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Download full textCrowley, Carolyn L.; Lavery, Barbara; Siegel, Alexander W.; Cousins, Jennifer H. – 1997
This study examined the specific nature of the relationship between involvement in various risk-taking behaviors and levels of gang involvement. Forty-nine high school students, 24 girls and 25 boys, ages 14 to 18, from a rural Texas community, completed a gang involvement questionnaire and the Risk Inventory and Perception Scale during individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, High School Students
Peer reviewedNgai, Ngan-Pun; Cheung, Chau-Kiu – Youth & Society, 1997
Analyzes data from 1,755 high school students in Hong Kong concerning participation in youth center activities. Findings support the usefulness of the sequential specificity model and indicate that knowledge of and attitude toward youth center services affect the participation intention of participants more than those of nonparticipants. (SLD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Participation
Walker-Barnes, Chanequa J.; Mason, Craig A.; Arrue, Rafael Martinez – 1999
This study examines the relative influence of peer and parenting behavior on changes in adolescent gang involvement and gang-related delinquency. An ethnically diverse sample of 300 urban ninth-grade students was recruited and assessed on 8 occasions during the school year. Analyses were conducted using hierarchical linear modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency, Ethnicity
