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Sagrestano, Lynda M.; Ormerod, Alayne J.; DeBlaere, Cirleen – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
Peer sexual harassment (PSH) occurs frequently and across contexts during adolescence. The current study examined the relations among PSH in school, psychological distress, sexual experimentation, and sexual risk-taking in a sample of African American middle and high school girls. Results indicate that negative body appraisals mediated the…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Sexual Harassment, Adolescents, African American Students
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Dunn, Michael S.; Ilapogu, Varaprasad; Taylor, LaShan; Naney, C.; Blackwell, Roger; Wilder, Regina; Givens, C. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Research finds a strong association between substance use and risky sexual behavior but more needs to be known about this relationship. Few studies have examined this relationship among rural sixth- to eighth-grade students. As such, the purposes of this study were to provide a descriptive profile of rural sixth- to eighth-grade…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexuality, Risk, Grade 6