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Showing 1 to 20 of 482 for “"Youths"”.
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Youths as behavior change agents in an institution
<p>Behavioral studies have shown that youths in various settings can function effectively as behavior change agents. This study used five 15 to 18 year old male youths in a closed institutional setting as behavior change agents for five male Youth Counselors. Youths specified staff behaviors they …
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Exploring South African youths' on/offline political participation
This study is located between the contradiction that youth is politically disinterested and that youth is very much politically engaged. Some scholars have argued that youth political disinterest is a threat to the life of the traditional public sphere and democracy. Against the notion of the …
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The Aspirations Formation of Disadvantaged Jamaican Male Youths
… formation of disadvantaged Jamaican male youths. The design of the study was a Type 3 holistic design which considered the global nature of multiple cases, and focused on the impact of work, family, school, peers and siblings on subjects1 aspirations. Six case studies were conducted using …
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PRACTICAL DIGITAL LITERACY: YOUTHS¿ PRACTICAL MASTERY OF PLATFORM EXPERIENCES
Contemporary digital environments are increasingly shaped by algorithmic recommender systems that curate the content experienced by young people on social media platforms. Despite a wealth of research on digital literacy, existing frameworks tend to adopt either top-down, skill-based approaches …
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Premarital sexual behaviour among adolescents and youths in Nepal
Premarital sex (PMS) among adolescents and young people (AY) is reported to be increasing worldwide. Research to date has tended to focus on analysing the prevalence of PMS among AY, and the individual characteristics associated with PMS, rather than pursuing a more nuanced understanding of changes …
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Predicting Suicide Risk Among Youths Using Machine Learning Methods
… is the second leading cause of death among youths in the USA. Although machine learning approaches have provided great potential for predicting suicide risk using survey data, prediction accuracy may not meet the need for clinical diagnosis due to the intrinsic characteristics of datasets. …
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A Narratological Inquiry into U.S. African Refugee Youths’ Educational Experiences
… factor negatively affecting African refugee youths’ U.S. iii educational experiences. These findings help identify strategies and interventions supporting African refugee youth preparing for post-secondary opportunities.
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A qualitative study exploring transgender youths’ experiences of using social media
Background The rise of the Internet in recent decades, along with social media and communication platforms, has created an opportunity for transgender individuals to seek out a common alternative identity that may reduce the societal pressure of fitting into a particular gender role dictated by …
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The Dynamics of Language Use Among Rural and Urban Kenyan Youths
… official and the indigenous languages for the youths. However, the vitality and robustness of the local languages which enhance stable multilingualism will depend on the kind of multilingual language policies that are pursued.
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The Perspectives of Youths on Unemployment in Tanzania: - voices from Dodoma Municipal
… addressed four specific objectives, to explore youths’ views on what they identify as necessary for them to be employed, to examine employer’s perception about what they consider to be the root cause for youth unemployment, to determine the extent to which education in Tanzania prepares youth …
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An investigation of career patterns of transition-age youths and older workers
Persons with disabilities separate from employment positions for a variety of different reasons. The conditions and reasons for these separations have been the subject of a number of investigations in an effort to understand and improve job tenure. Early studies tended to frame this research in …
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An outcome evaluation of the Work 4 Progress Programme for unemployed youths
… is likely to improve the employability of youths and the participants were overall satisfied with the experience. Results from the analysis of interview data revealed three overall themes. The emerging themes were: 1) Understanding backgrounds, 2) Career guidance is crucial and useful and …
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Exploring Youths' Understanding of Intimate Relationships Through the Education Sector: An Institutional Ethnography
Adolescence is a vulnerable period for youth across the world. It is a period of new learnings with opportunities to understand and develop perspectives on health and well-being. With youth beginning to engage in intimate relationships at an earlier age in the 21st century, concentrating on the …
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The Social Impacts of Street-involved Youths’ Participation in Structured and Unstructured Leisure
Little research has focused on street-involved youths’ social relationships. As some scholars have suggested that leisure is inherently social, my research sought to understand whether participation in structured and/or unstructured leisure activities influence street-involved youths’ social …
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The Impacts of Problematic Social Media Use on Youths: Evaluation and Treatment Recommendations
<p>Youths’ frequency and time spent on social media continues to increase over the years parallel to the growing concern of the status of the mental health of youth. This critical literature review project focuses on the impacts that social media use has on youth (ages 8 to 18 years) and what …
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The evolving role of youths in militant Nationalist activity in Ireland, 1909-21
… of literature, the role and significance of youths in the Nationalist movement, especially during the 1910s and early 1920s, is an important theme that has to date been afforded little attention. This lacuna in Irish historiography is surprising given the substantial number of surviving …
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Determining youths' level of understanding of environmental concepts in the sail training environment
The aim of this study is to determine youths' level of understanding of selected environmental concepts measured by their verbal responses. With the hypothesis being that youth would be able to observe their environment and note differences and similarities, with a basic understanding of concepts, …
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