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Factors Influencing Attitudes toward Sexual Activity among Early Adolescents in Japan
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Nagamatsu, Miyuki; Yamawaki, Niwako; Sato, Takeshi; Nakagawa, Aki; Saito, Hisako – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing attitudes toward sexual activity among early adolescents in Japan. A total of 1,551 students aged 12 to 14 years at 4 junior high schools were divided into either a conservative or liberal group. Results of chi-square tests showed that the liberal group had higher percentages of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Attitude Measures, Early Adolescents
Social Goal Orientations, Interpersonal Stress, and Depressive Symptoms among Early Adolescents in Japan: A Test of the Diathesis-Stress Model Using the Trichotomous Framework of Social Goal Orientations
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Kuroda, Yuji; Sakurai, Shigeo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
This longitudinal study investigated whether depression among early adolescents (aged 12-14 years, N = 116; 65 girls) can be predicted by interactions between social goal orientations and interpersonal stress. Based on Kuroda and Sakurai (2001), this study applied Elliot and Harackiewicz's (1996) trichotomous framework of achievement goals to…
Descriptors: Socialization, Achievement Need, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Feelings of Optimism and Pessimism in Japanese Students' Transition to Junior High School.
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Koizumi, Reizo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
Generalized future expectancies of personal life success (optimism) and failure (pessimism) were examined in a cross-sectional study, with Japanese fifth- through ninth-grade students (n=584). Average optimism scores were lower and average pessimism scores were higher after the transition to junior high school. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Competitive and Cooperative Attitudes: A Longitudinal Survey of Japanese Adolescents.
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Shwalb, David W.; And Others – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1995
Nearly 700 junior and senior high school students in Japan were asked to rate 24 cooperative and competitive behaviors in terms of personal importance during 3 consecutive academic years. Factor analysis of the ratings revealed one general cooperation factor and three competition factors (nonacademic, academic, and group centered). The results are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Competition, Cooperation, Cultural Influences