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Wiium, Nora; Wold, Bente – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
The aim of the present study was to simultaneously examine the effect of factors related to school, leisure, family and the individual on adolescent smoking. These determining factors occupy the micro- and mesosystems of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory. Data were collected using questionnaires from a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Smoking, Foreign Countries, Leisure Time, Adolescents
Ferguson, Gail M.; Hafen, Christopher A.; Laursen, Brett – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Actual-ideal discrepancies are associated with adolescent emotional distress and there is evidence that the size of discrepancies matters. However, the direction of discrepancies has not been examined, perhaps due to limitations of widely used self-discrepancy measures. Two hundred and twelve 7th, 9th and 11th grade students (59% female) in a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Friendship, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Ata, Rheanna N.; Ludden, Alison Bryant; Lally, Megan M. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
The current study expands upon body image research to examine how gender, self-esteem, social support, teasing, and family, friend, and media pressures relate to body image and eating-related attitudes and behaviors among male and female adolescents (N = 177). Results indicated that adolescents were dissatisfied with their current bodies: males…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Eating Disorders, Adolescents, Gender Differences
Gilman, Rich; Huebner, E. Scott; Tian, Lili; Park, Nansook; O'Byrne, Jenny; Schiff, Miriam; Sverko, Dina; Langknecht, Heather – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Although numerous cross-national studies have assessed life satisfaction among adults, similar studies using adolescent samples have been rare. To address this shortage of research, a total of 1338 youth adolescents from two individualistic nations (Ireland, USA) and two collectivistic nations (China, South Korea) were administered the…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Response Style (Tests), Adolescents, Cultural Differences
Turner, Heather A.; Finkelhor, David; Hamby, Sherry L.; Shattuck, Anne; Ormrod, Richard K. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Much of the existing research on the prevalence and consequences of peer victimization focuses on "bullying" at school, often omitting from consideration non-bullying types of peer victimization as well as events that occur outside of school. The purpose of this study was to examine past-year exposure to peer-perpetrated victimization,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Family Structure, Victims of Crime, Sample Size