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Alcohol Use And Emotion Dysregulation In Adolescence, Shelby King
Alcohol Use And Emotion Dysregulation In Adolescence, Shelby King
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Underage drinking is a serious public health concern with magnified physical and psychological risks for adolescents. Consequences can include impaired judgement, increased risk for alcohol problems later in life, increased risk of physical and sexual assault, interference with brain development, injuries, and death (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2021). In a 2019 survey, 29% of high school students reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). Given the high rates of use and adverse effects associated with adolescent substance use, research on risk factors related to alcohol use among this age …
Challenging Girlhood, Mary Ann Harlan
Challenging Girlhood, Mary Ann Harlan
School of Information Student Research Journal
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Developing A School Functioning Index For Middle Schools, Amanda Birnbaum, Leslie A. Lytle, Cheryl L. Perry, David Murray, Mary Story
Developing A School Functioning Index For Middle Schools, Amanda Birnbaum, Leslie A. Lytle, Cheryl L. Perry, David Murray, Mary Story
Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works
Despite widespread recognition of schools' role in the healthy development of youth, surprisingly little research has examined the relationships between schools' overall functioning and the health‐related behavior of students. School functioning could become an important predictor of students' health‐related behavior and may be amenable to intervention. This paper describes the development and testing of the School Functioning Index (SFI) as a first step in investigating this question. The index was developed for use with middle schools and conceived as a predictor of students' violent behavior, with the potential for extending research applications to additional health and social behaviors. Using social …
Facts And Feelings Series For Teens, Unknown Unknown
Facts And Feelings Series For Teens, Unknown Unknown
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Series developed for teens on how to deal with common issues that they face.