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Williams, Robert J.; Wood, Robert T.; Currie, Shawn R. – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2010
School-based prevention programs are an important component of problem gambling prevention, but empirically effective programs are lacking. Stacked Deck is a set of 5-6 interactive lessons that teach about the history of gambling; the true odds and "house edge"; gambling fallacies; signs, risk factors, and causes of problem gambling; and…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Prevention, At Risk Persons, Problem Solving
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Pahl, Kerstin; Way, Niobe – Child Development, 2006
The current study modeled developmental trajectories of ethnic identity exploration and affirmation and belonging from middle to late adolescence (ages 15-18) and examined how these trajectories varied according to ethnicity, gender, immigrant status, and perceived level of discrimination. The sample consisted of 135 urban low-income Black and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Late Adolescents
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Abel, Gillian; Fitzgerald, Lisa – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2006
Traditionally, school-based sex education has provided information-based programmes, with the assumption that young people make rational decisions with regard to the use of condoms. However, these programmes fail to take into account contextual issues and developing subjectivities. This paper presents the talk of 42 young people from a New Zealand…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Public Health, At Risk Persons