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Hendry, Leo B.; Reid, Marylou – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Discusses social belonging as both a health-related goal and an antidote for emotional crises. Examines how social connectedess represents both a content and process variable in Northern Scottish young people's discussion of their health concerns. Analyses reveal both the potency of all these concerns and participants' belief that skills acquired…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Health, Health Behavior
Meehan, Merrill L.; And Others – 1993
In 1990, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was completed by a random sample of 1,448 West Virginia public-school students in grades 9-12. The sample was 51 percent male and 89 percent white. About 71 percent of subjects were aged 15-17; 39 percent were in the ninth grade. The YRBS covered behaviors producing vehicle-related or other injuries,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Health Behavior, High School Students