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Gunasekera, Sashya; Houghton, Stephen; Glasgow, Kenneth; Boyle, Christopher – Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2014
Setting clear achievable goals that enhance reputational status has been shown to direct the energies of adolescents into socially conforming or non-conforming activities. It appears to be the case that following transition from Intensive English Centres (IECs) into mainstream schooling, students from African refugee backgrounds experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Social Behavior, Goal Orientation
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Nathan, Elijah; Houghton, Stephen; Tan, Carol; Carroll, Annemaree – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2011
Aim: This research sought to determine the significance of reputation in the lives of bullies particularly in relation to the social purposes it serves and the goals that are met through its enhancement. Method: One hundred and thirty-two (62 males and 70 females) Western Australian Grades 5, 6 and 7 primary school children completed the…
Descriptors: Bullying, Reputation, Multivariate Analysis, Grade 5
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Houghton, Stephen; Odgers, Pete; Carroll, Annemaree – Journal of Drug Education, 1998
Data pertaining to the reputations, self-concepts, and coping strategies of secondary-school Volatile Solvent Users (VSUs; n=31), ex-VSUs (n=44), and non-VSUs (n=48) in Western Australia were obtained. Findings reveal that differences between the groups were more attributable to reputation enhancement than to self-concept or coping strategies.…
Descriptors: Coping, Inhalants, Reputation, Secondary Education
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Carroll, Annemaree; Green, Shauna; Houghton, Stephen; Wood, Robert – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2003
This study examined the relationship between Australian high school students' (n=965) self-reported delinquency and the importance of their social reputations. Students with low delinquency involvement, females, and older students tended to desire a more conforming reputation than those with high delinquency involvement, males, or younger…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delinquency, Foreign Countries, High Schools
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Houghton, Stephen; Carroll, Annemaree; Odgers, Peta; Allsop, Stevan – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1998
Presents information about children's and adolescents' views toward alcohol risk social situations, reputation enhancement, self-concept, and other related issues. Results show that individuals with the highest levels of orientation to alcohol risk believe that they are liked by their families, are physically attractive, have greater confidence in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Drinking