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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Youth Risk Behavior"”.
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Bullying of Linguistically Diverse Learners: Results from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
… phenomenon yielding significant consequences for youth who are victimized, often targeted due to their perceived level of difference from their peers. This “otherness” can often be amplified in minoritized populations, especially those which have multiple, cooccurring vulnerabilities to be targets …
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Adolescent performance enhancing substance use: Secondary analysis of youth risk behavior survey data.
… enhancing substance use: Secondary analysis of youth risk behavior survey data.
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BULLYING AND SUBSTANCE USE AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKAN NATIVE YOUTH: SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS OF 2011-2019 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEILLANCE DATA
… been explored.Methods: Using pooled 2011-2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data, this study assessed the association between bullying (traditional and electronic) and cigarette smoking, alcohol, marijuana, and heavy substances use among AIAN adolescents (N=855). Descriptive …
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Screen Time and the Psychological Well-Being of U.S. Teenagers: An Exploratory Re-Analysis of Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
… of survey data, including data from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), has remained unexplored: the use of metric methods to analyze dichotomous and ordinal data. By way of example, this study deployed binomial and ordinal regression to re-analyze data from seven administrations of …
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Youth at Risk: An Analysis of the Health Behaviors of Roanoke County Students
The identification of key health risks among the adolescent population allows Roanoke County to develop and implement a youth risk behavior prevention program that is tailored to the needs of the students. This study provides Roanoke County Schools with a large sample of student survey data …
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Linking community variables to parenting behaviours and youth risk behaviours
… (i.e., monitoring, warmth, and knowledge) and to youth risk behavior (i.e., substance use and delinquency), measured both concurrently and one year after the assessment of parenting variables. The model builds on the work of Fletcher, Steinberg, and Williams-Wheeler (2004) but a) includes a more …
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Tattooing and high-risk behavior among adolescents
High-risk behavior in the domains of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, and sexual behavior were investigated in relation to tattoo presence/absence among adolescents aged 18-22 years. Adolescents' motivations to become tattooed were also explored. Participants included 400 tattooed and non-tattooed …
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Examining the Relationship Between Family Leisure and Physical Activity in Seventh and Eighth Grade Students
… the Family Leisure Activity Profile (Zabriskie, 2000), Satisfaction with Family Life Scale, and six physical activity questions. The physical activity questions were from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey (Center for Disease Control, 2006b). Pearson …
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A Study of Suicide: A Latent Class-Evidence Based Model for Screening of Suicidal Behaviors among Adolescents Living in the United States from 1991-2011
… for a statistical screening process of suicidal behavior. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) is used to study patterns of suicidal behavior among adolescents and by extension, the development of evidence-based behavioral profiles of those adolescents identified as having suicidal-related behaviors. …
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A Comparison of Health Risk Behavior of College Students in Upstate NY and National Norms
… conducts an annual survey of adolescent health risk behavior with the intention of establishing national norms for variables such as the extent of alcohol and other substance abuse behaviors habits, sexual health risk behaviors, nutrition habits, extent and nature of physical activity and …
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The Role of Lifestyles and Routine Activities on Youth Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Victimization
… indicates that a significant proportion of youth experience sexual or intimate partner victimization (IPV) during their time in high school. Studies examining the risk-factors for victimization among this population report that youth are more likely to be victimized when they engage in …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
… and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Previous literature has shown that sex education was …
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Impact of AIDS Education on Adolescent Risky Sexual Behaviors
… and information regarding sexuality and sexual behaviors. From an economic policy perspective, sex education is seen as an important tool in preventing costly social outcomes such as teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Previous literature has shown that sex education was …
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Relationship of the Pillars of Character and At-Risk Behaviors in Middle School Students
… Six Pillars of Character to questions from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Four research questions asked whether differences of the YRBS scores of risk behavior related to the character pillars of Character Counts! as linked by the independent evaluators. Questions asked whether there …
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Body Self-Esteem and Sexual Risk-Taking in Caribbean Adolescents
… time when many adolescents make decisions about risk behaviors that may affect their developing bodies such as drug use, smoking, and engaging in sexual activity. The current study examined the link between body self-esteem and sexual activity with the aim of predicting if high body self-esteem …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Sunscreen Use and Screen Time in American High School Students
… grades 9-12.Materials and methods: Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to high school students across the United States in 2019 were utilized. The cross-sectional analysis focused on high school students in …
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Determinants of Dating Violence Among Youth in the U.S.
… adolescents.Methods: Data from the 2005 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used for this analysis. The study population included 6.951 male and 6,807 female students in grades 9 through 12. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted and three predictor models were generated. The first …
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Consider the Source : The Effects of Adult Sources of Human Immunodefciency [sic] Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Information on Teen Risk Behaviors for Sexually Transmitted Infection
… to have the greatest impact on adolescent STI risk reduction in teens.</p> <p>This study used secondary Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBS) data to explore the prevalence of high school students with parent, school, and medical provider sources of HIV/STI prevention information and …
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Examining the Effects of Victimization on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Questioning Youth
Youth violence has garnered the attention of researchers and policy makers alike, because of the unique risk factors associated with victimization and the poor physical, mental, and educational outcomes that stem from such experiences. In particular, sexual minority youth--those who identify as …
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Identification and exploration of core features of a real rape paradigm using three data sources relevant to state grant funded rape prevention and education (RPE) program
… survey used for evaluation: the state’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The interviews were with a range of RPE and non-RPE practitioners across three different roles of practitioners in the RPE program: RPE coordinators, coalition members, and local employees. RPE coordinators oversee the …
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