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Substance Use and Sexual Orientation among East and Southeast Asian Adolescents in Canada
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Homma, Yuko; Chen, Weihong; Poon, Colleen S.; Saewyc, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between substance use and sexual orientation among Asian adolescents in Canada. We analyzed an East- and Southeast-Asian subsample of a province-wide, school-based survey (weighted N = 51,349). Compared to heterosexual adolescents of the same gender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and mostly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Substance Abuse
Psychological Distress, Service Utilization, and Prescribed Medications among Youth with and without Histories of Involvement with Child Protective Services
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Hamilton, Hayley A.; Paglia-Boak, Angela; Wekerle, Christine; Danielson, Anna Marie; Mann, Robert E. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
The objective of this study was to examine differences in psychological distress, service utilization, and prescriptions for medications between adolescents with histories of family involvement with child protective services (CPS) and adolescents without such involvement. Data on 3,497 students were obtained from the 2009 cycle of the Ontario…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Psychology
Father's and Mother's Psychological Violence and Adolescent Behavioral Adjustment
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Melancon, Claudiane; Gagne, Marie-Helene – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Maternal and paternal psychological violence were examined as potential risk factors for internalized and externalized behavior problems displayed by adolescents. Childhood family violence (physical and psychological parental violence), current extrafamily violence (bullying and dating violence), and family structure were taken into account. A…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Violence, Well Being, Risk
Associations between Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Injury: The Modifying Role of Disability
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Raman, Sudha R.; Boyce, William F.; Pickett, William – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Adolescents with disabilities are at risk for poor health outcomes including injury. The objective of this study was to examine if disability status modifies the association between risk behavior and injury among adolescents. Methods: The cross-sectional Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Survey was administered to a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Injuries, Correlation, At Risk Persons
Drugs, Discourses and Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of a High School Drug Education Text
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Tupper, Kenneth W. – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2008
This paper examines a high school drug education text using critical discourse analysis (CDA) to discern its underlying ideological commitments and political dispositions. I begin with an overview of CDA and why it is a suitable methodology for my work, and then provide a brief history of drug education in North America. Next, I consider some of…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Syntax, Public Health, Discourse Analysis
Immigration and Youthful Illegalities in a Global Edge City
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Dinovitzer, Ronit; Hagan, John; Levi, Ron – Social Forces, 2009
This research focuses on immigration and youthful illegalities in the Toronto area, one of the world's most ethnically diverse global cities. While current research documents a negative relationship between crime and immigration, there is little attention to individual level mechanisms that explain the paths through which immigrant youth refrain…
Descriptors: Immigration, Immigrants, Crime, Foreign Countries