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Multiple Risk Behaviors among African American and Hispanic Boys
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Yarnell, Lisa M.; Pasch, Keryn E.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Komro, Kelli A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
This study examined multiple risk behaviors (violence, delinquency, and substance use) among 240 African American and 262 Hispanic preadolescent boys from urban schools in the Midwest United States. Latent transition analysis allowed patterns of multivariate risk to emerge uniquely within and across these ethnic groups, highlighting patterns for…
Descriptors: Risk, Males, Health Behavior, Hispanic Americans
Adolescents' Heightened Risk-Seeking in a Probabilistic Gambling Task
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Burnett, Stephanie; Bault, Nadege; Coricelli, Giorgio; Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne – Cognitive Development, 2010
This study investigated adolescent males' decision-making under risk, and the emotional response to decision outcomes, using a probabilistic gambling task designed to evoke counterfactually mediated emotions (relief and regret). Participants were 20 adolescents (aged 9-11), 26 young adolescents (aged 12-15), 20 mid-adolescents (aged 15-18) and 17…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Young Adults
The Relationship between Peer Conflict Resolution Knowledge and Peer Victimization in School-Age Children across the Language Continuum
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Campbell, Wenonah N.; Skarakis-Doyle, Elizabeth – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
Peer victimization, or bullying, has been identified as a significant child health priority and children with language impairment (LI) are among those who are vulnerable. Given the mandate of educators to provide support for "all" students who are bullied regardless of language status, research is needed that integrates the study of risk factors…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Conflict, Peer Relationship, Risk
American Indian Adolescent Inhalant Use.
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Thurman, Pamela Jumper; Green, Vicki A. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 1997
A study of inhalant use among 87 American Indian boarding school students aged 10-18 found that inhalant use was negatively related to participation in traditional tribal activities for both males and females and was also related to measures of cognitive ability and cognitive egocentrism for males. (Contains 43 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Cognitive Ability
The Prediction of Violence and Homicide in Young Men
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Loeber, Rolf; Pardini, Dustin; Homish, D. Lynn; Wei, Evelyn H.; Crawford, Anne M.; Farrington, David P.; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda; Creemers, Judith; Koehler, Steven A.; Rosenfeld, Richard – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2005
In this prospective study, the authors predicted violence and homicide in 3 representative school samples (N = 1,517). Participants were part of a longitudinal, multiple cohort study on the development of delinquency in boys from late childhood to early adulthood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thirty-three participants were convicted of homicide,…
Descriptors: Risk, Males, Homicide, Violence
Risk Factors for Substance Use among Mexican American School-Age Youth.
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Yin, Zenong; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1995
A survey of 2,216 low-SES Mexican American students in grades 4-6 investigated family, social, and psychological risk factors related to substance abuse. Use of major and minor substances was related to respondent score on an index of 11 risk factors. Relationship between major substance use and risk index was significantly greater for females…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Use, Elementary School Students, Family Characteristics