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The Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Activity - Project Page
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Background This project will develop a working knowledge base about the use of new media (such as the Internet, social networking sites, cell phones, online video games, and MP3 players) among adolescents and the potential impact on their sexual activity. Publications
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Substance Abuse*
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David was looking forward to some Friday night fun. A starter on his high school basketball team, he had practiced hard every evening that week for the big game against a crosstown rival and still had to make time to study for his first period geometry test. After dinner with his family, he headed over to a party at the house of a schoolmate whose parents were out o
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Constructive Use of Time*
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Nick and Alex became fast friends after sitting next to each other in algebra class on the first day of ninth grade. Since then, they have eaten lunch together every day, chatting about their classes, sports, and their favorite video games.
What Challenges Are Boys Facing and What Opportunities Exist to Address those Challenges?
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Principal Investigator: JBS International Overview Many adolescent boys are doing well. They graduate from high school, stay out of trouble, and reach adulthood prepared for the world of work and the responsibilities of family. For young men like these, opportunities have never been greater.
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood
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Principal Investigators: Jennifer Macomber and Michael Pergamit The Urban Institute Background
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Initial Findings Brief
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This brief gathers and synthesizes statistics and research related to risks for boys across multiple domains, identifies successful interventions, and offers concrete suggestions for how caring community members can help support boys in their adolescence and as they transition to adulthood.
Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Educational Outcomes for Youth
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This research examines the effects of parental marital quality and the quality of the parent-child relationship on the educational progress of adolescents. Previous research indicates that family structure and economic capacity have significant effects on educational achievement and high school graduation rates.
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist To Address Those Challenges? Fact Sheet: Victimization and Mortality*
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Russell would usually cross the street when he saw those three guys. They didn’t live in his neighborhood, but he’d sometimes see them hanging around — just smoking or drinking. They weren’t always in school, but when they were, they usually bullied the younger kids and caused trouble.
Coming of Age: Employment Outcomes for Youth Who Age Out of Foster Care Through Their Middle Twenties
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Contents Key Findings Youth who age out of foster care continue to experience poor employment outcomes at age 24 Youth who age out of foster care tend to follow one of four employment trajectories as they transition to adulthood Positive outcomes at age 24
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Youth with Depression/Anxiety
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ASPE FACT SHEET Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Youth with Depression/Anxiety July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Second-Generation Latinos Connecting to School and Work
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ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood Second-Generation Latinos Connecting to School and Work July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood
Marital Quality and Outcomes for Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Family Process Literature
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The overall purpose of this report is to show how marital quality, strengths, and/or interpersonal protective factors work to enhance the probability that children will do better among families where strengths are higher. Additionally, we reviewed the research about parental marital quality and child outcomes and showed how those two constructs are connected.
What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges? Annotated Bibliography
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The Annotated Bibliography is the result of a comprehensive review of literature on the strengths and challenges that affect boys ages 10 through 18.
Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood: Young Men and Young Women
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ASPE FACT SHEET Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood Young Men and Young Women July 2009 This Research Brief is part of a larger project:Vulnerable Youth and the Transistion to Adulthood
HHS Fact Sheet: Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Programs
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: HHS Press Office August 29, 2007 (202) 690-6343 Report Released on the Impacts of the Heritage Keepers® Life Skills Education Component
Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting
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Contents Methodology and Research questions Key Findings Recommendations for Further Research Maternity group homes offer an innovative and intensive approach to addressing the needs of an extremely vulnerable population teenage mothers and their children who have no other
Relationship Strengths in Married Families: Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships, Data and Variable Codebook
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Principle Investigator: Elizabeth C. Hair, Child Trends Project Page: Relationship Strengths in Married Families
HHS Fact Sheet: Title V Abstinence Education Programs
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: HHS Press Office April 13, 2007 (202) 690-6343 Report Released on Four Title V Abstinence Education Programs