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Direct linkCurry, John; Silva, Susan; Rohde, Paul; Ginsburg, Golda; Kennard, Betsy; Kratochvil, Christopher; Simons, Anne; Kirchner, Jerry; May, Diane; Mayes, Taryn; Feeny, Norah; Albano, Anne Marie; Lavanier, Sarah; Reinecke, Mark; Jacobs, Rachel; Becker-Weidman, Emily; Weller, Elizabeth; Emslie, Graham; Walkup, John; Kastelic, Elizabeth; Burns, Barbara; Wells, Karen; March, John – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2012
Objective: This study tested whether positive response to short-term treatment for adolescent major depressive disorder (MDD) would have the secondary benefit of preventing subsequent alcohol use disorders (AUD) or substance use disorders (SUD). Method: For 5 years, we followed 192 adolescents (56.2% female; 20.8% minority) who had participated in…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Therapy, Adolescents, Drinking
Vaughn, Michael G.; Perron, Brian E.; Abdon, Arnelyn; Olate, Rene; Groom, Ralph; Wu, Li-Tzy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Weapon-related violence, especially the use of handguns, among adolescents is a serious public health concern. Using public-use data file from the adolescent sample (N = 17,842) in the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), this study examines the behavioral, parental involvement, and prevention correlates of handgun carrying.…
Descriptors: Prevention, Public Health, Adolescents, Probability
Rodgers, Kirsten C. – Journal of American College Health, 2012
Objective: Multicomponent tobacco control programs have been implemented at the state and community levels and have led to a reduction in tobacco use. The purpose was to review the public health research literature on tobacco prevention and control programs on college campuses and derive evidence-based implications for comprehensive program…
Descriptors: Prevention, Evidence, Public Health, Smoking
Koo, Helen P.; Rose, Allison; Bhaskar, Brinda; Walker, Leslie R. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2012
Using a school-based sample of fifth graders (mean age = 10.38, SD = 0.66) and their parents (N = 408) from Washington, D.C., the authors examine associations of pubertal development with early adolescents' sexual and nonsexual risk behaviors and their caregivers' parenting behaviors and of these risk behaviors with parenting behaviors. Results…
Descriptors: Prevention, Caregivers, Child Rearing, Adolescents
Elias, Marilyn – Teaching Tolerance, 2012
In one recent national survey of teenagers who had been in relationships, 29 percent reported experiencing sexual or physical abuse or receiving threats of physical violence from partners. About 10 percent of students in grades nine to 12 consistently say they've been physically hurt on purpose by a dating partner during the past year, according…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Use, Drinking, Females
Sakuma, Kari-Lyn K.; Riggs, Nathaniel R.; Pentz, Mary Ann – Health Education Research, 2012
Effective school-based obesity prevention programs are needed to prevent and reduce the growing obesity risk among youth. Utilizing the evidence-rich areas of violence and substance use prevention, translation science may provide an efficient means for developing curricula across multiple health behaviors. This paper introduces Pathways to Health,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Obesity, Prevention, Health Behavior
Burke, H. M.; Pedersen, K. F.; Williamson, N. E. – Health Education Research, 2012
Youth peer education (YPE) programs are a popular strategy for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. However, research on the effectiveness of YPE programs is scarce and the wide variation in programs makes it difficult to generalize research findings. Measuring quality and comparing program effectiveness require the use of standardized…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Services, Prevention, Young Adults
Tolli, M. V. – Health Education Research, 2012
Peer education remains a popular strategy for health promotion and prevention, but evidence of its effectiveness is still limited. This article presents a systematic review of peer education interventions in the European Union that were published between January 1999 and May 2010. The objective of the review is to determine the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Health Education, Peer Groups, Adolescents, Pregnancy
Jimenez-Tejada, M. -P.; Hodar, J. A.; Gonzalez-Garcia, F. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
We study the perception of acoustic contamination and its deleterious effects on students preparing to become school teachers and analyse their acoustic habits, with the aim of raising their awareness concerning this problem. We designed a number of activities, applied during a practical lesson, in which students evaluated some of their…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Acoustics, Health Education, Class Activities
Demanet, Jannick; Van Houtte, Mieke – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
The schools-as-communities perspective provides a popular explanation for school-disruptive behavior, stating that interpersonal bonding at school and feelings of school belonging prevent misconduct. In this article, we build on this perspective in three ways. First, we test whether the preventive influence of school belonging acts at the…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Immigrants, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
Ahtola, Annarilla; Haataja, Anne; Karna, Antti; Poskiparta, Elisa; Salmivalli, Christina – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
The effects of an antibullying program, KiVa, on Grade 1-3 teachers' perceptions of bullying were investigated. Data were gathered from 128 teachers in 33 intervention schools and 110 teachers in 29 control schools. Two-level regression models showed that, at the end of the intervention year, self-evaluated competence to tackle bullying was at a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Bullying, Grade 1, Student Attitudes
Lee, Yuri; Oh, Kyung Ja – Death Studies, 2012
This study aimed to examine the validity of reasons for living (RFL) and the protective role they may play against suicidal ideation in college students in South Korea. A total of 277 undergraduate students participated by completing the College Student Reasons for Living Inventory (CS-RFL), along with measures of suicide risk including…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Beliefs, Validity, Suicide
Hybels, Celia F.; Blazer, Dan G.; George, Linda K.; Koenig, Harold G. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the Study: To examine the longitudinal associations between 3 dimensions of religious involvement--religious attendance, use of religious media, and private religious activities--and 3 domains of functional status--limitations in basic activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and mobility in…
Descriptors: Risk, Older Adults, Patients, Correlation
Chamberlain, Peter N.; Goldney, Robert D.; Taylor, Anne W.; Eckert, Kerena A. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Mental health literacy is the knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that aid their recognition, management, or prevention and is considered to be an important determinant of help-seeking. This has relevance in suicide prevention, as depression, the clinical condition most frequently associated with suicidality, has been the target of…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Prevention, Health Education, Mental Health
Evering, Lea Calvert; Moorman, Gary – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
Plagiarism is a complex issue in need of reexamination. A common misconception is there is consensus on what constitute plagiarism, and general agreement that engaging in plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty is a major breech of ethics. There seems to be little concern for differentiating degrees of seriousness; the intentional…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Ethics, Plagiarism, Educational Technology
