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Coleman, Casey; Wileyto, E. Paul; Lenhart, Clare M.; Patterson, Freda – American Journal of Health Education, 2014
Background: Chronic disease risk factors tend to cooccur. Purpose: This study examined the cooccurrence of 8 negative health behaviors in a representative sample of urban adolescents to inform educational interventions. Methods: The prevalence, cooccurrence, and clustering of suicide attempt, lifetime history of sexual activity, tobacco use, cell…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Risk, Health Behavior, Urban Areas
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Messias, Erick; Castro, Juan; Saini, Anil; Usman, Manzoor; Peeples, Dale – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
We investigated the association between excessive video game/Internet use and teen suicidality. Data were obtained from the 2007 and 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a high school-based, nationally representative survey (N = 14,041 and N = 16,410, respectively). Teens who reported 5 hours or more of video games/Internet daily use, in the…
Descriptors: Video Games, At Risk Students, Suicide, Internet