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Prevalence of Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior in Adolescents from Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
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McMorris, Barbara J.; Hemphill, Sheryl A.; Toumbourou, John W.; Catalano, Richard F.; Patton, George C. – Health Education & Behavior, 2007
This article compares prevalence estimates of substance use and delinquent behavior in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia, two states chosen for their different policy environments around problem behavior. Few comparisons of international differences on rates of multiple problem behavior exist, and most are based on methods…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Incidence, Drinking, Foreign Countries
A Comparison of Self-Reported Puberty Using the Pubertal Development Scale and the Sexual Maturation Scale in a School-Based Epidemiologic Survey
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Bond, Lyndal; Clements, Jackie; Bertalli, Nadine; Evans-Whipp, Tracy; McMorris, Barbara J.; Patton, George C.; Toumbourou, John W.; Catalano, Richard F. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
Purpose: To examine concordance between two self-reported measures of puberty: Sexual Maturation Scale (SMS) and Pubertal Development Scale (PDS) and their acceptability to adolescents. Methods: Participants of a school-based study in grades 5, 7 and 9 were classified into one of 5 pubertal stages using each method. Results: 2864 students (age…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Grade 5, Puberty, Comparative Analysis