The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study

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2021

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Elsevier

Abstract

This paper used data from the Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) to provide a descriptive analysis of how early adolescents’ social environments vary by sex across diverse cultural settings.The analyses were based on baseline data among 10e14-year old adolescents living in disadvantaged urban areas in seven sites: Kinshasa (DRC), Shanghai (China), Cuenca (Ecuador), Lampung, Semarang and Denpasar (Indonesia), and Flanders (Belgium). Except in Kinshasa where face-to face interviews were used, data were collected using self-administered surveys on mobile tablets. Social environments were measured by examining factors within five main domains, including the household and family, school, peers, neighborhoods, and the media. Site-specific descriptive analyses were performed, using Chi square tests and Student T-tests to identify sex differences in each site.

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Early adolescence, Family influences, Media influences, School and peer factors, Neighborhood factors

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Mmari, K. et al. (2021). The social context of early adolescents in the global early adolescent study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(1), S5–S15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.01.024