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Longitudinal and Daily Associations between Adolescent Self-Control and Digital Technology Use
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Burnell, Kaitlyn; Andrade, Fernanda C.; Hoyle, Rick H. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
There is fear that adolescents have limited control over their digital technology use. The current research examines longitudinal (Study 1) and daily (Study 2) associations between U.S. adolescents' self-control and digital technological impairment and use. Using a large sample (N = 2,104; Wave 1: M[subscript age] = 12.36, 52% female, 57%…
Descriptors: Correlation, Adolescents, Self Control, Information Technology
"She's Nice and She Helps": What 6th Graders Say about School Librarians.
Mellon, Constance A. – School Library Journal, 1995
Presents results of a study which interviewed sixth graders from three North Carolina schools to determine what they think of their school librarians. Results indicated that children's perceptions are affected by personalities and behavior of individual librarians. Sidebars focus on how the study was conducted and what students noticed most about…
Descriptors: Behavior, Child Development, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
A Preliminary Study of Eighth Grade Students' Attitudes toward Rape Myths and Women's Roles.
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Boxley, Jeanne; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1995
This study examined the relationship between sex role stereotypes of women and eighth graders' beliefs in rape myths. Surveys indicated that both sexes accepted some rape myths and sex role stereotyping of women. There was an association between belief in rape myths and stereotyping. More boys than girls accepted rape myths. (SM)
Descriptors: Females, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Response of African-American Adolescents in North Carolina to Gun Carrying by School Mates.
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Martin, Sandra L.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1996
This study examined 376 African American adolescents' perceptions about the presence of guns in school and responses associated with the perceptions. One-quarter believed that other students brought guns to school. Those perceptions related positively to their experiences of fear at school and behaviors of school avoidance and bringing weapons for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Delinquency, Elementary School Students, Fear
Effects of an Experiential Education Program on Rural Fifth-Graders.
Wendling, Robert C.; And Others – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1989
Finds that, among 134 rural fifth graders exposed to a 2-week environmental education program, hands-on classroom activities eliminated pretest racial differences in environmental attitudes, but a field trip did not. Suggests similarities in the negative environmental attitudes of rural and urban non-White populations. Contains 15 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Environmental Education
Alternative Learning Programs Evaluation: Part 3 Report. Case Studies of Alternative Schools and Programs.
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Cobb, Caronly; Brewer, Delores; Bauman, Amy; Groves, Paula; Rayle, Joesph; Noblit, George – 1997
In 1996, North Carolina began a 5-year evaluation of alternative learning programs (ALPs). This report contains in-depth case studies of four ALPs during the 1996-97 school year. The ALPs were selected to represent different types of programs in the state, and include one middle school, two high school, and one elementary school programs. The case…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Class Size, Intermediate Grades