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Carroll, Annemaree; Houghton, Steve; Khan, Umneea; Tan, Carol – Educational Psychology, 2008
This research investigated differences in delinquent activities and the reputational orientations of at-risk and not-at-risk male and female adolescents. Initially, we sought to establish that adolescent males and females differed in these respects. This was found to be the case: males (n = 722) scored significantly higher than females (n = 738)…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Reputation, Multivariate Analysis, Adolescents
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Carroll, Annemaree; Durkin, Kevin; Hattie, John; Houghton, Stephen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1997
An Importance of Goals Scale was developed from item responses of 230 Australian high school students and validated through administration to 80 delinquent, 90 at-risk, and 90 non-at-risk adolescents. Findings identified differences among the three groups, which are discussed in terms of implications for academic achievement, peer relations, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis