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    A study of body image, its relationship to self-concept, anxiety and certain social and physical variables in a selected group of Jamaican adolescents
    (1967) Miller, Errol L.;
    This study sought to: 1) investigate the effect, if any, of physical and physiological development on self-concept on the whole, and body image in particular, during early adolescence; 2) investigate the effect of social class, colour, and other related social variables on body image, self-concept, and anxiety; 3) test certain assumptions based on theoretical considerations, and which have been tested in other societies; and 4) investigate the relationship between anxiety and all the other variables. A number of instruments were developed to collect data from a sample of 987 subjects between the ages of 11- to 14-years-old from three junior secondary and four grant-aided secondary schools in Jamaica. Results of the data analysis revealed that: 1) the actual heights and weights of boys were significantly related to anxiety while this was not so with girls, which seemed to suggest that body size was more important to boys than to girls; it also appeared that small size was a threat to self-esteem among boys; 2) the relationship between body image and self-concept, and between body image and anxiety increased with age; 3) the way in which an individual rated himself in self-concept and body image, and also the degree of manifest anxiety he expressed, were related to the individual's position in the colour/class system; this relationship appeared to be more important among girls than boys, and also appeared to increase with age; and 4) body image was a more important category of the self structure of girls than of boys, and girls were more vulnerable to social factors than boys
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    Barbadian adolescents' knowledge of, and attitudes toward, drugs: An exploratory study
    (Sep-Oct., 1986) Payne, Monica Anne;
    A questionnaire examining drug attitudes and use was completed by 414 Barbadian secondary school students. Self-reports indicated approximately 70 percent had tried alcohol; 30 percent had smoked tobacco; and 9 percent had tried marijuana. Only one had used heroin and none had tried cocaine. The great majority of students thought it important to be well informed about drugs, and that their government was not doing enough to provide the necessary education or to halt the cultivation and importation of illegal substances. Findings are discussed with reference to public and media concern about drug abuse in the Caribbean
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    Body image, physical beauty and colour among Jamaican adolescents
    (Mar. 1969) Miller, Errol L.;
    This investigation examined the way in which a group of urban Jamaican adolescents perceived their bodies and conceived of physical beauty in relation to their actual skin colour. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 475 secondary school students from three secondary schools--two high schools and one junior secondary--in the Corporate Area of Kingston, in the 11-15 year age range. Results of the data analysis showed that: 1) a common concept of beauty--masculine and feminine--appeared to be shared by all the subjects of the different colour groups; 2) no preference was found for white skin colour, however, subjects of all colour groups expressed preference and positive cathexis for typical Caucasian features; 3) subjects' cathexis of their body image is determined by the closeness of their actual body features to the Caucasian stereotype generally accepted as their ideal; and 4) the most important features of the body image are of two types, those most obviously affected by growth, the developmental features--hands, legs, toes, feet--and those of social significance, the racial features--hair, nose, colour, and eyes
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    Extract from a study of self-concept of adolescents attending public schools in Trinidad/Tobago
    (St. Francis Xavier University, 1973) Ashby, M. Aloysius, Sister;
    This study attempted to analyse the self-concept of adolescents attending public secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago. The subjects were 242 adolescents aged 15 (120 boys and 122 girls) from seven schools--three co-educational (142 students) and four single-sex (100 students)--located in three geographical areas, each with distinct economic and sociological characteristics. The instrument used was the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. The results showed that the adolescents attending single-sex schools had a more positive self-concept than those attending co-educational schools. In both types of schools, large numbers of adolescents gave evidence of low or negative self-concept. Boys showed more signs of deviancy than girls
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    Meeting adolescent development and participation rights: The findings of five research studies on adolescents in Jamaica
    (United Nations Population Fund, 2002) UNICEF
    In an initiative to begin moving adolescents into the mainstream of decision-making, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) commissioned a set of studies in 2021 to explore questions that impact on adolescent participation and development in Jamaica. This volume contains the findings of the five research studies: 1) Promoting Adolescent Participation in Jamaica, 2) Legal and Policy Environment Affecting Adolescents in Jamaica, 3) Living Environment of and Social Supports for Adolescents in Jamaica, 4) Factors that Shape the Initiation of Early Sexual Activity among Adolescent Boys and Girls, and 5) Adolescent and Violence in Jamaica.
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    The preventive cure
    (Jan. 1965) Hahn, Kurt;
    This paper identifies four elements of a "preventive cure" for satisfying the creative instinct of adolescents and, therefore, forestalling sexual impulses from monopolizing emotional energy
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    The utmost for the highest: A study of adolescent aspirations in Dominica, West Indies
    (1971) Justus, Joyce Bennett;
    This study focused on the importance of education for the individual citizen, the purposes it fills, and the social and economic needs it satisfies. It was mainly concerned with aspirations, the relevant factors involved in shaping them, and the relationships between these factors and their combined effectiveness as predictors of aspirations or expectations. Questionnaires were administered to 245 adolescents chosen to represent their age cohorts as the apex of the primary and secondary school system. It was found that aspirations were more likely to be influenced by the expectations of parents than any other variable. Respondents generally viewed their parents as having high academic and occupational aspirations for them, and there was a strong positive correlation between what was perceived to be parents' aspirations and the respondents' own aspirations. On the other hand, expectations were highly correlated with academic performance and availability of jobs in the environment. Socio-economic variables such as father's occupation, parent's education, and the like did not contribute much to the explanations of aspirations or expectations. It was also found that, in general, Dominican adolescents had a fairly accurate assessment of the value of their education in terms of its concrete rewards, but that the prestige function of education, and the role of education in social and economic stratification and parental aspirations continued to result in aspirations far above and beyond the respondents' expectations
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    West Indian teachers', parents', and students' attitudes toward adolescent behavior problems
    (Spring 1986) Payne, Monica Anne;
    Attitudes towards adolescent behaviour problems were surveyed using sample of teachers, parents, and secondary school students in Barbados. The study rated 52 behaviours for their impact on students' school and general social adjustment. Results revealed high positive correlations between groups in terms of ranked positions of problems, and also between rankings of problems of both boys and girls. However, parents rated the majority of problems higher (more serious) than did teachers, while adults generally awarded higher ratings than did male students, especially for conduct problems. Female students' responses were highly similar to those of adults, except in respect of heterosexual activity, which they rated more serious in boys, while most adults rated it more serious in girls. Implications for discipline and guidance are considered