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Irvin, Matthew J.; Meece, Judith L.; Byun, Soo-yong; Farmer, Thomas W.; Hutchins, Bryan C. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Though the poverty encountered by many rural youth encompasses numerous developmental challenges and substantially increases the chances for educational problems, the school context is central to promoting and constraining their development. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of school characteristics and…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Poverty, Educational Objectives, Academic Aspiration
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Swaim, Randall C.; Stanley, Linda R. – Journal of Rural Health, 2011
Purpose: As the most widely used substance among adolescents in the United States, alcohol remains a critical public health issue. The majority of research in this area has focused on individual-level variables. This study examined the contextual effects of rurality, geographic region, and community ethnicity in the prediction of alcohol use among…
Descriptors: African American Community, Rural Youth, Mexican Americans, Public Health
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Davidson, Alice J.; Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A. – Journal of School Psychology, 2010
The primary aims of the present longitudinal study were to examine (a) patterns of early transition relatedness with teachers and peers in 6th grade, (b) whether pre-transition behavior in 5th grade predicted early transition relatedness in 6th grade, and (c) how unique indicators of early transition relatedness with teachers and peers and…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Student Adjustment, Grade 6, Grade 5
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Cairns, Kate – Gender and Education, 2009
This paper explores the concept of voice in relation to a research project, now in its developing stages, in which I examine how rural youth imagine their futures in the context of a career-based learning programme called "The Real Game". The paper enters into conversation with feminist post-structural scholars of education in order to situate the…
Descriptors: Feminism, Rural Youth, Ethics, Epistemology
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Vaughan, Christine A.; Foshee, Vangie A.; Ennett, Susan T. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The current study examined the contributions of maternal and peer support to depressive symptoms in early to mid-adolescence and variation in these contributions across age, gender, and race. Five waves of data on maternal support, peer support, and depressive symptoms were collected on rural youth (N = 3,444) at 6 month intervals. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Intervals, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Clark, Trenette T.; Nguyen, Anh B.; Belgrave, Faye Z. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine individual, family, peer, and community risk and protective factors associated with past-30-days alcohol and marijuana use among African-American adolescents living in rural and urban communities. This study used data collected from 907 tenth- and twelfth-grade African-American students who completed the…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Prevention, Adolescents, Grade 12
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Hutchins, Bryan C.; Meece, Judith L.; Byun, Soo-yong; Farmer, Thomas W. – Rural Educator, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the postsecondary educational and occupational expectations of work-bound rural youth. Three groups of work-bound youth were identified (work-bound, work-bound with future educational plans, and work-bound but unsure/undecided about postsecondary education), and each group was compared to college-bound…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration, Family Characteristics, Investigations
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Hafner, John W.; Hough, Scott M.; Getz, Marjorie A.; Whitehurst, Yvette; Pearl, Richard H. – Journal of Rural Health, 2010
Context: All-terrain vehicles' (ATVs) popularity and associated injuries among children are increasing in the United States. Currently, most known ATV use pattern data are obtained from injured youth and little documented data exist characterizing the typical ATV use patterns and safety practices among American children in general. Purpose: To…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Safety, Prevention, Injuries
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Medin, Douglas; Waxman, Sandra; Woodring, Jennie; Washinawatok, Karen – Cognitive Development, 2010
We consider young children's construals of biological phenomena and the forces that shape them, using Carey's (1985) category-based induction task that demonstrated anthropocentric reasoning in young urban children. Follow-up studies (including our own) have questioned the generality of her results, but they have employed quite different…
Descriptors: American Indians, Beliefs, Children, Urban Youth
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Boiak, T. N. – Russian Education and Society, 2010
The processes of disintegration of the former system of values, ideals, and established models of socialization, and the search for new ones, could hardly fail to have an impact on the personality formation and development of young people. The impact has been contradictory, evidence for which is provided by the results of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Physical Health, Young Adults, Moral Values
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Taylor, Calvin – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
As mobile technologies become increasingly prevalent throughout Australian society, it is important to consider the impact of local factors on their use. In order to support rural students and develop appropriate mobile learning frameworks, it is essential to have an understanding of the particular communication challenges presented by local…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Rural Youth, High School Students, Telecommunications
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Halsey, R. John – Education in Rural Australia, 2009
Rural education and its policy agenda has for many decades primarily focussed upon responding to decline to "keep things going; keep things open". While this has been understandable and much has been achieved, it is now opportune--essential?--that rural education and its leaders embrace a new challenge, sustainability, and use it to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Sustainability, Educational Policy
Young, Justin R. – Carsey Institute, 2012
Among the many notable features of Coos County, New Hampshire, is the region's high level of community engagement and a rich civic culture. Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) surveys by the Carsey Institute have shown that nearly one-fourth of adults in the community report membership in a civic or fraternal organization, and an…
Descriptors: Youth, Community Involvement, Group Membership, Youth Opportunities
Beasley, Sarah Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine college pathways or college access and success of rural, first-generation students. Most research on college pathways for low- and moderate-income students focuses on those students as a whole or on urban low-socioeconomic status (SES) students. (Caution is in order when generalizing the experiences of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Rural Youth, Rural Schools, Academic Aspiration
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Ferris, Kaitlyn A.; Oosterhoff, Benjamin; Metzger, Aaron – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2013
The current study examined associations between organized activity involvement, academic achievement, and problem behavior in a sample of youth from a non-agricultural based rural community (M[subscript age] = 15.26, Age range = 11-19 years, N = 456). Analyses examined whether associations varied as a function of adolescent gender and age.…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Gender Differences, Correlation, Student Participation
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