scholarly journals The Analysis of Gender Differences among Extrinsic Motivation, Reading Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Students’Perception of Instructional Strategies and Korean Achievement of Middle School Students

2012 ◽  
Vol null (45) ◽  
pp. 547-584
Author(s):  
JooYoungJu ◽  
Lee, So-young ◽  
SUHHYUK
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Reading Attitudes ◽  
School Students

Gender Differences in Health Risk Behaviors and Physical Activity Among Middle School Students

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsu-Yin Wu ◽  
Sherry E. Rose ◽  
Joanna M. Bancroft
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
School Students

Adolescence is a period of accelerated growth and change, bridging the complex transition from childhood to adulthood. This period offers adolescents an opportunity to begin planning for their futures and to adopt healthy attitudes about risk behaviors that can continue into adulthood, thus setting the stage for a lifetime of desirable health behaviors. This study used the Youth Risk Behavior Survey on middle school students and examined the gender differences of health risk behaviors among 674 8th-graders from an urban setting. The results showed that males were more likely to be involved in fights, to initiate alcohol use, and to participate in physical activity; whereas females were more likely to try to lose weight with unhealthy practices, such as fasting and laxatives. School nurses are in a prime position to promote adolescent health in the school setting by providing health-related services and teaching to help students initiate and maintain healthy lifestyles.

The Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on Scientific and Artistic Creativity among Middle School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukang Xue ◽  
Chuanhua Gu ◽  
Jingjing Wu ◽  
David Yun Dai ◽  
Xiaolin Mu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Artistic Creativity

Gender Differences in Dating Aggression and Victimization Among Low-Income, Urban Middle School Students

Partner Abuse ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Cascardi ◽  
Sarah Avery-Leaf
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Physical Restraint ◽  
Injury Rate ◽  
Developmental Phase ◽  
Dating Aggression ◽  
School Students ◽  
Urban Middle School

Emerging research on dating aggression in early adolescence suggests that it occurs as early as 6th grade. However, our understanding of dating aggression during this developmental phase remains limited. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine gender differences in various potentially harmful dating behaviors, including physical and psychological dating aggression and victimization as well as jealous, controlling, and monitoring behaviors in a low-income, urban sample of middle school students (N = 3,174). Approximately 40% of youth reported physical dating aggression as a perpetrator or victim. Girls endorsed all forms of physical aggression at a higher rate than boys with one exception: physical restraint. Regarding physical dating victimization, boys reported higher rates of having been slapped; scratched; or kicked, bit, or hit than did girls. There were no statistically significant gender differences in the frequency of injury to self (6% of boys, 2% of girls) or partner (4% of boys and 5% of girls injured a partner). Although the overall injury rate was low, it was not inconsequential. Regarding other potentially harmful behaviors, girls and boys reported jealous accusations, monitoring and spiteful verbal and nonverbal retaliation with the highest frequency. Although, the vast majority of dating aggression was characterized as “just playing around,” many youth demanded apologies and a substantial minority broke up as a result of dating aggression. Of note, boys were significantly more likely to “do nothing” in response to dating aggression compared to girls. Results highlight the complex, variable meaning of aggression, jealousy, and control in early adolescent dating relationships.

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