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Casey, David M.; Williams, Robert J.; Mossiere, Annik M.; Schopflocher, Donald P.; el-Guebaly, Nady; Hodgins, David C.; Smith, Garry J.; Wood, Robert T. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Predictors of adolescent gambling behavior were examined in a sample of 436 males and females (ages 13-16). A biopsychosocial model was used to identify key variables that differentiate between non-gambling and gambling adolescents. Logistic regression found that, as compared to adolescent male non-gamblers, adolescent male gamblers were older,…
Descriptors: Religion, Adolescents, Substance Abuse, Role
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Hetzel, Susan; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1991
Presents interim report on Loss & Change, preventive health education school-based program developed, in conjunction with teachers, by health workers from Australian community health agency. Describes program as generalist, exploring losses adolescents experience within context of healthy adolescent development. Sees this death education…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Death, Foreign Countries
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Murphy, Debra A.; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Reid, Helen M. – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Assesses variations in perceived HIV risk, peer and partner social norms regarding safe sex, self-efficacy, outcome expectancies, and risk-reduction skills based on gender and sexual risk-level among 132 heterosexual, sexually active, inner-city adolescents. Results imply that adolescents' HIV-prevention programs must be tailored to gender and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Condoms, Inner City