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Direct linkNgidi, Ndumiso Daluxolo; Moletsane, Relebohile – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2019
This article examines the vulnerability of orphans to sexual violence in and around their township secondary school. Using photovoice as a methodology with which to unearth these experiences and narratives, we examine how such an approach might engage the voices of orphans to inform thinking regarding sexual violence. Our analysis was informed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons, Violence, Sexual Abuse
Wilksch, Simon M. – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
The objective of this study was to explore two aspects not investigated in a 2.5-year controlled evaluation of an 8-lesson media literacy program. First, the impact of the program on over-evaluation of shape and weight. Second, an examination of the program effects by participant baseline risk of developing an eating disorder. Grade 8 students (N…
Descriptors: Females, Eating Disorders, Program Effectiveness, Media Literacy
James, Jenee; Ellis, Bruce J.; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Garber, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 2012
The current study tested sex-specific pathways to early puberty, sexual debut, and sexual risk taking, as specified by an integrated evolutionary-developmental model of adolescent sexual development and behavior. In a prospective study of 238 adolescents (n = 129 girls and n = 109 boys) followed from approximately 12-18 years of age, we tested for…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Puberty, Fatherless Family
Chaplin, Tara M.; Gillham, Jane E.; Seligman, Martin E. P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
Does anxiety lead to depression more for girls than for boys? This study prospectively examines gender differences in the relationship between anxiety and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. One hundred thirteen 11- to 14-year-old middle school students complete questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms and three dimensions of anxiety…
Descriptors: Females, Early Adolescents, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)
Tello, Jerry; Cervantes, Richard C.; Cordova, David; Santos, Susana M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate a promising program model, the Joven Nobel curriculum, for Latino male adolescents that promotes positive youth development and addresses prevention of a number of risk-related sexual behaviors within a cultural context. A quasi-experimental design was used that included a pre- and posttest…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Adolescents, Sexuality, Cultural Context
Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Doyle, Margaret – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2009
This study examined the relationship of social influences to use drugs and competence variables with lifetime poly-drug use for adolescents residing in inner-city regions. The same model was tested separately for boys and girls. Sixth- and seventh-graders (N = 2400) in inner-city schools self-reported substance use, social influences to use drugs…
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Self Efficacy, Drug Use
Liang, Holan; Flisher, Alan J.; Lombard, Carl J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objectives: To examine the prevalence of bullying behavior in adolescents from Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, and the association of these behaviors with levels of violence and risk behavior. Method: Five thousand and seventy-four adolescent schoolchildren in grade 8 (mean age 14.2 years) and grade 11 (mean age 17.4 years) at 72 Government…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Violence, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires
Download full textBachman, Jerald G.; Freedman-Doan, Peter; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Schulenberg, John E.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; Messersmith, Emily E. – Online Submission, 2007
The Education-Drug Use Connection focused primarily on a nationwide sample of adolescents, first surveyed when they were nearing the end of 8th grade in the years 1991, 1992, and 1993, and followed biennially for eight years thereafter. (Full details on samples and methods are provided in Bachman et al., 2008, and are not repeated here.) The…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Race, Females, Drug Abuse
Blitstein, Jonathan L.; Murray, David M.; Lytle, Leslie A.; Birnbaum, Amanda S.; Perry, Cheryl L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
The authors assessed a cohort of 2,335 students from the Minneapolis, Minnesota, area to identify predictors of violent behavior and to determine whether the predictors varied by gender. The sample was 76% White; boys and girls were equally represented. The majority lived with two parents. A measure of violent behavior collected at the end of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Early Adolescents, Gender Differences
