A survey of adolescent interests and concerns is described and the limitations of previous research in this area are mentioned. Results indicate that strong concerns are parents, the future, school performance, dating, money, friends, and siblings. (Author/DB)

Uses data from a national survey of adolescent Internet users to describe online relationships. Fourteen percent of the youths interviewed reported close online friendships during the past year, 7% reported face-to-face meetings, and 2% reported online romances. Few youths reported bad experiences with online friends. (GCP)

Surveyed national sample of 844 community health nurses to assess their knowledge of, attitudes toward, involvement with reproductive health services. Slightly more than 50 percent of nurses provided or administered contraceptive services to adolescents. Ninety-five percent agreed that contraceptives should be available to adolescents; 90 percent…

Examines the relationship between adolescent self-esteem and smoking among a large cohort (n=3,567) of adolescents between the 6th and 10th grades. Findings suggest that self-esteem may be a factor in the smoking behavior of female adolescents in grades six through eight, but not for males in any grade. This suggests that females may have…

Information was obtained from 130 Canadian university women on their experience as victims of sexual offenses, ranging from obscene phone calls and exhibitionism to sexual molestation and rape. Incidence, emotional reactions, relationship to offender and reporting of the offense to friends or authorities were studied. (SJL)

Investigates the sexual attitudes and experience in adolescence of 242 individuals who graduated from the same high school over a 50-year period. Overall findings suggest a significant change in sexual attitudes and experiences when comparing the class of 1950 to the class of 1975 and 2000. (Contains 21 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)

Assesses adolescents' estimations of the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use and examines the consistency between these estimations and reported use. Results reveal that students grossly overestimated the prevalence of substance use when compared to self-reports of use. Results imply the need for school personnel to provide students with…

Describes the results of a survey on characteristics of Youthliners, adolescent peer counselors who staff a hotline service in New Zealand. (SS)

This survey report focuses on sex differences in response to 11 attitude items concerning the female opportunity structure in sport, females in traditionally male sports, and sex role socialization in relation to sport. On all items, females were more accepting of women in sports than males were. (Author/SJL)

Data from the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used to compare use of tobacco between athletes and nonathletes. Both female and male athletes were less likely to have smoked, which was truer for the more involved athletes. Both female and male athletes were more likely to have tried smokeless tobacco, with the effect greater for more involved…

The influences of home and school environment on teenage smoking were assessed according to sex differences, age differences, influence of adults, socioeconomic status, and coeducation v same sex grouping. (Author/DB)

Investigated the joint effects of attitude survey format and language arts achievement level on students' (N=82) attitudes toward reading. Results indicate no significant main effect on attitude responses due to achievement level but the main effect due to survey format was significant. Interaction between achievement level and format was also…

This study assessed the relationship between college students' identity development and their levels of academic achievement in an introductory psychology course. Results demonstrated the validity of Erikson's position that formation of identity continues into young adulthood. Study raises the issue of how intervention programs that assist…

Data is reported from a survey of freshmen and seniors in an Illinois high school on their concepts of death, the affective states associated with it, the need for further discussion about the subject, and the identities of those with whom such discussions might be initiated. (Author/SJL)

Examines whether high school (n=142) and college students (n=112) favored the death penalty for certain criminal acts. Findings indicate that high school students rated more criminal acts as meriting the death penalty. Gender and personality were not found to be associated with attitudes toward the death penalty. (RJM)