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Vaughan, Christine A.; Foshee, Vangie A.; Ennett, Susan T. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
The current study examined the contributions of maternal and peer support to depressive symptoms in early to mid-adolescence and variation in these contributions across age, gender, and race. Five waves of data on maternal support, peer support, and depressive symptoms were collected on rural youth (N = 3,444) at 6 month intervals. Multilevel…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Intervals, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Benda, Brent B.; Corwyn, Robert Flynn – Social Work Research, 1998
A telephone survey was conducted among rural adolescents (N=414) to determine what demographic and theoretical factors from control, strain (or opportunity), and social learning theories predict occurrence of sexual intercourse and sexual partners. Sample characteristics, frequency distribution (dependent variables), and statistical…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Characteristics, Federal Programs, Predictor Variables
Hampe, Gary D. – 1976
The study examined the increase of drinking from 1964 to 1975 among teenagers enrolled in two high schools in different sociocultural rural areas of Mississippi. The sample was composed of students in two high schools located in a "wet" county and a "dry" county. A questionnaire was administered to 525 students in 1964 and 793…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Alcoholism, Behavior Change