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Fischer, Peter; Greitemeyer, Tobias; Kastenmuller, Andreas; Vogrincic, Claudia; Sauer, Anne – Psychological Bulletin, 2011
In recent years, there has been a surge in the quantity of media content that glorifies risk-taking behavior, such as risky driving, extreme sports, or binge drinking. The authors conducted a meta-analysis involving more than 80,000 participants and 105 independent effect sizes to examine whether exposure to such media depictions increased their…
Descriptors: Music, Video Games, Research Methodology, Drinking
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de Catanzaro, Denys – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 1984
Examined the relationship between suicidal and subsuicidal ideation in the general public and among undergraduates, utilizing a questionnaire concerning parameters of inclusive fitness, suidical ideation and experience, and attitudes toward the value of life. Analyses indicated significant moderate relationships between inclusive fitness and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Goldman, Ronald; Goldman, Juliette – 1982
The purpose of this cross-national descriptive study is to measure the extent of children's sexual knowledge and sexual understanding at various ages and to identify what processes of thought children use in trying to explain biological functions and the phenomena of their own bodies as they grow and change. Sexual thinking is defined as thinking…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Child Development