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Ilakkuvan, Vinu; Reubenstein, Rebecca; Xiao, Haijun; Rath, Jessica – Health Education & Behavior, 2017
The purpose of this study is to understand differences in demographics, frequency of tobacco use, and tobacco-related attitudes between youth/young adults who carry tobacco products and those who do not. Carrying tobacco is hypothesized to affect individuals' smoker identity and thereby their tobacco-related attitudes. Carriers are an influential…
Descriptors: Music Activities, Adolescents, Smoking, Classification
McMullan, John L.; Miller, Delthia E.; Perrier, David C. – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2012
This study contributes to the emerging literature on commercial advertising and youth gambling by exploring adolescent's exposure to and perceptions of gambling advertisements. We analyzed a sample of 50 youth in six focus groups between the ages of 13 and 18 to examine the process by which youth perceived, received or rejected the form and…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Youth, Advertising, Social Distance
Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 1983
Descriptions of several programs of the Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc. (Charleston, West Virginia) are presented. Included in this document are: (1) a description of the Shawnee Hills Day Training Center, a cooperative program of Shawnee Hills and several county school boards for severely/profoundly impaired…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Daily Living Skills
Macklin, M. Carole, Ed.; Carlson, Les, Ed. – 1999
This book presents cutting-edge research designed to stimulate and inform the debate over advertising to the children's market and the effects such advertising has on children. Perspectives are organized in sections to address what children know and think about advertising, how advertising works with children, and what issues are at the forefront…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Clay, Daniel; Vignoles, Vivian L.; Dittmar, Helga – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2005
In Western cultures, girls' self-esteem declines substantially during middle adolescence, with changes in body image proposed as a possible explanation. Body image develops in the context of sociocultural factors, such as unrealistic media images of female beauty. In a study of 136 U.K. girls aged 11-16, experimental exposure to either ultra-thin…
Descriptors: Females, Body Composition, Structural Equation Models, Self Concept
Parrish, Berta; Atwood, Karen – 1984
With the rise in popularity of teen romantic fiction, many teachers wonder about the nature of such books and whether they should be used in the reading program. Most of the teen romantic fiction is written to a well-defined formula, based on guidelines from the publishers and on high-interest low-vocabulary literature. Characteristics with the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Fiction, High Schools
Owen, Melissa; Wright, Paul – 1994
Howe-To Industries is an intergenerational entrepreneurship project at the John de la Howe School, a state-supported institution for at-risk youth in rural McCormick County, South Carolina. Expansion of this type of program into public schools could engage the community and school system in a mutually beneficial relationship. John de la Howe…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, High Risk Students