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Peer reviewedGfellner, Barbara M. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1994
Examined drug use, involvement in problem behavior, and family and peer predictors of these behaviors among Indian and white adolescents in a Canadian urban community. Found the groups had a similar rate for alcohol use; however, Indian adolescents showed higher rates and more frequent use of cigarettes, marijuana, solvents, and greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Behavior Problems
Download full textKlesmer, Harold – 1993
A Canadian study examined the feasibility of establishing achievement criteria for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students based on their age and length of residence (LOR) in Canada. Such criteria would permit comparisons between the academic and linguistic development of ESL students and that of both Canadian-born, English-speaking students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, English (Second Language), Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedGalambos, Nancy L.; Almeida, David M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Assessed family perceptions of parent-adolescent conflict four times from grade six to summer following grade eight. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents from 80 families reported on parent-adolescent conflict. Conflict over chores, appearance, and politeness decreased over 2.5 years whereas conflict over finances increased. Substance-use conflict…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Conflict
