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Matthews, Doris B.; Quinn, Jimmy L. – 1986
While evidence exists that a person's peripheral temperature responds to his state of arousal or stress, it also responds to other environmental factors. Wrist temperature has been found to vary with ambient temperature, and to increase during the school day. Before wrist temperature can be established as a valid measure of anxiety, stress, or…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anxiety, Arousal Patterns, Intermediate Grades
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Dahinten, V. Susan; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Willms, J. Douglas – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study drew on four cycles of longitudinal data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth to examine the academic and behavioural trajectories of youth between 10 and 15 years of age as a function of maternal age at childbearing. The analyses controlled for several family characteristics and examined the mediating…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents