Preventing socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviour in adolescents in Europe: background, design and methods of project TEENAGE

FJ Van Lenthe, I De Bourdeaudhuij, KI Klepp, N Lien… - BMC Public Health, 2009 - Springer
Background Higher prevalence rates of unhealthy behaviours among lower socioeconomic
groups contribute substantially to socioeconomic inequalities in health in adults. Preventing …

Social class privilege and adolescent women's perceived career options.

AS Lapour, MJ Heppner - Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
This qualitative study examined the perceived career options of 10 White adolescent young
women who experienced social class privilege in their families of origin. The model of …

An examination of the validity of the Family Affluence Scale II (FAS II) in a general adolescent population of Canada

B Boudreau, C Poulin - Social indicators research, 2009 - Springer
This study examined the performance of the FAS II in a general population of 17,545
students in grades 7, 9, 10 and 12 in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. The FAS II was …

Race, context, and privilege: White adolescents' explanations of racial-ethnic centrality

JM Grossman, L Charmaraman - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2009 - Springer
This mixed-methods exploratory study examined the diverse content and situated context of
White adolescents' racial-ethnic identities. The sample consisted of 781 9th–12th grade …

Parental occupation, family affluence and adolescent health behaviour in 28 countries

M Richter, CA Vereecken, W Boyce, L Maes… - International journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Objectives: We explored the association between socioeconomic position and four different
aspects of adolescent health behavior in a wide range of European countries, the US …

Sense of coherence and medicine use for headache among adolescents

V Koushede, BE Holstein - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between headache, sense of coherence (SOC),
and medicine use for headaches in a community-based sample of adolescents. METHODS …

Universal social competence promotion programme in school: Does it work for children with low socio-economic background?

I Holsen, AC Iversen, BH Smith - Advances in School Mental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study on which this paper reports was to examine the effects of a
universal social competence promotion programme on children from families characterised …

Intercoder-Reliabilität bei der Berufscodierung nach der ISCO-88 und Validität des sozioökonomischen Status

K Maaz, U Trautwein, C Gresch, O Lüdtke… - 2009 - publications.goettingen-research …
Indikatoren der sozialen Herkunft gehören seit jeher zu den Standardinstrumenten der
empirischen Bildungsforschung. Die Bildung valider Rangskalen und Kategoriensysteme …

Social inequality in adolescent daily smoking: has it changed over time?

M Rasmussen, P Due… - … journal of public …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and aim: In most northern European countries adolescent smoking is most
prevalent in lower social classes but there is little information about time trends in social …

[PDF][PDF] Association between the physical activity of Korean adolescents and socioeconomic status

IH Oh, GE Lee, CM Oh, KS Choi, BK Choe… - Journal of Preventive …, 2009 - koreascience.kr
Objectives: The physical activity of Korean adolescents and its distribution based on social
characteristics have not yet been fully assessed. This study intends to reveal the distribution …