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Nehlin, Christina; Carlsson, Kristina; Öster, Caisa – Youth & Society, 2022
Self-report questionnaires on alcohol use are commonly used in both research and in clinical work with adolescents, but little is known about how adolescent responders perceive and interpret them. This study explores how adolescents think while responding to two alcohol-related questionnaires. It also investigates whether the instruments can…
Descriptors: Drinking, Adolescents, Questionnaires, Responses
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Samson, Ineke; Schalling, Ellika; Herlitz, Agneta; Lindström, Elisabeth; Sand, Anders – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: We aimed to cross-sectionally describe the impact of stuttering on persons who stutter (PWS): children, adolescents, and young adults. Based on previous research on PWS and psychosocial health in the general population, we hypothesized that (a) the adverse impact of stuttering in PWS would be larger among adolescents than children and…
Descriptors: Stuttering, Gender Differences, Children, Adolescents
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Eldblom, Julia; Boström, Petra; Broberg, Malin; Åsberg Johnels, Jakob – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Reading difficulties are linked to several disadvantages in the general population. Less is known about correlates of reading difficulties in individuals with intellectual and severe developmental disabilities (IDD). Vocabulary and word reading were assessed in 112 adolescents with IDD, recruited from Special needs comprehensive schools in Sweden…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Adolescents
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Olsson, Daniel; Gericke, Niklas; Sass, Wanda; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle – Environmental Education Research, 2020
This study contributes to an operationalization of the concept of action competence for sustainability through the theoretical development and empirical validation of a new 12-item Likert-scale questionnaire: "the Self-Perceived Action Competence for Sustainability Questionnaire," SPACS-Q. Other scales in environmental and sustainability…
Descriptors: Social Action, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Questionnaires
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DeLay, Dawn; Laursen, Brett; Bukowski, William M.; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Håkan – Developmental Psychology, 2016
This study tests the hypothesis that adolescents with romantic partners are less similar to their friends on rates of alcohol abuse than adolescents without romantic partners. Participants (662 girls, 574 boys) ranging in age from 12 to 19 years nominated friends and romantic partners, and completed a measure of alcohol abuse. In hierarchical…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Adolescents, Intimacy, Interpersonal Relationship
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Garmy, Pernilla; Jakobsson, Ulf; Carlsson, Katarina Steen; Berg, Agneta; Clausson, Eva K. – Journal of School Nursing, 2015
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the implementation of a universal school-based cognitive behavioral program whose target is to prevent depressive symptoms in adolescents. The study had a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and a 1-year follow-up and provides an illustrative calculation for the implementation costs of the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Depression (Psychology), Adolescents, Cognitive Restructuring
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Olsson, Daniel; Gericke, Niklas – Journal of Environmental Education, 2016
Previous research has shown that interest in and concern about environmental issues tends to decrease in adolescence, but less is known about adolescents' broader consciousness of sustainable development, also including economic and social issues. This study investigates students' sustainability consciousness in the transition to adolescence. This…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Student Surveys
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Balazs, Judit; Miklosi, Monika; Kereszteny, Agnes; Hoven, Christina W.; Carli, Vladimir; Wasserman, Camilla; Apter, Alan; Bobes, Julio; Brunner, Romuald; Cosman, Doina; Cotter, Padraig; Haring, Christian; Iosue, Miriam; Kaess, Michael; Kahn, Jean-Pierre; Keeley, Helen; Marusic, Dragan; Postuvan, Vita; Resch, Franz; Saiz, Pilar A.; Sisask, Merike; Snir, Avigal; Tubiana, Alexandra; Varnik, Airi; Sarchiapone, Marco; Wasserman, Danuta – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Subthreshold-depression and anxiety have been associated with significant impairments in adults. This study investigates the characteristics of adolescent subthreshold-depression and anxiety with a focus on suicidality, using both categorical and dimensional diagnostic models. Methods: Data were drawn from the Saving and Empowering…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Psychopathology
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Lindeblad, Emma; Svensson, Idor; Gustafson, Stefan – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the self-image and psychological well-being in 67 children and adolescents age 10-16 years with severe reading difficulties and/or dyslexia. The participants were assessed with Beck Youth Inventory regarding symptoms of depression, anxiety, and negative self-image. The results showed that the participants do not depict…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Well Being, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Reading Difficulties
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Fredlund, Cecilia; Svensson, Frida; Svedin, Carl Goran; Priebe, Gisela; Wadsby, Marie – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2013
Lifetime experience of selling sex among adolescents was investigated together with sociodemographic correlates, parent-child relationship, and the existence of people to confide in. Changes over time regarding the selling of sex were investigated through a comparison of data from 2004 and 2009. This study was carried out using 3,498 adolescents…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexual Abuse, High School Students, Parent Child Relationship
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Skoog, Therese; Stattin, Hakan; Ruiselova, Zdena; Ozdemir, Metin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
We tested the peer-socialization/contextual-amplification explanation for the link between early female puberty and problem behaviour. We propose that in cultures with high tolerance for adolescent heterosexual involvement, early puberty should be linked with problem behaviour--not in other cultures. We compared girls in two cultures (Slovakia and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Puberty
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Sorbring, Emma; Hallberg, Jonas; Bohlin, Margareta; Skoog, Therése – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2015
Parental attitudes towards young people's sexuality in traditional (i.e. non-online media) settings have been associated with young people's sexual activities. In this study, we explored the association between key parent and youth characteristics and parental attitudes towards young people's online sexual activities. We also examined the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Sexuality, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks
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Grace, Marcus; Lee, Yeung Chung; Asshoff, Roman; Wallin, Anita – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This paper focuses on the views of 16-17-year-old science students from England, Germany, Hong Kong and Sweden on whale hunting, and their perceptions of the views of their international counterparts. The students were all provided with the same decision-making task, discussed the issue in small groups and then presented their views on video,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Secondary School Science
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Thornberg, Robert; Rosenqvist, Robert; Johansson, Per – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2012
Background: In accordance with the social information processing model, how adolescents attribute cause to a particular social situation (e.g., bullying) they witness or participate in, influences their online social information processing, and hence, how they will act in the situation. Objective: The aim of the present study was to explore how…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Cognition, Adolescents, Social Environment
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Wilder, Jenny; Magnusson, Lennart; Hanson, Elizabeth – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
People with severe disabilities (SD) communicate in complex ways, and their teachers, parents and other involved professionals find it difficult to gain knowledge and share their experiences regarding the person with SD's communication methods. The purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of how parents and professionals share…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parents, Professional Personnel
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