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Vest, Andrea E.; Simpkins, Sandra D. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Little is known about how adolescents' peer relations might alter whether sport participation is associated with alcohol use. Consistent with social learning theory, we found that sport participation was protective against alcohol use if these peers had low alcohol use, but athletes were likely to use alcohol if their sport friends and teammates…
Descriptors: Drinking, Team Sports, Risk, Health Behavior
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Simpkins, Sandra D.; Davis-Kean, Pamela E. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
This chapter addresses how critical choices in the math and science pipeline can be traced back to adolescents' self-concepts of abilities and values at the beginning of high school. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Values, High School Students
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Winston, Cynthia E.; Rice, David Wall; Bradshaw, Brandi J.; Lloyd, Derek; Harris, Lasana T.; Burford, Tanisha I.; Clodimir, Gerard; Kizzie, Karmen; Carothers, Kristin Joy; McClair, Vetisha; Burrell, Jennifer – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2004
Narrative theories of personality help elucidate the complexity of success. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Personality, Adolescents, Science Achievement, African American Students