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V. Paul Poteat; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Robert A. Marx; S. Henry Sherwood; Abigail Richburg; Gabriel R. Murchison; Arthur Lipkin; Megan K. Yang; Jerel P. Calzo – Grantee Submission, 2023
Gender-Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) are school clubs for LGBTQ+ youth and peer allies to support one another. This eight-week weekly diary study considered whether a youth's positive and negative affect during a given week could be predicted by experiences in their most recently attended GSA meeting. Ninety-nine GSA members (M[subscript age] =…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Clubs, Sexual Identity, Sexual Orientation
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Abraído-Lanza, Ana F.; Martins, Mariana Cunha; Shelton, Rachel C.; Flórez, Karen R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
With the marked increase of the Latino population in the United States during the past 20 years, there has been growing interest in the social, cultural, and structural factors that may impede breast cancer screening among Latino women, especially among those subgroups that have been understudied. Acculturation and fatalism are central cultural…
Descriptors: Cancer, Screening Tests, Hispanic Americans, Acculturation
Kennedy, Scott J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate how high school mathematics teachers' descriptions of academic optimism, responsive teaching, technological pedagogical content knowledge, formative assessment, reflective practice, supervisor instructional leadership, and receptivity to change are related to student mastery on a NYS Regents exam in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High Schools, Psychological Patterns, Teaching Styles
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Aikins, Ross D.; Golub, Andrew; Bennett, Alexander S. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: To identify the prevalence of substance use and mental health problems among veterans and student service members/veterans (SSM/V) returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to New York City's low-income neighborhoods. Participants: A sample of 122 veterans attending college and 116 veterans not enrolled recruited using respondent-driven…
Descriptors: Incidence, Substance Abuse, Mental Disorders, Veterans
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Heo, Jinmoo; Lee, Youngkhill – Educational Gerontology, 2010
This study investigated factors that explain the life satisfaction of Senior Games participants. One 193 older adults from the 2005 Michigan State Senior Games and the 2005 New York State Senior Games participated in the study. The results of the study show that one of the indicators of serious leisure (affective attachment) was positively…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Leisure Time, Older Adults, Psychological Patterns
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Katz, Jennifer; May, Pamela; Sorensen, Silvia; DelTosta, Jill – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
Although sexual victimization during adolescence increases risk for later revictimization, mechanisms for increased risk among new college students have not been identified. Female undergraduates (N = 87) were assessed at the start and end of their first academic year. Those who reported initial sexual victimization at Time 1 were more likely than…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Females, Prevention, Assertiveness
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McCarthy, Michael D.; Thompson, Sanna J. – Journal of Loss and Trauma, 2010
Little is known about trauma-related symptoms among runaway adolescents. Precocious departure from familial homes often exposes youth to traumatic victimization. This study examined the extent to which runaway adolescents present trauma symptomotology and assessed factors that predict trauma symptoms. Participants (N = 350) were 12-18 years of age…
Descriptors: Runaways, Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Adams, Richard E.; Figley, Charles R.; Boscarino, Joseph A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2008
Objective: The present study has two goals: to assess the difference between secondary trauma and job burnout and to examine the utility of secondary trauma in predicting psychological distress. Method: The data come from a survey of social workers (N = 236) living in New York City 20 months following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the…
Descriptors: Fatigue (Biology), Terrorism, Burnout, At Risk Persons
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Nichols, Tracy R.; Mahadeo, Madhuvanti; Bryant, Kylie; Botvin, Gilbert J. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Anger, a component of negative affect, has previously been associated with increased drug use primarily among white high school-aged students. However, few studies have examined these associations over time, and fewer have examined them among younger adolescents and students of color. Affective factors may play a greater role in drug…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Prevention, Drug Use, Early Adolescents
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Aber, J. Lawrence; Gershoff, Elizabeth T.; Ware, Angelica; Kotler, Jennifer A. – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
This longitudinal study examines the effects of exposure to the terrorist attack of September 11th as well as exposure to other forms of community violence on change in the mental health and social attitudes of youths in New York City. Three quarters of the youths reported some form of direct exposure to the events of September 11th, and 80%…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Longitudinal Studies, Stress Variables, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder