NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20260
Since 20250
Since 2022 (last 5 years)0
Since 2017 (last 10 years)1
Since 2007 (last 20 years)8
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Conway-Turner, Jameela; Visconti, Kari; Winsler, Adam – Youth & Society, 2020
Gang involvement is associated with many negative outcomes. However, the social and emotional development of gang-involved youth has received little empirical investigation. This study examines the social and emotional outcomes of gang-involved youth. Data come from the 2009 Fairfax County Youth Survey administered to eighth, 10th, and 12th grade…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Social Development, Emotional Development, High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Karakose, Turgut; Yirci, Ramazan; Uygun, Harun; Ozdemir, Tuncay Yavuz – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study was conducted in order to analyze the relation between high school students' Facebook addiction and loneliness levels. The study was conducted with the relational screening model. The sample of the study consists of 712 randomly selected high school students. The data was collected using the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, High School Students, Addictive Behavior, Social Media
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Zhao, Qi; Li, Weidong – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2016
According to theory, students' implicit theories of ability can affect their motivation and engagement in physical education (PE). Limited research has been conducted to examine the relationships between implicit theories of ability and motivation and engagement among K-12 students in PE. Our study examined the relationship between implicit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Theories, Ability
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bowker, Julie C.; Adams, Ryan E.; Fredstrom, Bridget K.; Gilman, Rich – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
In this study on being ignored by peers, 934 twelfth-grade students reported on their experiences of being ignored, victimized, and socially withdrawn, and completed measures of friendship and psychological adjustment (depression, self-esteem, and global satisfaction). Peer nominations of being ignored, victimized, and accepted by peers were also…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Late Adolescents, Grade 12, High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Çapri, Burhan; Gündüz, Bülent; Akbay, Sinem Evin – International Education Studies, 2013
The purpose of this research is to determine the relations between high school students' life satisfaction, burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores and examine the contribution of their burnout, work engagement and hopelessness scores in the prediction of their life satisfaction scores. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Maslach…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Burnout, Psychological Patterns, High School Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bester, G. – Africa Education Review, 2013
Imaginary audience, personal fable, and over-estimation of responsibilities are typical characteristics of egocentric behaviour during adolescence. The aim of the research was to establish how these egocentric characteristics manifest themselves in a learning context. An empirical investigation was carried out involving 316 learners from Grade 8…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Adolescent Attitudes, Psychological Patterns
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Williams, Tricia S.; Connolly, Jennifer; Pepler, Debra; Craig, Wendy; Laporte, Lise – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
The present study examined physical dating aggression in different adolescent relationships and assessed linear, threshold, and moderator risk models for recurrent aggressive relationships. The 621 participants (59% girls, 41% boys) were drawn from a 1-year longitudinal survey of Canadian high school youths ranging from Grade 9 through Grade 12.…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Psychopathology, Risk, Adolescents
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
The aim of this study has been to examine the effect of retrospective report of political violence during the first Intifada (1987-1993) on psychological adjustment of 1185 Palestinian adolescents (10th to 12th graders) seven years after the first Intifada had ended. Analysis of the inter-relations was conducted between self-reported measures of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Adolescents, Grade 12, Depression (Psychology)