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Rosenfield, Charlene – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Statistics reporting adolescent use of ergogenic agents are staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance, 6.1% of students from grades 9 through 12 had taken illegal anabolic steroids without a prescription one or more times during their lifetime. Additionally, more adolescent athletes…
Descriptors: Athletes, At Risk Students, High School Students, Adolescents
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Collazo, Andres A. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2004
Predictors of intention to abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms consistently with both main and other partners were investigated in 431 Puerto Rican high school students. The basis for this study was the theories of reasoned action (TRA) and planned behavior (TPB), and two predictors from the theory of interpersonal behavior (TIB). As…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Self Efficacy, Intention, Adolescents
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Evans, John; Rich, Emma; Davies, Brian – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2004
This article discusses the social fabrication of risk and ill health in the United Kingdom and how it affect the physical education curriculum and physical education teachers. It is now well over 60 years since the publication in Britain of the Board of Education?s (1933) "Syllabus For Physical Training For Schools." It was a remarkable…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Fitness
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Thi Xuan Hanh, Vo; Guillemin, Francis; Dinh Cong, Duong; Parkerson, George R., Jr.; Bach Thu, Pham; Tu Quynh, Pham; Briancon, Serge – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
Quality of life (QOL) of adolescents has been scarcely documented in a general population sample. The study was aimed at translating and adapting the Adolescent Duke Health Profile to Vietnamese, validating the questionnaire, determining reference value, and identifying determinants of poor QOL. Following a cross-cultural methodology, the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies
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Troxel, Wendy M.; Matthews, Karen A. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2004
Do parental marital conflict and dissolution influence the risk trajectory of children's physical health risk? This paper reviews evidence addressing this question in the context of understanding how early environmental adversities may trigger a succession of risks that lead to poor health in childhood and greater risk for chronic health problems…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Parent Influence, Parent Child Relationship, Health Behavior
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Duplechain, Rosalind – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2004
This study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to develop a teacher-friendly model for understanding the relationship between children's exposure to traumatic events, such as violence exposure, and their school achievement. With a sample of 146 urban elementary (grades 2-5) children, three variables (mental health behaviors,…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Relationship, Children, Emotional Response
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Banister, Elizabeth; Jakubec, Sonya – Child & Youth Services, 2004
This is a study of how heterosexual girls construct the meaning of their health issues within their dating relationships. We found that a number of barriers contributed to girls' difficulty with articulating their needs and desires in their romantic relationships. Adolescent girls who participated in our study blamed themselves for their…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Females, Health Behavior
Leenders, Nicole Y. J. M.; Silver, Lorraine Wallace; White, Susan L.; Buckworth, Janet; Sherman, W. Michael – American Journal of Health Education, 2002
This study assessed the level of physical activity, exercise self-efficacy, and stages of change for exercise behavior among college students at a large midwestern university using a street-based survey method. The 50% response rate produced 925 student responses comprising 95% as young ([less than or equal to]24 years of age), 53% female, and 79%…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Physical Activity Level
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Petosa, R. Lingyak; Suminski, Rick; Hortz, Brian – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objective: To test Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) in predicting future vigorous physical activity among college students. Methods: College students (n=350) completed a set of instruments measuring SCT constructs. Their vigorous physical activity was tracked for 4 weeks. Results: Exercise role identity, self-regulation, outcome expectancy value,…
Descriptors: College Students, Physical Activities, Self Efficacy, Physical Activity Level
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Morisky, Donald E.; Nguyen, Chrystene; Ang, Alfonso; Tiglao, Teodora V. – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
This study assesses the results of a 2-year community-based peer education program aimed at increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes toward condoms, and condom use behavior among taxicab and tricycle drivers in the Philippines. Pretest, posttest, and follow-up data were collected throughout the educational intervention program. The results of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Backinger, Cathy L.; McDonald, Paul; Ossip-Klein, Deborah J.; Colby, Suzanne M.; Maule, Catherine O.; Fagan, Pebbles; Husten, Corinne; Colwell, Brian – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Objectives: To provide recommendations that will build a better foundation for research on youth smoking cessation. Methods: The Youth Tobacco Collaborative Cessation panel evaluated youth tobacco cessation literature and convened meetings to reach consensus. Results: Methodological issues include design, recruitment and retention, follow-up,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Literature Reviews
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Resnick, Jaquelyn Liss – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2005
The purpose of this chapter is to review the status of evidence-based practice (EBP) for the treatment of students with eating disorders in university and college counseling centers. Several issues affecting the application of the research findings to service delivery for eating disordered students will be addressed. These include discussion of…
Descriptors: Eating Disorders, Counseling Techniques, College Students, Delivery Systems
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Tubman, Jonathan G.; Wagner, Eric F.; Langer, Lilly M. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2003
Adolescents with substance use problems were classified into four distinct and meaningful subgroups based on patterns of depressive symptoms and motives for drinking before sex (i.e., avoidance, enhancement and social motives) using cluster analysis. Data were collected in face-to-face interviews from 120 adolescents and young adults (87 men, 33…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Substance Abuse, Sexuality, Multivariate Analysis
Housman, Jeff; Dorman, Steve – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
This study is a systematic review of the Alameda County study findings and their importance in establishing a link between lifestyle and health outcomes. A systematic review of literature was performed and data indicating important links between lifestyle and health were synthesized. Although initial studies focused on the associations between…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Life Style, Living Standards, Social Indicators
Kwon, Harry T.; Wang, Min Qi; Valmidiano, Lillian L. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2005
Asian Americans are one of the fastest growing minority groups in the United States. This study examined the association between several common youth risk behaviors, including cigarette use among Asian American adolescents, using data (N=408) from the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The weighted univariate and multivariate logistic…
Descriptors: Health Education, Smoking, Marijuana, Drinking
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