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Kai Pata; Kristi Jüristo; Matej Zapušek; Nathalie Leiba; Sanja Popovic Pantic; Vladan Devedzic; Sonja Radenkovic; Mirjana Devedzic; Marija Blagojevic; Danijela Miloševic – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
This paper demonstrates the design as a hypothesis framework for developing cross-university students and mentors, and rural youth (aged 18-30) and regional business ecosystems capacity building practice approaches to support sustainable development goals. To support university students', mentors and the business partners' engagement and building…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Rural Youth, Higher Education, Mentors
Renold, Emma; Ivinson, Gabrielle – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2014
The paper works with queer and feminist post-human materialist scholarship to understand the way young teen valleys' girls experienced ubiquitous feelings of fear, risk, vulnerability and violence. Longitudinal ethnographic research of girls (aged 12-15) living in an ex-mining semi-rural community suggests how girls are negotiating complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Early Adolescents, Fear
Hill, Julie C.; Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D.; Graber, Julia A.; Johnson, Kelly J. – Health Education Journal, 2016
Objective: Young people in urban areas are often the focus of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programmes because of their high risk of unwanted pregnancy and contracting an STI. Young people in rural areas are far less studied but also have a high risk of similar outcomes. This study evaluates Giving Our Girls…
Descriptors: Females, Middle School Students, At Risk Students, Pregnancy
Bowen, Anne; Moring, John; Williams, Mark; Hopper, Glenna; Daniel, Candice – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: Methamphetamine (MA) addiction is a significant problem in rural areas of the United States. Yet, little theoretically driven formative research has been conducted on the interactions of factors influencing initiation. The study was guided by Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model. Methods: Eighty-three MA users participated in an…
Descriptors: Prevention, Family Life, Drug Use, Intimacy
Light, Harriett K. – Fam Coordinator, 1970
Significant attitudinal differences found between rural and urban girls are as of family, religion, morality, premarital sex, and education suggest need for separate curriculums in family living to meet differing needs. Complete thesis copies available upon request from author, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, 58102. (CJ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Family Relationship, Females

Kuvlesky, William P.; Obordo, Angelita S. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Planning

Wilson, Stephan M.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Examined educational and occupational attainment of young women from low-income, rural Appalachian families. Data from 10-year longitudinal study found that educational attainment did not predict occupational attainment of these women. Several findings for family socioeconomic background and social psychological variables were interpreted as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Attainment, Employment Level, Females
Meyer, James B.; And Others – J Counseling Psychol, 1970
Juniors (144) in three schools were assigned to four behavioral-reinforcement counseling treatments and controls in individual and small group settings. Findings: (1) All behavioral-reinforcement produced significantly more information-seeking behaviors; (2) No significant differences occurred between small group and dyadic counseling settings;…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Counseling, Counselors
Shepard, Blythe – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2005
As economic, technological, and social changes transform rural areas, female youth face particular challenges in making educational/career decisions. Relationships within the community enhance and constrain future paths. Building on an earlier research study (Shepard, 2004), the co-construction of a community-based workshop with research…
Descriptors: Workshops, Guidelines, Rural Areas, Education Work Relationship
Bretz, Deborah; Kher, Neelam; Lacinda-Gifford, Lorna J. – Research in the Schools, 2000
Studied the expectations of teachers and peers for gifted female adolescents using data from 28 teachers and 34 peers (seventh and eighth graders). Results support the idea that gifted females face conflicting societal expectations, with significant differences between the expectations of their teachers and their peers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Females

Just, David A. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1985
The relationships between delinquent behavior and labor market experiences of teenagers are examined in this study. Variables include incidence of self-reported delinquent behavior, gender, race, age, suspension from school, and current residence. Findings and the implications for educational policy are examined. (CT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Females, Males

Aikman, Arthur L. – Rural Educator, 1982
Suggests the effects of poverty may be more debilitating on rural youth than on urban youth due to differences in background, i.e., lower educational level of parents, lower family income, cultural isolation, fewer social services, and marriage at an earlier age. Discusses health problems, housing inadequacies, and fatherless families. (AH)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Characteristics, Females
Kuvlesky, William P.; And Others – 1969
Aspirations and expectations held toward marriage by a sample of Negro and white adolescent girls from 3 all-rural East Texas counties were compared. The primary objective of the study was to determine (using Chi-Square analysis techniques) the extent to which racial differences existed in desired age of marriage, desired and expected number of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Black Attitudes, Economically Disadvantaged, Females
Tallichet, Suzanne E.; Willits, Fern K. – 1984
A panel of 294 non-metropolitan Pennsylvania women was studied first in 1970 when they were high school sophomores and again in 1981 to assess the relationship between traditional and nontraditional role behaviors and changes in sex-role attitudes. As adolescents in 1970, the women were either extremely liberal or traditional. As young adults in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, Daughters, Educational Attainment
Jeffrey, Betty I. – 1966
The purposes of Southern Regional Project S-48 were to study: (1) educational and vocational goals of rural teenagers; (2) educational and vocational goals that parents hope their teenagers have for themselves; and (3) comparison of above points. Data were obtained from a sample of 388 ninth and tenth graders and their parents selected from 10…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Females, Financial Support