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Download full textSteward, Robbie J.; Jo, Hanik – 1998
In a study of 121 African-American urban adolescents, the use of spiritual support as a means of coping was found to be significantly related to psychological well-being and adjustment. The participants were high school freshmen in a midwestern city in an area where the student attrition rate had ranged from 55 to 65% over a 5-year period.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Affective Behavior
Roper Starch Worldwide Inc. – 1994
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation commissioned a survey on environmental attitudes and behaviors of disadvantaged youth in America to identify the critical gaps in environmental education so that resources can be targeted more effectively. Phase 1 consisted of qualitative research among disadvantaged students through…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoyt, Kenneth B.; And Others – 1990
This report describes an inquiry into the work attitudes and career decision making skills of 754 sophomores in seven rural and one urban high school in Maine. The study is the first part of a planned 7-year longitudinal study that will interview these students again when they are seniors and then again 5 years later. The eight papers in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
