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Bernknopf, Linda Altholz – 1976
Analyzed were the responses of 56 behaviorally disordered and 56 normal adolescents (either 13 or 15 years old) on a masculinity/femininity scale and a questionnaire of sex role stereotypes. Administered were the Masculinity-Femininity Scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, the sex role stereotype questionnaire developed by P.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
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Briggs, Kathleen; And Others – Family Relations, 1995
Presents a study in which 134 college students judged children in vignettes varying on child gender and family history to test perceiver bias. Perceiver bias was confirmed. Perceptions of female sexual abuse victims were more biased than perceptions of male victims. (Author/SR)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Children
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Langsford, Shane; Douglas, Graham; Houghton, Stephen – Westminster Studies in Education, 1998
Identifies the educational-, social-, and health-related risk-taking behavior (RTB) for children and adolescents and investigates the presence of gender- and age-related patterns. Reveals that health-related RTB is the most easily identified; educational and social RTB was greater for males while health RTB was greater for females; and involvement…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Children
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Compas, Bruce E.; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1986
Relationships among major life events, perceived social support, and psychological disorder were assessed in a sample of older adolescents. Results showed that the relationship between negative events and disorders was moderated by gender, the types of events experienced, and anticipated change in the psychosocial environment. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, High Schools
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Borg, Mark G; Falzon, Joseph M. – Educational Studies, 1989
Reports on the results of a questionnaire survey of teachers' attitudes towards 16 selected undesirable behaviors carried out in all of the 79 state primary schools in Malta and Gozo. Ranks the behaviors indicated. Finds that the teacher's sex was a significant moderator of attitudes towards a number of behaviors. (KO)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Wallisch, Lynn S.; Liu, Liang Y. – 1999
This booklet reports on the results of the 1998 Texas School Survey of Substance Use among Students: Grades 4-6. The statewide school survey monitors trends in substance use among public school students, identifies emerging problem areas, and serves as a basis of comparison for local school surveys which are conducted annually by various school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Behavior Problems, Demography