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Direct linkClark, Sheryl – Sport, Education and Society, 2015
This paper considers girls' participation in running and other outdoor physical activities in their local areas in London, UK. The paper is concerned with the operation of risk discourses in and around this participation and looks at the way that such discourses impacted on girls' opportunities to take part in physical activities that required…
Descriptors: Females, Participation, Physical Activities, Foreign Countries
Simon, Thomas R.; Miller, Shari; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Orpinas, Pamela; Sullivan, Terri – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2010
Relatively little is known about the prevalence of physical dating violence behaviors and perceived norms about dating violence among early adolescents. A sample of 5,404 sixth-grade students was recruited from four diverse U.S. sites. Over half of the respondents reported that girls hitting their boyfriends was acceptable under certain…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Dating (Social), Grade 6
Peer reviewedMoore, Susan M. – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Assessed Australian girls' (n=87) beliefs and feelings about menarche and menstruation. Results revealed limited knowledge about menstruation, accompanied by incorrect and negative myths. Attitudes to menstruation were characterized by embarrassment, discomfort, and ambivalence about growing up. Themes in story completion results reflected these…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cross Cultural Studies
