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Kogan, Steven M.; Brody, Gene H.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Murry, Velma McBride; Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Simons, Ronald L.; Wingood, Gina; DiClemente, Ralph – Journal of Black Psychology, 2008
Little research has examined the links between role status changes during the transition to adulthood and sexual behaviors that place African Americans at risk for sexually transmitted infections. Moreover, the mediating processes that explain these links, or protective factors that may buffer young adults from risky sexual behavior, are unknown.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Employment Level, Young Adults, Parents
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Dallam, Jerald W.; And Others – College and University, 1984
Results, limitations, and policy recommendations emerging from a series of four studies of the attendance patterns, achievement, and persistence of freshmen and transfer students new to the three Regents' Universities of Iowa in the academic years 1960-61, 1965-66, 1970-71, and 1975-76 are reported. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns
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Rush, Sheila; Vitale, Patrick A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1994
Urban elementary school teachers completed a checklist designed to determine a profile of the most significant factors that caused students to be at risk. Results indicated there were eight important factors: academic risk, behavior and coping skills, social withdrawal, family income, parenting, language development, retention, and attendance. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Attendance Patterns, Dropouts, Elementary Education