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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"adolescent behavior"”.
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Ecological Influences on Adolescent Behavior
… outlined by Bronfenbrenner (1994), to understand adolescent behavior. It was hypothesized that proximal ecological influences would be significantly related to behavioral outcomes. Participants (N= 244) were students attending traditional and continuation high schools in a Southern California …
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Relationship Between Adolescent Behavior And Civic Engagement
… This study analyzed the relationship between adolescent behavior and civic engagement. This task was accomplished by examining the amount of civic knowledge possessed by two groups within a population. The population examined, a high school in Flagler County, was composed of "at risk" students …
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Outdoor Education’s Relationship to Adolescent Behavior and Academic Performance in Two East Texas Middle Schools
… in the outdoors may improve a child’s behavior and mood, as well as improve their academic performance. This mixed-methods study hoped to discover whether or not, on average, children improve their academic performance and/or their individual behavior in school when provided with …
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The impact of dance/movement classes on adolescent behavior in an urban high school setting
… between dance/movement classes and disruptive behavior was analyzed in a sample of 45 at risk students in an urban high school setting. The findings supported the hypothesis that a) dance classes can be utilized as an intervention to reduce stress and b) students who participate in dance …
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Poverty and child well-being in foster care: Exploring family stress and adolescent behavior in Washington State
… statistics from a sample of 64 caregiver and adolescent dyads are presented. 30% of families live below the federal poverty guideline (FPG). 84% of families have insufficient income. While no significant differences were observed in child wellbeing among families by income, a trend level …
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Investigating the mediating effects of family emotional expressiveness, language skills, social skills, on relationship between the early caregiving environment and future adolescent behavior outcomes
… grade language skills were not found to predict adolescent problem behavior, however, an overall significant indirect effect was found. Finally, family emotional expressiveness was found to predict adolescent problem behavior, and this relationship was partially mediated by 6th grade social …
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Deep play, urban space, adolescent place: a multi-sited study of the effects of settings on adolescent risk/reward behavior
<p>The extant literature on the play behavior of youth normalizes adolescent behavior in public space as transgressional, resistant, and in need of social control. The dissertation counters this trend by looking to see if physical qualities, peer effects, and neighborhood context of settings play a …
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Future Orientation as a Mediating Factor in the Relation Between Family Instability and Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model
Adolescent delinquency represents a significant threat to the health and future of developing persons. Due to the important implications of adolescent problem behaviors, it is essential that we understand the complex mechanisms in the life and mind of a developing person that may lead to these …
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THE TRAINING EFFECT: IDENTIFICATION AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY OF JOB-CARD GROUNDING COMPONENTS BY LEVEL OF TRAINING
Defiant behaviors among children and adolescents are a common reason for pediatric referral. Although brief, cost effective, and evidenced-based treatment options exist for reducing defiant behaviors among younger children, treatment options for adolescents are often costly, intensive, and …
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Social behavior and academic performance: Examining relations between forms of prosocial behavior and aggression in predicting academic outcomes
Numerous researchers have argued early adolescent behavior patterns are among the best predictors of later achievement and social-psychological adjustment outcomes. In the current study, a secondary data analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which four prosocial behaviors (cooperation, …
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Effects of Perceived Poverty and Chaotic Living Conditions on Externalizing Problems in At-Risk Adolescents
<p>Adolescent externalizing behaviors have consistently been related to both poverty and family dysfunction within the psychological literature; however, the distinction between the effects of objective poverty and perceived poverty on adolescent behavior is relatively new. The current study aimed …
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Correlates of the MMPI-A Immaturity (IMM) Scale in an Adolescent Psychiatric Population
<p>Despite numerous theories of adolescent ego development, there is no objective measure of ego development or maturation targeted for the assessment of adolescents. The Immaturity (IMM) Scale developed for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) was designed to fill …
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The mediating effect of resistance to peer influence on identity and future outlook by friendship quality in adolescence
… values and beliefs that have been guiding their behavior. In fact, this susceptibility to peer influence can lead adolescents to engage in risky behavior rather than consider the future consequences of their actions. Despite the large body of literature that delineates peer influence and its …
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A Quantitative Study of Adolescent Aggressive Behavior in a Church-Based Context: Bully in the Pew
This dissertation examines aggressive behavior (bullying) among adolescents in a church-based context. Chapter 1 introduces the research concern that adolescent aggression is a challenge, not only in schools and work environments, but also in church. While the church should be a place of safety and …
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Eating Behavior and Obesity Risk of Youth Living in the City of San Bernardino, California
<p>Adolescents living in the City of San Bernardino, California, are susceptible to health risks due to high rates of violence, suicide, teen pregnancy, and poverty, which place them among the most vulnerable in the Nation to disability, early death, unhealthy offspring, illiteracy, economic …
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Understanding the pathways for pre-adolescent girls to social deviancy and possible early substance use initiation
… relational aggression, and deviant social behaviors. The purpose of this dissertation study was to examine the relationships among childhood emotion regulation, overt aggression, relational aggression and adolescent deviant social behaviors.This dissertation was comprised of two studies …
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Finding Myself: The Maturation of Spirituality and its Influence on Behavior During Late Adolescence
… of spirituality and/or religiosity on late adolescent behavior. Multiple quantitative research studies have linked spirituality and/or religiosity with both decreased health-risk behaviors and increased health-promotion behaviors during adolescence. However, as reductionist methods have not …
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Predicting Adolescent Risk-Taking And Goal-Oriented Behaviors: An Ecological Perspective
… partake in the greatest amount of risk-taking behaviors. These behaviors often include having unsafe sex, drug and alcohol use, smoking and recklessness. On the other hand, goal oriented behaviors are also developing, although these have been less well studied. The current study explored …
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Borderline Personality Features and Treatment Outcomes in an Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Treatment Population
… high cost to society in both adults and adolescents. Although treatments have been developed to treat BPD in adults, little is known about the effectiveness of treatments in adolescents, in particular in an intensive outpatient setting. The current study examined differences in clinical …
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Examining the Feasibility of a Resilience Mental Health Application in Adolescents
… resilience-enhancing programs are effective for adolescents, there is still a need for interventions that are easily accessible and specific to the individual. Phone applications are easy to use, tailored to the individual, and have shown positive effects for mental health outcomes. This study …
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