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Mueller, Anna S.; Pearson, Jennifer; Muller, Chandra; Frank, Kenneth; Turner, Alyn – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010
Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and multi-level modeling, we examine the role of social comparison with schoolmates in adolescent girls' weight control. Specifically, we focus on how girls' own weight control is influenced by the body sizes and weight-control behaviors of their schoolmates. Our findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Self Concept, Peer Influence
Callahan, Rebecca; Wilkinson, Lindsey; Muller, Chandra; Frisco, Michelle – Educational Policy, 2009
In this study, the authors explore English as a Second Language (ESL) placement as a measure of how schools label and process immigrant students. Using propensity score matching and data from the Adolescent Health and Academic Achievement Study and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors estimate the effect of ESL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, English (Second Language), Student Placement
Crosby, Richard A.; Danner, Fred – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Estimates suggest that about 48% of nearly 19 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occurring annually in the United States are acquired by persons aged 15-24 years. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that adolescents' attitudes about protecting themselves from STDs predict their laboratory-confirmed…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Incidence, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior
Kreager, Derek A. – Social Forces, 2008
Assimilation theorists have long viewed inter-group romantic partnerships as indicators of racial equality. Although the past half-century has witnessed the erosion of anti-miscegenation laws and subsequent increases in the frequency of interracial marriages, these unions remain relatively infrequent. Low intermarriage rates may be partially…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Racial Relations, Dating (Social), Racial Differences
Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick; Crosnoe, Robert; Thaden, Lyssa L. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2006
A substantial literature documents a gender reversal in many aspects of social psychological functioning during adolescence, in which girls fall below boys in domains in which they once enjoyed advantages. This study elaborates upon recent research from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health suggesting that this phenomenon may occur…
Descriptors: Females, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology), Males
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