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Direct linkAlexander, Janae; Gilreath, Tamika; Grant, Morgan; Curran, Laurel – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Few studies have attempted to define clusters of chronic disease predictors with additional focus on racial/ethnic differences. The purpose of this study was to highlight differences in predictors of chronic diseases among American high school students by identifying subgroups using latent class analysis (LCA). Methods: The chronic…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Chronic Illness, Predictor Variables, High School Students
Messer, Lynne C.; Halladay, Corrie; Hofert, Gina; Sheppard, Barbara K. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Positive youth development emphasizes that adaptive features of adolescence may contribute to teenage pregnancy prevention. Methods: Using data from approximately 1300 seventh-ninth graders, we describe positive youth development assets (external and internal) and their association with sexual risk taking. School-, sex-, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Risk, Adolescent Development, Pregnancy
Dalve, Kimberly; Moe, Caitlin A.; Kovski, Nicole; Rivara, Frederick P.; Mooney, Stephen J.; Hill, Heather D.; Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali – Prevention Science, 2022
Family- and neighborhood-level poverty are associated with youth violence. Economic policies may address this risk factor by reducing parental stress and increasing opportunities. The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the largest cash transfer program in the US providing support to low-income working families. Many states have additional…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Youth, Violence, High School Students
Azagba, Sunday; Shan, Lingpeng; Latham, Keely – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States. There has been a rapidly changing marijuana policy environment and increased acceptability related to marijuana in the United States. How the changing environment will potentially influence adolescents age of initiation remains unknown. While much of extant…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Drug Abuse, High School Students, Adolescents
Barbero, Colleen; Vagi, Kevin J.; Clayton, Heather; Holland, Kristin; Hertz, Marci; Krause, Kathleen H.; Brittingham, Rochelle; Bunge, Stephanie; Saka, Susan M.; Marchessault, Nadine; Hynes, Nikardi; Green, Dan; Spell, Les; Monteiro, Karine; Murray, Kristen; Reilly-Chammat, Rosemary; Tignor, Lisha; Mercado, Melissa C. – Journal of School Health, 2023
BACKGROUND: Research shows associations between bullying victimization and substance use for teens. However, more research about this relationship for younger adolescents and across race/ethnicity is needed. METHODS: Prevalence and pooled logistic regression analyses of 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 13 states (N = 74,059…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Substance Abuse, National Surveys
Jennifer Murphy; Youngmi Kim; Kristen Kerr – School Mental Health, 2024
Evidence suggests that youth progressively experience mental health needs and discover mental health symptoms for the first time in adolescence. Schools have come to the forefront of providing mental health services, as adolescents spend most of their day in the academic setting. The current study aimed to examine individual and school-level…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Use Studies
Wood, Leila; Baumler, Elizabeth; Rinehart, Jenny K.; Temple, Jeff R. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Despite increased research on emerging adults and interpersonal violence, evidence on the role of college attendance in risk for dating violence and sexual assault is mixed. We examined the role of college attendance on victimization risk in emerging adulthood. Participants: Participants were a diverse longitudinal sample of 630…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Violence, Sexual Abuse, Risk
Shamserad, Faraneh; McCuddy, Timothy; Esbensen, Finn-Aage – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The Federal Commission on School Safety has proposed a number of school security measures, including that trained teachers be allowed to carry concealed weapons at school. Prior to implementing such a policy, legislators and school administrators would be well advised to understand the potential effects of the policy on students. The current study…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Security, Teacher Role, Student Attitudes
Curran, F. Chris; Viano, Samantha; Kupchik, Aaron; Fisher, Benjamin W. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2021
School resource officers (SROs) are common in schools, yet consequences of their presence are poorly understood. This study leveraged mixed-methods data from student surveys and group interviews across 25 schools to examine how the frequency of interactions and trust/comfort between students and SROs relate to disciplinary outcomes and feelings of…
Descriptors: Interaction, Law Enforcement, Discipline, Predictor Variables
Pas, Elise T.; Kaiser, Lauren; Rabinowitz, Jill A.; Lochman, John E.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2020
The extent to which youth attend Tier 2 evidence-based intervention is an important dimension of implementation. This study examined attendance patterns of 369 middle schoolers involved in a randomized trial testing the impact of Coping Power, an evidence-based Tier 2 preventive intervention. We conducted latent profile analysis to examine student…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis
Szabo, Julia – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
Latinx students now make up the largest share of charter school students nationally. In this article, I focus on Latinx charter school choosers in Houston, Texas, and ask what motivates Latinx parents to exit district schools. Drawing on interviews with 31 families, I find that perceptions of present and future risk motivate charter school choice.…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Hispanic Americans, School Choice, Charter Schools
Download full textPas, Elise T.; Kaiser, Lauren; Rabinowitz, Jill; Lochman, John E.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Grantee Submission, 2020
The extent to which youth attend Tier 2 evidence-based intervention is an important dimension of implementation. This study examined attendance patterns of 369 middle schoolers involved in a randomized trial testing the impact of Coping Power, an evidence-based Tier 2 preventive intervention. We conducted latent profile analysis to examine student…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis
Weng, Chung-Bang; Sheu, Jiunn-Jye; Chen, Huey-Shys – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Adolescents often practice unhealthy behaviors to lose weight or keep from gaining weight. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) of various health risk behaviors since 1991 using U.S. representative samples of high school students and is therefore best for us to identify risk/preventive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Body Weight, Health Behavior
Kwon, Eunji; Kang, Myungsuk; Kim, Heejung – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
The purposes of this study were to compare the use of contraception by monocultural and multicultural adolescents and identify the multidimensional factors in an ecological model. This study was cross-sectional design with a secondary data analysis using national data from the 2018 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey, including 3,031 participants (81…
Descriptors: Contraception, Adolescents, Sexuality, Health Behavior
Losen, Daniel J.; Martinez, Paul – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2020
This national study provides a comprehensive analysis of the instructions days lost due to out-of-school suspensions in 2015-16 for middle and high school students, for every state and district. The study also demonstrates how the frequent use of suspension contributes to stark inequities in the opportunity to learn, especially for those groups…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Suspension, Discipline Policy, Race
