Potential Protective Effect of the Community Involvement Asset on Adolescent Risk Behaviors
| Autor: | Roy F. Oman, Eleni L. Tolma, Cheryl B. Aspy, Janene Fluhr, Sharon Rodine, Sara K. Vesely, LaDonna Marshall |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
community involvement youth assets Adolescent risk behaviors Population Protective factor Community service youth risk behaviors youth development lcsh:LB5-3640 Sexual intercourse lcsh:Theory and practice of education community service Developmental and Educational Psychology Asset (economics) Life-span and Life-course Studies Positive Youth Development Psychology education Social psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Youth Development, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 41-53 (2006) |
| ISSN: | 2325-4017 |
| Popis: | The potential of Community Involvement as a protective factor (youth asset) for eight adolescent risk behaviors was examined in this study. Cross-sectional data were collected from a randomly-selected population using in-home, in-person interviews in racially diverse inner-city neighborhoods of two Midwestern cities. Research participants were teenagers (n=1,278) and parents of the teenagers (n=1,278). Data included demographic variables; eight adolescent risk behaviors, including sexual activity, violence and the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs. This study found youth with the Community Involvement asset were significantly (p |
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