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Mathews, Catherine; Aaro, Leif Edvard; Flisher, Alan J.; Mukoma, Wanjiru; Wubs, Annegreet G.; Schaalma, Herman – Health Education Research, 2009
Early coital debut is a risk factor for HIV. In this paper we investigate the predictors of young adolescents' transition to first intercourse using a social cognition theoretical framework. The analyses reported here were based on a longitudinal study of 2360 students in the schools allocated to the control arm of a cluster-randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Socioeconomic Status, Self Efficacy, Early Adolescents
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Liang, Holan; Flisher, Alan J.; Lombard, Carl J. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objectives: To examine the prevalence of bullying behavior in adolescents from Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, and the association of these behaviors with levels of violence and risk behavior. Method: Five thousand and seventy-four adolescent schoolchildren in grade 8 (mean age 14.2 years) and grade 11 (mean age 17.4 years) at 72 Government…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Violence, Secondary School Students, Questionnaires