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Hirsch, Jameson K.; Ellis, Jon B. – 1993
Suicide rates among older adolescents is a major concern for researchers. A homosexual lifestyle, with its additional stresses, may erode one's adaptive characteristics. This study sought to identify and compare suicidal behavior and adaptive characteristics in homosexual and heterosexual adolescents. Sixty-two individuals were divided into two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Heterosexuality, Higher Education, Homosexuality
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Keeling, Richard P.; Engstrom, Eric L. – New Directions for Student Services, 1996
Asserts that the challenge in developing effective campus health-promotion strategies for homosexual men is to provide clear information, opportunities for skill building, enhancement of self-esteem, and community support for those who may not even realize they need interventions. Discusses intimacy, sexual behavior, prejudice, and violence as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Campuses, College Students, Colleges
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Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin – Gender and Education, 1991
The interrelationship between masculinity and schooling is explored for 10 gay males aged 16 to 19 years. Focal issues are the following: (1) sex education; (2) essentialism-constructionism; (3) sexual stereotyping; (4) sexual and gender systems; and (5) homosexuality. These perspectives recognize sexual/gender systems as a school organizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. – 1991
Section A of the Miscellaneous Studies section of the proceedings contains the following 17 papers: "Readability Reconsidered: A Study of Reader Reactions to Differences in Fog Indexes" (Katherine C. McAdams); "Country and Nostalgia: Space and Time in Magazine Journalism" (Allen W. Palmer); "Images and Descriptions: A…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Freedom of Speech, Higher Education, Homosexuality