Adult and Middle School Girls' Perceptions of Risk-Taking Behavior: Implications for School Practitioners

Autor/inn/en	Solomon, Brett Johnson; Garibaldi, Mark
Titel	Adult and Middle School Girls' Perceptions of Risk-Taking Behavior: Implications for School Practitioners
Quelle	In: Journal of At-Risk Issues, 17 (2013) 2, S.11-22 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1098-1608
Schlagwörter	Middle School Students; Risk; Females; Educational Strategies; Substance Abuse; Social Networks; Delinquency; Questionnaires; After School Programs; Counselor Attitudes; Social Work; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Content Analysis; Coding; Student Needs; Mixed Methods Research; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Risiko; Weibliches Geschlecht; Lehrstrategie; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Kriminalität; Fragebogen; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Soziale Arbeit; Lehrerverhalten; Inhaltsanalyse; Codierung; Programmierung; Kalifornien
Abstract	There is an overwhelming disconnect between young adolescent girls and adults, in relationship to perceptions of middle schoolgirl risk taking. This mixed-methods study investigates the differences between adult practitioners and middle school girls' perceptions of risk taking, understanding of consequences, and needs among middle school girls. Understanding such cohort differences is critical to providing adult practitioners with a blueprint for best supporting middle school girls. Four-hundred and nine middle school girls, and 226 adult practitioners, who worked with middle school girls in a variety of contexts, anonymously responded to five open-ended questions relating to their risk taking, understanding of consequences, and needs. The results highlight an overwhelming disconnect between the two cohorts. Most significantly, the findings reveal the risks and needs that are salient to middle schoolgirls and underscoring the misinterpretation of their risk taking and needs among adult practitioners. Implications for school practitioners are discussed including strategies for effectively connecting with middle school girls. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Dropout Prevention Center/Network. Clemson University, 209 Martin Street, Clemson, SC 29631. Tel: 864-56-599; Fax: 864-656-0136; e-mail: ndpc@clemson.edu; Web site: http://www.dropoutprevention.org/ndpcdefault.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10