High School Youth Research Articles

The Importance of Islamic Education for The Mental Health of Youth in Using Social Media

The purpose of this study was to analyze how the behaviour of adolescents uses social media and to analyze whether there is a relationship between Islamic education and the mental health of adolescents in utilizing social media in Binjai Bakung Village, Deli Serdang Regency. This study uses a quantitative method with a research design cross-sectional. For the sampling technique use the technique of purposive sampling. The population in this study were all young men and women who attended the National Development Education Foundation (PEMNAS) Binjai Bakung, Pantai Labu District, Deli Serdang Regency; in the 2022/2023 school year. While the sample is taken from a population of as many as 240 people. The inclusion criteria in this study were junior high school, high school and vocational school youth who attended the PEMNAS, were willing to be respondents and were on the spot. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS (Statistical Program for Social Science) by testing the level of validity and reliability as well as conducting univariate tests and chi-square tests. Based on the results of statistical testing chi-square with-values0.248> 0.05. This means there is no relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health. This is because most teenagers prefer to access Islamic content as many as 84 people (35%) from 240 people, while teenagers who are interested in accessing entertainment content as many as 33 people (13.8%) from 240 people.

Sports-Related Concussions and Adverse Health Behaviors Among Middle and High School Students

Background: Concussions affect millions of youths in the United States each year, and there is concern about long-term health effects from this injury. Purpose: To examine the association between sports- or physical activity–related concussion and health risk behaviors among middle and high school students in 9 states. Study Design: Cross-sectional study; Level of evidence, 3. Methods: Data from the 2019 middle school and high school Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used for this analysis. Nine states were identified that included the same question on concussion and similar questions on health risk behaviors in their 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Students were asked to self-report whether they had ≥1 sports- or physical activity–related concussions during the 12 months preceding the survey. Self-reported concussion was the primary outcome of interest. Other variables included sex, race/ethnicity, played on a sports team, were physically active 5 or more days/week, ever tried cigarette smoking, ever used an electronic vapor product, academic grades, drank alcohol, were in a physical fight, seriously considered attempting suicide, made a suicide plan, and attempted suicide. Results: Among the 9 states, 18.2% of middle school students and 14.3% of high school students self-reported ≥1 sports- or physical activity–related concussions. Among both middle school and high school students, the prevalence of ≥1 sports- or physical activity–related concussions was higher among students who played on a sports team, were physically active 5 or more days per week, had ever tried cigarette smoking, had ever used an electronic vapor product, had seriously considered attempting suicide, had made a suicide plan, and had attempted suicide compared with those who had not engaged in those behaviors. The prevalence of sports- or physical activity–related concussion was consistently higher among middle school students than high school students across sex, race/ethnicity, and adverse health behaviors. Conclusion: Middle school students with a history of concussion warrant attention as an at-risk population for concussions and adverse health behaviors. Health care providers may consider screening students for adverse health behaviors during preparticipation examinations and concussion evaluations.

Diffusion effects of a sexual violence prevention program leveraging youth-adult partnerships.

The purpose of the current study was to examine the diffusion effects of a youth-led sexual violence prevention program (i.e., Youth Voices in Prevention [Youth VIP]). Specifically, social network analysis was used to measure the extent to which Youth VIP changed behaviors for 1172 middle and high school youth who did not attend program events but were friends with Youth VIP participants and completed the first and final survey (approximately 2 years apart). Findings suggest that there was considerable interpersonal communication about Youth VIP among the students generated by program participation. Specifically, youth with friends who participated in Youth VIP were more likely to report hearing their friends talk about Youth VIP and reported talking to their friends about Youth VIP compared with those not connected to Youth VIP participants. However, there were no diffusion effects found for behavioral outcomes (i.e., bystander intervention behavior, violence victimization, and perpetration). Given the mixed findings, further research is needed to determine the extent to which youth-led sexual violence prevention initiatives lead to changes in broader community-wide changes in youths' behaviors.

Pendidikan Seks Sebagai Pencegahan Perilaku Seksual Beresiko pada Remaja

Adolescence is an important period of life where there is a change from children to adults. Adolescence undergoes many changes such as physical, psychological, Â social and biological changes. Changes that occur in adolescents because of the active start and development of reproductive organ function. Until now, young people still face serious challenges that can destroy their future, namely risky sexual behavior such as premarital sex, prostitution and others that will increase the risk of teenage pregnancy, STD infection and HIV/AIDS. This can be caused by the lack of knowledge and behavior of adolescents caused by the lack of early sex education. The purpose of this activity is to provide health education on the prevention of dangerous behavior in adolescents. One of the efforts to overcome risky adolescent sex behavior is to increase information through the sex education program. This youth sex education is carried out boldly in the form of socialization on sexual risk behavior and its impacts targeting high school youth and university students in Sidoarjo, Surabaya, Mojokerto. and Gresik. After the implementation of health education activities, it was found that most of the people (94%) had good knowledge. This shows that health education about sex education in increasing public knowledge in preventing dangerous behavior in adolescents. The recommendation from this activity is that it is necessary to offer sex health education in an effort to prevent risky behavior in adolescents so that adolescent behavior will be positive so that it does not have unwanted impacts.

YOUTH AGAINST RELIGIOUS RADICALISM: AN INTRARELIGIOUS APPROACH IN KOMUNITAS SANTRI BATANG IN KABUPATEN BATANG, JAWA TENGAH

YOUTH AGAINST RELIGIOUS RADICALISM: AN INTRARELIGIOUS APPROACH IN KOMUNITAS SANTRI BATANG IN KABUPATEN BATANG, JAWA TENGAH

Trend of Academic Flow in Adolescence

Academic flow is one of the determining factors for the success of the learning process. This study aims to determine trends in academic flow before, during, and after the end of the pandemic. This study uses a literature review as a data collection tool. The results showed differences in the condition of academic flow in adolescents and factors that influenced both internal and external. During the pandemic, junior high school Adolescence academic flow tended to be at a moderate level, while high school Adolescence academic flow was at a low level. After the pandemic, conditions in junior high school youth tended to be at a low level. Internal factors that affect academic flow conditions are self-awareness, resilience, academic competence, intelligence categorization, religiosity, achievement motivation, self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. At the same time, external factors are social support, peer and teacher support, learning methods, and the environment. In increasing academic flow, anchor for flow can be an effective technique.

Comparison Between High School Youth and College Freshmen Toward Their Psychological Disorders Under the Influence of Sleep Hygiene During COVID-19 Pandemic.

Adolescents experience the critical period for physical and psychological growth. Few studies focus on the influence of sleep hygiene on the psychological health of adolescence aging from high school to freshmen year. Also, the influence from the COVID-19 pandemic has a public health significance. A total of 698 students from high schools and colleges were included in the manuscript, and a cross-sectional procedure was conducted, objective to make an epidemiological comparison of the social phobia/depression prevalence, and discuss the effects of potential determinants. Psychological problems including social phobia and depression were prevalent especially among the high school students, with the female gender showing higher possibilities. Current results also indicated that the association between sleep status and the occurrence of social phobia is most obvious among high school students, while relatively higher MMR risks was found both for high school students showing symptoms of social phobia and college freshmen with depressive symptoms. Moreover, the interaction between social phobia and depression was obvious for both populations. Psychological problems including social phobia symptoms and depression are more prevalent among the high school females when compared with their male and freshemen peers. Sgnificant influencial factors for the risk of psychological problems among 2 populations are different, but media multitasking status should be paid attention to for both.

The Bearable Lightness of Being LiNK: Anti-Aesthetic Banality and Student Humanitarianism Concerning North Korean Refugees

:This article considers the student humanitarianism of an undergraduate university chapter of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) toward a reconsideration of political aesthetics within the anthropology of humanitarian activity. Via what the organization describes as a “modern-day underground railroad,” LiNK aims to assist North Korean refugees within China in transiting to safer havens in third countries, from which they may in turn seek permanent settlement, usually in South Korea. In service to this purpose, it sponsors a network of chapters or “rescue teams” that mostly aim to enroll collegiate or high school youth in the United States and beyond for fundraising as well as parallel goals of advocacy and the building of “awareness.” Focusing on one such group, and drawing on other considerations of the domestic subjects of wide-ranging humanitarian activity, my ethnographic examination explores what I refer to as the “anti-aesthetic aesthetics” of student LiNK, its refusal of the aesthetics of empathy common within other humanitarian practice. Chapter members did not by and large practice the sympathetic magic of much humanitarianism, for instance through the performance of asceticism in homage to the suffering North Korean refugees endure or through the transmission of tokens of care. The overall tone of LiNK student activity was instead quite light, to the point of sometimes being ethnographically jarring. I argue that this affective lightness should not be overlooked or dismissed, for it helped to form an emotional and conceptual armature for student activists’ recognition of North Koreans fleeing the country as “just like” themselves, a recognition present also in the use and reception of LiNK media. Ultimately, this political imagination of similarity between LiNK students and their population of concern suggests a critique of the anthropological critique of humanitarian subjectivities as based on a foundational bifurcation of modes of human being.

Matrículas da educação especial na educação de jovens e adultos em municípios mineiros com baixo Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal (2007–2018)

ABSTRACT This article analyzes data from a survey on the tendency of enrollments in special education in youth and adult education in elementary, secondary, and high schools. The study included the systematization and problematization of data from 37 municipalities in Minas Gerais separated by their Municipal Human Development Indexes from 2007 to 2018. The information listed was based on the microdata of the Basic Education School Census, which were analyzed with the aid of the software IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The results indicate a higher incidence of students’ enrollments in the early years of elementary school and their narrowing down to high school. They also point out that students with intellectual disabilities have the highest number of enrollments in youth and adult education in these years. Specifically about the municipalities with low Municipal Human Development Index, the data show the non-universalization of youth and adult education and the displacement of students to special philanthropic institutions in other municipalities.

IMPACTOS DO TÊNIS DE MESA SOBRE A SAÚDE DE JOVENS ESTUDANTES

ABSTRACT Introduction By improving the material level of life, the amount of exercise of adolescents is decreasing, leading the muscular strength and cardiorespiratory resistance to also decrease instead of increase. Therefore, it is urgent to present effective training methods in physical education teaching to benefit adolescents’ quality of life. Objective Study the effect of table tennis training on musculature and cardiorespiratory endurance in young students. Methods 60 students from grade 7 of a high school were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The experiment lasted for 9 weeks. In this paper, intra-group comparisons and inter-group comparisons were used. Before the experiment and after 9 weeks of training, students had their biophysical indicators collected; these data were analyzed and statistically compared. Results Existing physical education training can overall improve students’ physical muscular and cardiopulmonary endurance. The results show that the current training is effective, but inferior to that experienced with table tennis, and should be adjusted. Conclusion In teaching high school youth, physical education teachers are advised to promote table tennis to promote the young student’s health. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

The Influence of Knowledge Management and Islamic Leadership on Organizational Decision Making for Middle School Muslim Youth Development

Islamic youth development and da'wah organizations frequently face constraints in the decision-making process, both those carried out in the secondary level education sector. This is caused by the low effectiveness of the knowledge sharing process carried out between members, the lack of direction and support from the leadership or strategy, and the low quality of information management are the main factors for failure in the knowledge management process in a work program as well as the overall activities of Islamic youth da'wah organizations. The lack of facilities in managing the historical activity track record has hampered the decision-making process in organizational knowledge. Misunderstandings and lack of knowledge also lead to the loss of ghirah (da'wah motivation) and ukhuwah (familial relationships) in Islamic youth da'wah organizations in the education sector. This study aims to prove how knowledge management activities carried out in a structured manner by da'wah organizations, which aim to guide Islamic youth in high school (SMA/K) and junior high school (SMP) can transform information into valuable assets in managing Islamic da'wah operations and decision making that need to be carried out by the organization in the long term based on the determining factors, including managing aspects of knowledge management and Islamic-based leadership character. The methods and data processing carried out in this study used a quantitative-confirmatory approach and used multiple linear regression analysis, through the distribution of questionnaires to members of the XYZ high school Muslim youth development organization in Bandung Regency. The results and conclusions of this study prove that there is a significant positive influence from the application of knowledge management carried out in a structured manner up to 47.1% and Islamic-based leadership abilities up to 41.9%, on the decision-making process of Muslim youth development organizations in secondary schools, as well as Islamic-based education in general.

Indigenous Knowledge: Revitalizing Everlasting Relationships between Alaska Natives and Sled Dogs to Promote Holistic Wellbeing.

Indigenous peoples have documented their culture's history in oral stories, revealing lessons about holistic relationships fostering perseverance. Despite vast differences in time, relationships and stories are equally important today. Athabascans retain their values, life skills, and wellness through cultural practices. Creating opportunities for youths to learn through reciprocal relationships increases wellness in Indigenous communities, highlighting the significance of community-developed programs that connect youths to their place and culture. Athabascan youths in rural Alaska get hands-on experience and Elder mentorship working with sled dogs in the Frank Attla Youth and Sled Dog Care-Mushing Program (FAYSDP). Through a community-based participatory research partnership with the community of Huslia and Jimmy Huntington School, we examined how FAYSDP affects youths, and how relationships within culture and land promote wellbeing. Fifteen middle and high-school youths shared their perspectives on how FAYSDP impacts them and their community using photovoice and digital storytelling. Nineteen adults contributed their perspectives in focus groups. We used emerging themes (inductive) and Athabascan cultural values and elements of social capital (deductive approaches) to analyze the qualitative data. Findings illustrate how FAYSDP promotes wellbeing by empowering youths to apply what they learn to generate their own knowledge, while centering communities around culturally significant practices such as dog mushing. It connects youths to their home and their cultural values, using dogs as the driving force to bridge generations and foster youth wellness. We discuss implications for community-based programs that engage Elders as teachers and the land as their classroom to promote youth holistic wellness.

4-H Summer of STEM: A Practical Approach to Increasing Workforce Readiness

4-H Summer of STEM is a workforce readiness program for high school youth. The goals of the program are to increase students’ interest in STEM careers, improve college and workforce readiness, and connect youth to businesses and industries in the local community. Selected youth receive hands-on development of workforce readiness skills, are paired with a STEM mentor for job shadowing, and participate in college campus visits. Preliminary findings show that participants reported having a positive relationship between participation in 4-H youth development programs and career skills. This article introduces the 4-H Summer of STEM and offers suggestions for implementation.

POLA MENSTRUASI REMAJA SMAN X KAMPAR KIRI TENGAH

Menstruation is a physiological change in a woman's body that occurs periodically and is influenced by reproductive hormones. This period is important in reproduction. Ideally, the menstrual cycle should be regular every month with a span of 28-35 days for each menstrual period. Menstrual cycle is said to be abnormal if < 28 days and > 35 days . This study aims to describe menstrual patterns in high school adolescents. This type of research is quantitative with a descriptive research design. The population of this research is high school youth, by cluster sampling. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The results of this study showed that the majority of adolescents in SMA N X Kampar Kiri Tengah experienced normal menstrual patterns, namely 104 respondents (62%), and abnormal menstrual patterns, namely 64 respondents (38%). Suggestion: The results of this study can be useful for the community, especially students of SMA N X Kampar Kiri Tengah to know the importance of menstrual patterns, so that it can be an early anticipation to prevent menstrual pattern disorders in adolescent students of SMA X Kampar Kiri Tengah

The Education Process of Children with Imprisoned Parents After the July 15, 2016 Coup Attempt in Turkey

This article explores the educational processes of the high-school youth and higher education youth of parents who were imprisoned following the coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016. Data was collected from parents who are involved in their children's education and who have been subjected to political persecution. The research is focused on educational processes with respect to students' academic success, psychological problems, and changes to moral and universal values, all from the point of view of the parents. The main conclusions seem to be that the majority of students whose parents were imprisoned had to change their schools, their academic success decreased, the students who continued their higher education were prolonged or had to leave their schools, and the majority of them did not have serious psychological problems. Finally, the sense of injustice they felt when their parents were arrested, students seem to question universal and moral values.

Wychowawczy udział rodziny w kształtowaniu motywacji altruistycznej młodzieży. komunikat z badań

Introduction: The problem of the educational participation of the family in the formation of altruistic motivation has a broad pedagogical context. The dissertation was written at the interface between family pedagogy and educational theory. Research Aim: The main objective of the research was to find answers to the question of the relationship between family upbringing and the nature of motivation for altruism among high school youth. This article compares two groups of young people with different altruistic (endocentric and exocentric) motivations with regard to selected factors. Method: In the empirical studies presented, a diagnostic survey method was used. The following tools were used to obtain detailed answers to the research questions asked: A-N questionnaire, Karyłowski’s KEEM questionnaire, RVS Milton Rokeach Value Scale version G adapted by Brzozowski and self-made survey. Results: Analysis of the results of her own research revealed a correlation between selected factors of family upbringing and the type of motivation of young people towards altruism. It turned out that there are statistically significant differences in the value system depending on the endocentric or exocentric motivation. Detailed analyses have shown a statistically significant correlation between the adaptive function of the father’s upbringing and the endocentric motivation for altruism. Conclusion: The research results obtained and the attempt to interpret them provide an opportunity to formulate suggestions to facilitate the education and motivation of altruistic young people, addressed to parents and teachers.

A cross-sectional examination of sexual victimization and heavy episodic drinking among high school students

Sexual victimization is an important risk factor for problematic alcohol use across the lifespan. Heavy episodic drinking (HED) among high school students is associated with numerous negative physical, psychological, and academic outcomes. Whereas previous research has examined the association between a history of sexual victimization and HED in young adult and adult samples, far less research is focused on high school youth. Accordingly, the present study aims to determine the association between history of sexual victimization and HED among high school students (N = 1,844), in the context of individual (i.e., gender, sexual orientation), peer- (i.e., perceived peer norms), and community-level factors (i.e., school connectedness). Binomial logistic regression analysis showed that among girls, lifetime history of sexual victimization, peer engagement in violence, and perceived peer support for violence were positively associated with HED and school connectedness was negatively associated with HED. Among boys, whereas perceived peer support for violence was positively associated with HED, school connectedness was negatively associated with HED. Self-identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual was not associated with HED for girls or boys. Findings elucidate the importance of addressing sexual victimization, perceptions of school connectedness, and perceptions of peer support for violence in the context of substance use prevention programs for youth.

The Study of Ecological Behavior of Youth in High School X in Jakarta

The study of ecological behavior becomes urgent when dealing with the issue of climate change which is increasingly worrying. The discussion of ecological behavior among teenagers is important because they are the main actors in the progress and maintenance of the natural environment. This study aims to examine the ecological behavior of adolescents in a high school X in Jakarta as a metropolitan city that requires ecological behavior to maintain a better survival. Ecological behavior is individual behavior that contributes to the maintenance of the natural environment. Using qualitative method with data collection techniques through structured interviews and observations, this study seeks to explore the experiences of adolescents in caring for and maintaining their living environment. Behavior, of course, begins with the correct perception and awareness of the environment. The research is expected to be able to find and offer an effective formula in building the ecological awareness of young people for the advancement of sustainable development. The results of the study show that to build ecological behavior among young people, it is necessary to have adequate awareness and understanding of the various ethical theories that underlie such ecological behavior. With this understanding, it is hoped that teenagers will be more motivated to behave in an ecological manner starting from the surrounding environment.

“At School, It's a Completely Different World”: African Immigrant Youth Agency and Negotiation of Their Adaptation Processes in US Urban Schools

African immigrant youth adaptation processes in US schools remain under-researched. Using qualitative case study, this article examines West African immigrant middle- and high-school youth adaptation experiences in US urban schools. Findings show that racialized experiences, English proficiency levels, and multilingualism affected social relationships (both supportive and conflicted) with families, communities, peers, and school contexts. These experiences crucially influenced African immigrant youths’ adaptation processes. Participants drew from community resources and developed resilience skills to negotiate acculturative stressors when seeking friendship, belonging, and an integrated sense of identity in their new home. Recommendations for further supporting positive adaptive strategies are discussed.

Formative research to develop an app to prevent dating and sexual violence and alcohol use among high school youth.

The purpose of this study was to conduct formative research to inform the development of an app, that would simultaneously engage youth and adults, to prevent dating and sexual violence (DSV) and alcohol use (AU).Participants (N = 56) were high school students, parents/guardians, and professionals (e.g., school personnel) from across the United States who participated in online focus groups. Overall, participants had positive perceptions of the utility, helpfulness, and effectiveness of an app to prevent DSV and AU among high school students. Participants provided in depth information about both the content (e.g., local rates of DSV and AU) and features (e.g., skills-based, inclusion of incentives, help button) that the app should include.These preliminary data suggest that future research to develop and pilot an app for both youth and adults to prevent DSV and AU among high school students is warranted.