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Perkins, Jessica M.; Perkins, H. Wesley; Craig, David W. – Youth & Society, 2019
This study explores misperceptions about peer norms in support of telling authorities about weapons at school and whether perceptions predict personal support for telling authorities. Anonymous surveys were conducted among youth in 30 schools (Grades 5-12) in six states (n = 12,903) between 2006 and 2014. Personal support for telling principals,…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Student Attitudes, Peer Relationship, Norms
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Kelly, Kathleen J.; Comello, Maria Leonora G.; Edwards, Ruth W. – Rural Educator, 2004
Since 1996, our research team has conducted 15 focus groups with 169 middle-school youth in small communities as formative research for campaigns against alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and violence. Some key findings of a synthesis of focus-group results are that girls and boys perceive different risks to alcohol and tobacco use; peer relationships are…
Descriptors: Role Models, Smoking, Narcotics, Focus Groups