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Lu, Hsin-Hui; Chen, Duan-Rung – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
This study examined the association between adolescents' obesity and sociometric status among their peers across 1 year. The participants were 2,528 junior high school students from Taiwan (mean age = 13.31 years). The negative associations discovered between obesity and sociometric status were both concurrent and cumulative. Moreover, the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Body Weight, Obesity, Junior High School Students
Roberts, Rebecca – Principal Leadership, 2013
The author describes the Link Crew transition program that she implemented in 2012 as assistant principal for curriculum and guidance at Villa Park High School in California. She states that administrative and counseling teams at her school had noticed that ninth-grade students struggled in their transitions to high school, with over half of the…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Transitional Programs, Effective Schools Research, Grade 9
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Wexler, Lisa; Poudel-Tandukar, Kalpana; Rataj, Suzanne; Trout, Lucas; Poudel, Krishna C.; Woods, Michelle; Chachamovich, Eduardo – School Mental Health, 2017
Youth Leaders Program (YLP) is a health intervention implemented in a rural Alaskan school district, which utilizes natural helpers and peer leaders to increase protective factors such as school engagement and personal/cultural identities, and to reduce risks associated with drug/alcohol abuse, violence, and bullying. Through these means, the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Rural Schools, Peer Influence, Student Leadership
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Seevers, Brenda S.; Hodnett, Frank; Van Leeuwen, Dawn – Journal of Extension, 2011
Between 2000 and 2007, six western states conducted individual impact studies using public school youth in grades five, seven, and nine. Common areas of study included: risk behaviors, leadership positions held, helping others, close relationships with adults, self-identity, character, self-confidence, and empowerment. The purpose of the study was…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness, Risk, Student Behavior