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"The Way You Interpret Health": Adolescent Definitions and Perceptions of Health Literacy
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Joseph, Patrece; Fleary, Sasha A. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Adolescents are required to take increased responsibility for their health. Although health literacy is implicated in adults' health decision-making and health behaviors, little is known about adolescents' health literacy and its relationship to their health behaviors. Furthermore, adolescent health literacy research overlooks…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Definitions
Intentional Self-Regulation and Executive Functions: Overlap and Uniqueness in Predicting Positive Development among Youth in Iceland
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Gestsdottir, Steinunn; Geldhof, G. John; Birgisdóttir, Freyja; Andrésdóttir, Jóhanna C. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study examined relations between intentional self-regulation (ISR) and executive functions (EFs) among 84 Icelandic youth in Grade 6 (mean age 11.7 years; 51% girls) and their contributions to healthy and problematic outcomes a year later. ISR was indicated by the Selection, Optimization and Compensation model (SOC) and Self-Regulated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, Executive Function, Correlation
Adolescents' Perceptions of Social Risk and Prosocial Tendencies: Developmental Change and Individual Differences
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Emma Armstrong-Carter; Kathy T. Do; Natasha Duell; Seh-Joo Kwon; Kristen A. Lindquist; Mitch J. Prinstein; Eva H. Telzer – Grantee Submission, 2023
Many prosocial behaviors involve social risks such as speaking out against a popular opinion, bias, group norm, or authority. However, little is known about whether adolescents' prosocial tendencies develop over time with their perceptions of social risks. This accelerated longitudinal study used within-subject growth-curve analyses to test the…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Risk, Social Bias, Adolescent Development
Self-Concept, Interpersonal Processes, Exploratory and Health Risk Behaviors in Adolescents -- A Study Regarding Student Engagement with School
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Ciumageanu, Mugur; Sfetcu, Raluca; Suditu, Florina – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
Adolescence is by definition an "age of risk", irrelevant if you substantiate such a claim experientially or empirically. Mid-adolescence is the period where the processes of both neural and socio-emotional maturation are linked with an increase in both exploratory and health-risk behaviors. The present study, using a cross-sectional…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Interpersonal Relationship, Health Behavior, Risk
Schoolyard Upgrade in a Randomized Controlled Study Design--How Are School Interventions Associated with Adolescents' Perception of Opportunities and Recess Physical Activity
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Christiansen, Lars B.; Toftager, Mette; Pawlowski, Charlotte S.; Andersen, Henriette B.; Ersbøll, Annette K.; Troelsen, Jens – Health Education Research, 2017
School recess physical activity is important for adolescent s health and development, and several studies have established evidence based on cross-sectional studies that it is influenced by the environment in the schoolyard. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect and variation across schools of a school-based intervention on students…
Descriptors: Recess Breaks, Physical Activities, Intervention, Educational Environment
Long-Term Association between Developmental Assets and Health Behaviors
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Bleck, Jennifer; DeBate, Rita – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Introduction: Based on internal and external assets, the positive youth development approach aims to increase the capacity among adolescents to overcome challenges as they transition to adulthood. Developmental assets have been found to be positively associated with academic achievement, a variety of health promoting behaviors, and improved…
Descriptors: Correlation, Health Behavior, Adolescents, Adolescent Development