Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| Females | 6 |
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Social Attitudes | 6 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Foreign Countries | 3 |
| Longitudinal Studies | 3 |
| Comparative Analysis | 2 |
| Correlation | 2 |
| Middle School Students | 2 |
| Prevention | 2 |
| Questionnaires | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
| Health Education & Behavior | 1 |
| Health Education Journal | 1 |
| Journal of Child & Adolescent… | 1 |
| Journal of Early Adolescence | 1 |
| Sport, Education and Society | 1 |
Author
| Agnew, Shire | 1 |
| Bosma, Linda M. | 1 |
| Botvin, Gilbert J. | 1 |
| Brown, Christia Spears | 1 |
| Clark, Sheryl | 1 |
| Farbakhsh, Kian | 1 |
| Gunn, Alexandra C. | 1 |
| Komro, Kelli A. | 1 |
| McLean, Siân A. | 1 |
| Munson, Karen A. | 1 |
| Nelson, Andrew A. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Grade 7 | 6 |
| Junior High Schools | 5 |
| Middle Schools | 5 |
| Elementary Education | 4 |
| Grade 8 | 4 |
| Secondary Education | 4 |
| Grade 5 | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Eating Disorder Inventory | 1 |
| Patterns of Adaptive Learning… | 1 |
| Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkAgnew, Shire; Gunn, Alexandra C. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objectives: Understandings of menstruation, including those within teaching, continue to draw on dominant discourses that construct menstruation as shameful and secret. This study trialled a new pedagogical approach to menstruation education that offered opportunities to engage with and mobilise alternative discourses. Design: Teachers of students…
Descriptors: Females, Physiology, Social Attitudes, Preadolescents
Nelson, Andrew A.; Brown, Christia Spears – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2019
Sexualized gender stereotypes (SGS) are commonly endorsed by adolescent girls. These stereotypes include the notion that girls can enhance their social status by prioritizing their sexualized attractiveness, which necessitates downplaying other traits such as intelligence. According to the stereotype emulation hypothesis, a girl will be more…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Females, Social Influences, Student Motivation
Rodgers, Rachel F.; McLean, Siân A.; Paxton, Susan J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Sociocultural theory of body dissatisfaction posits that internalization of the media ideal and appearance comparison are predictors of body dissatisfaction, a key risk factor for eating disorders. However, no data exist regarding the longitudinal relationships between these variables. The aim of this study was to explore longitudinal…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Mass Media Effects, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 7
Clark, Sheryl – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper considers girls' participation in running and other outdoor physical activities in their local areas in London, UK. The paper is concerned with the operation of risk discourses in and around this participation and looks at the way that such discourses impacted on girls' opportunities to take part in physical activities that required…
Descriptors: Females, Participation, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
Rodgers, Caryn R. R.; Nichols, Tracy R.; Botvin, Gilbert J. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
Increases in substance use prevalence among girls, as well as a lack of research conducted with urban girls of color, highlight the importance of understanding both predictors and outcomes of substance use abstinence (SUA) within this population. This study addresses gaps in SUA research through a longitudinal investigation conducted with urban…
Descriptors: Females, Prevention, Grade 9, Social Influences
Komro, Kelli A.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Veblen-Mortenson, Sara; Stigler, Melissa H.; Bosma, Linda M.; Munson, Karen A.; Farbakhsh, Kian – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
The objectives of this study were to examine outcomes of the Minnesota D.A.R.E. Plus Project on violence-related behaviors among middle school students and mediation analyses that test how the intervention was effective in reducing physical and verbal violence. Twenty-four schools were randomly assigned to the D.A.R.E. middle school curriculum,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Females, Males
