Who are truant youth? Examining distinctive profiles of truant youth using latent profile analysis

BR Maynard, CP Salas-Wright, MG Vaughn… - Journal of Youth and …, 2012 - Springer
The present study explored the heterogeneity of truant youth to provide a more nuanced
examination of the nature of adolescent truancy and examine distinct profiles of truant youth …

Developmental pathways linking externalizing symptoms, internalizing symptoms, and academic competence to adolescent substance use

MM Englund, J Siebenbruner - Journal of adolescence, 2012 - Elsevier
This study extends previous research investigating the developmental pathways predicting
adolescent alcohol and marijuana use by examining the cascading effects of externalizing …

Self-esteem and self-efficacy: Associations with alcohol consumption in a sample of adolescents in Northern Ireland

MT McKay, HR Sumnall, JC Cole… - … education, prevention and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have reported equivocal findings regarding the
association between self-esteem, self-efficacy and adolescent alcohol use. Data were …

[图书][B] Changing adolescence: Social trends and mental health

A Hagell - 2012 - books.google.com
The general well-being of British adolescents has been the topic of considerable debate in
recent years, but too often this is based on myth rather than fact. Are today's young people …

Prevalence and correlates for school truancy among pupils in grades 7-10: results from the 2004 Zambia Global School-based Health Survey

AS Muula, E Rudatsikira, O Babaniyi, P Songolo… - BMC Research …, 2012 - Springer
Background There are limited data on the prevalence and associated factors of truancy in
southern Africa. Yet truancy should attract the attention of public health professionals …

The relationship between alcohol use and peer pressure susceptibility, peer popularity and general conformity in Northern Irish school children

MT McKay, JC Cole - Drugs: education, prevention and policy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This cross-sectional study investigated the bivariate and more fully controlled (with socio-
demographic measures) relationship between self-reported drinking behaviour and peer …

[PDF][PDF] De sociale gevolgen van verslaving

A Hammink, M Altenburg… - Een state of the art studie …, 2012 - projecten.zonmw.nl
4.1 Inleiding 14 4.2 Het verband tussen middelengebruik en schooluitval 14 4.3 Groepen
met een verhoogd risico op schooluitval als gevolg van middelengebruik 16 4.4 Preventie …

[PDF][PDF] When the mean fails, use an M-estimator

B Cajal, E Gervilla, A Palmer - Anales de psicología, vol. 28, nº 1 …, 2012 - revistas.um.es
In the field of addictions on many occasions one has to work with quantitative variables, and
the arithmetic mean is the most used location index. Nevertheless, the use of this index …

음주환경이청소년의음주정도에미치는영향: 부모와의상호작용의조절효과를중심으로

김고은, 조남억 - 청소년학연구, 2012 - kiss.kstudy.com
본 연구는 후기 청소년을 대상으로 음주정도에 영향을 미치는 요인과 부모와의 상호작용의
조절효과를 파악하여 그에 대한 개입방안을 제시하는데 목적이 있다. 연구대상은 서울과 …

Cuando falle la media, utilice un M-estimador

B Cajal, E Gervilla, A Palmer - Anales de Psicología/Annals of …, 2012 - revistas.um.es
En el campo de las adicciones en muchas ocasiones se tiene que trabajar con variables
cuantitativas, siendo la media aritmética el índice de localización utilizado …