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Direct linkAntonio Camacho; Kevin Runions; Rosario Ortega-Ruiz; Eva M. Romera – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Background: Previous studies have shown that when young people witness bullying, perceived social norms of their peer group affect their behavior. However, few studies have examined the specificity of norm misperception (i.e., overestimation of peer antisocial responses and the underestimation of prosocial responses relative to the objective group…
Descriptors: Audiences, Bullying, Social Attitudes, Behavior Standards
Johansen, Mikkel Willum; Goddiksen, Mads Paludan; Centa, Mateja; Clavien, Christine; Gefenas, Eugenijus; Globokar, Roman; Hogan, Linda; Merit, Marcus Tang; Nielsen, Soren Saxmose; Olsson, I. Anna S.; Poskute, Margarita; Quinn, Una; Santos, Júlio Borlido; Santos, Rita; Schöpfer, Céline; Strahovnik, Vojko; Wall, P. J.; Sandoe, Peter; Lund, Thomas Boker – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2022
Plagiarism and other transgressions of the norms of academic integrity appear to be a persistent problem among upper secondary students. Numerous surveys have revealed high levels of infringement of what appear to be clearly stated rules. Less attention has been given to students' understanding of academic integrity, and to the potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Integrity, Cheating
Tamara Van Der Zant; Terese Hooper; Katherine Dix; Toby Carslake – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
This report presents findings from data collected through the Reality Now program, providing a long-term study exploring tobacco and vaping behaviours among Australian secondary school students. Conducted from 2018 to 2024, the program collected nearly 30,000 responses from students in Years 7 to 11. Using a social norms approach (SNA), the…
Descriptors: Smoking, Health Behavior, Secondary School Students, Misconceptions
O'Sullivan, Lucia F.; Belu, Charlene F.; Fuller, Rice B.; Richard, Morgan E. – Journal of College Student Development, 2023
Sexual assault continues to plague college campuses despite years of targeted intervention. Recent prevention efforts have focused on the role of bystanders in reducing rates. However, limited work has explored actual intervention behaviors as opposed to intentions to intervene or reasons why individuals might choose not to help. College students…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Rape, College Students, Audiences
Schnackenberg, Nicole – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2021
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterised by a distressing preoccupation with perceived defects or flaws in one's appearance. BDD most typically emerges in adolescence and is estimated to affect 2.2% of the UK adolescent population. There is a dearth of research into children's and young people's lived experiences of BDD, particularly in…
Descriptors: Human Body, Mental Disorders, Self Concept, Adolescents
Wardman, Natasha Penelope – Gender and Education, 2017
In a global climate increasingly shaped by neoliberal agendas that privilege meritocratic individualism, it is apparent that society as a whole and educational policy-makers and practitioners in particular expect students to take more "responsibility" for their own learning and behaviour at school. In the Australian context, as…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Influence, Elementary School Students, Ethnography
Download full textAkerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES)-www.iconses.net which took place on October 21-24, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
Akerson, Valarie, Ed.; Shelley, Mack, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Social and Education Sciences (IConSES), which took place on October 21-24, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Experiential Learning, Skill Development, Hispanic American Students
Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly P.; Kwan, Matthew Y. W.; Lowe, David; Taman, Sara; Faulkner, Guy E. J. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: To study actual and perceived substance use in Canadian university students and to compare these rates with US peers. Participants: Students (N = 1,203) from a large Canadian university. Methods: Participants were surveyed using items from the National College Health (NCHA) Assessment of the American College Health Association…
Descriptors: College Students, Substance Abuse, Marijuana, Cultural Differences
Hughes, Clarissa; Julian, Roberta; Richman, Matthew; Mason, Ron; Long, Gillian – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
This paper outlines early findings from the Tasmanian-based Social Norms Analysis Project (SNAP). The Social Norms model is presented as a theoretically informed, evidence-based model for reducing alcohol-related harm in youthful populations by utilising the complex and often positive contributions peer groups make to adolescent health and…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Rural Areas, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
Lintonen, T. P.; Konu, A. I. – Health Education Research, 2004
Adolescents tend to overestimate peer drinking; the resulting misperception of the social norm predicts the child's own future drinking. This study examined the misperception's relatedness to a person's drinking pattern in order to facilitate the segmentation of the audience for health education interventions. Adolescent Health and Lifestyle…
Descriptors: Health Education, Audiences, Drinking, Questionnaires
