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Cheney, Marshall K.; Oman, Roy F.; Vesely, Sara K.; Aspy, Cheryl B.; Tolma, Eleni L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Youth assets protect adolescents from tobacco use, but their influence in young adulthood is unknown. Purpose: To determine the prospective influence of assets possessed in young adulthood with tobacco use the following year. Methods: Data from waves 4 and 5 from the Youth Asset Study (n = 450, ages 18-22 at wave 5) were used. Logistic…
Descriptors: Smoking, Intervention, Gender Differences, Youth Opportunities
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Shaw, Lester H.; Conti, Gary J.; Shaw, Brenda S. – Journal of Adult Education, 2013
Since at-risk youth are in transition to adulthood, major adult learning concepts can be applied to them. The purpose of this study was to describe the learning strategies of youth in transition to adulthood in the urban life skills program of A Pocket Full of Hope®. Both qualitative and quantitative data collecting methods were used. Assessing…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, Adult Learning, At Risk Persons, Young Adults