engagement in risk-taking behaviors. A randomized controlled trial was conducted and data analyzed with 32 schools, N = 2,739 students at baseline.…
Descriptors: Injuries, Accident Prevention, Drinking, Violence
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Buckley, Lisa; Chapman, Rebekah L. – Youth & Society, 2020
Adolescent intentional and unintentional injury is commonly related to involvement in violence and transportation behaviors. While many risk and promotive factors have been identified, a cumulative assessment of such factors is less common, and this has rarely been undertaken with transportation behaviors. The study involved Australian adolescents…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Risk, Health Behavior, Predictor Variables
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Buckley, Lisa; Chapman, Rebekah L.; Sheehan, Mary C.; Reveruzzi, Bianca N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Injury is a significant public health problem among youth. A primary cause of adolescent injury is risk-taking behavior, including alcohol use, interpersonal violence and road-related risks. A novel approach to prevention is building on friendships by encouraging adolescents to intervene into their friends' risk taking. Fifty-one early adolescents…
Descriptors: Risk, Injuries, Prevention, Friendship
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Chapman, Rebekah L.; Buckley, Lisa; Sheehan, Mary C.; Shochet, Ian M.; Romaniuk, Madeline – Journal of School Psychology, 2011
Adolescents engage in many risk-taking behaviors that have the potential to lead to injury. The school environment has a significant role in shaping adolescent behavior, and this study aimed to provide additional information about the benefits associated with connectedness to school. Early adolescents aged 13 to 15 years (N=509, 49% boys) were…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Injuries, Early Adolescents
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Chapman, Rebekah; Buckley, Lisa; Sheehan, Mary – Youth Studies Australia, 2011
The Extended Adolescent Injury Checklist (E-AIC), a self-report measure of injury based on the model of the Adolescent Injury Checklist (AIC), was developed for use in the evaluation of school-based interventions. The three stages of this development involved focus groups with adolescents and consultations with medical staff, pilot testing of the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Program Evaluation, Prevention, Focus Groups
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Buckley, Lisa; Sheehan, Mary; Shochet, Ian – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2010
This article reports on the development of a school-based intervention to reduce risk taking and associated injuries. There is limited but important evidence that intervention design should ensure participation does not lead to an increase in target risk behaviors with some studies in alcohol and drug prevention finding unexpected negative…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Focus Groups, Injuries