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Peer reviewedSimon, Thomas R.; Crosby, Alex E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2000
Examines high school students who reported attempting suicide but did not report a suicide plan in the last 12 months. Results show that 15% were as likely to receive medical treatment after their attempt as the attempters who reported planning. They were also more likely to report substance abuse and weapon carrying. All attempters were at high…
Descriptors: Drug Use, High School Students, Medical Services, Planning
Download full textSloan, Matt – 2000
The 1999 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was conducted as part of a national survey effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A stratified random sample of classrooms in all public schools with ninth through twelfth grades was taken. The YRBS was administered to 1,336 students in 46 public schools in Wisconsin in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dietetics, Drinking, Drug Use
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2002
The 2001 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) was conducted as part of a national effort by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor health-risk behaviors of the nations high school students. This report contains findings from the 2001 Wisconsin YRBS in eight priority areas: protective assets, unintentional injuries,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dietetics, Drinking, Drug Use
Peer reviewedWatt, Toni Terling – Sociology of Education, 2003
Uses National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health 1994 to determine whether adolescents benefit from small and/or private schools. Examines depression, suicide and violent dispositions. Refutes claims that students attending these schools are more emotionally adjusted. Discovers these small and/or private schools may actually be detrimental to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
Blum, Robert W.; Beuhring, Trisha; Rinehart, Peggy Mann – 2000
This monograph discusses how to protect adolescents by addressing health behaviors. Data come from the Add Health Survey, a comprehensive school-based study of adolescents' health-related behaviors. Secondary students answered surveys about their lives, health, friendships, self-esteem, and expectations for the future. School administrators…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Family Influence, Health Behavior
Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Health Behavior Lab. – 1991
This report presents results of the 1991 Wyoming Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the 1991 Wyoming School Health Education Survey (SHES). Thirty-five schools participated in the YRBS, with 3,513 students in grades 9-12; 92 public schools with students in grades 7-12 participated in the SHES. Statistical data from the YRBS are provided in the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Bicycling
Buck, Beverly R. – 1994
This 1994 Kids Count report focuses on risk-taking behaviors among Colorado adolescents and discusses how prevention and early intervention strategies can impact the lives of the state's children. Statistics and descriptions are given for: (1) alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; (2) teen sexuality, including sexual activity and teen pregnancy and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
