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Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

2020

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Youth-At Risk Behaviors Within The School System In Trinidad And Tobago, Se-Anne Chance May 2020

Youth-At Risk Behaviors Within The School System In Trinidad And Tobago, Se-Anne Chance

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate how the interplay of risk and protective factors within the home, school, and individual domains may influence problem behaviors in youth ages 12 to 19 years. Moreover, this research was one of the most recent studies in Trinidad and Tobago that focused primarily on school risk and protective factors. It aimed to examine how school, family, and individual characteristics may shape adolescents’ substance-using, violent, and antisocial behaviors. This relationship was analyzed using the measures of the Community that Cares or CTC instrument. Notably, within relevant literature, it was revealed that teenage behavior …