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Kabakci, Omer Faruk – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The purpose of the present study is to determine if high school students' character strengths composed of twenty-four different strengths, virtues including six dimensions and demographic characteristics predict risky behaviors. The participants of the study were 380 students aged between 14-19 years and enrolled in general high schools. The data…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, High School Students, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Rao, D. Raghunatha; Vijayapushpam, T.; Rao, N. Amulya; Dube, Anilkumar; Venkaiah, K. – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2016
Purpose: Consumption of right diet during the adolescent phase is a critical issue among the adolescent population as their eating behavior is significantly influenced by the peers. Therefore, a study was carried out to educate the school-going adolescent girls living in urban slums of Hyderabad, Telangana, India on right nutrition. Methods: The…
Descriptors: Dietetics, Adolescents, Females, Urban Areas
Smith, Laureen H.; Petosa, Rick L.; Sexton, Courtney – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Appalachian youth are highconsumers of added dietary sugar and are very sedentary. "Mentoring to be Active" trains teens to deliver a theoretically based program to promote home-based physical activity (PA) and reduce dietary sugar among rural Appalachian youth. For this pre-test/post-test pilot study, 52 seventh graders from two…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Mentors, Adolescents, Peer Teaching
Zarrett, Nicole; Veliz, Phillip – Women's Sports Foundation, 2021
This report is an extension of the 2018 report, "Teen Sport in America: Why Participation Matters Report" which set out to identify the health, academic, and psychological benefits that teen girls obtain on a sport-by-sport basis. The original 2018 Teen Sport report provided evidence of the important role that sports can play in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Athletics, Participation
Elias, Marilyn – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
In one recent national survey of teenagers who had been in relationships, 29% reported experiencing sexual or physical abuse or receiving threats of physical violence from partners. About 10% in grades 9 to 12 consistently say they've been physically hurt on purpose by a dating partner during the past year, according to the ongoing Centers for…
Descriptors: Violence, Females, Prevention, Eating Disorders
Western, Inger M.; Skårdal, Madelene; Ask, Anne M. S.; Øverby, Nina C. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2017
This study examined the association between dietary habits and behavioural problems at school among adolescents in Norway. Participants in this study included 517 adolescents and 336 of their parents. Students attended schools in the south of Norway, where the study was conducted. In 2012, adolescents completed a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Behavior Problems, Dietetics, Adolescents
Relationships between Youth Sport Participation and Selected Health Risk Behaviors from 1999 to 2007
Taliaferro, Lindsay A.; Rienzo, Barbara A.; Donovan, Kristine A. – Journal of School Health, 2010
Background: How adolescents spend their out-of-school time represents one of the most important factors for predicting positive youth development. Sport participation relates to many beneficial outcomes. However, current economic conditions threaten high school sport programs around the United States. This investigation examined relationships by…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Physical Activities, Health Behavior, Adolescents
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2017
This report is a compendium of indicators about our Nation's young people. The report, the 20th produced by the Forum, presents 41 key indicators on important aspects of children's lives. These indicators are drawn from the most reliable Federal statistics, are easily understood by broad audiences, are objectively based on substantial research,…
Descriptors: Well Being, Child Health, Family Environment, Social Environment