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The conceptualization and communication of risk among rural appalachian adolescents.
This study uses a meta-theoretical perspective for examining risk perceptions and behavior in the rural Appalachian cultural context, an area that remains largely unexplored. The authors conducted in-depth interviews with 113 rural adolescents to describe how youth conceptualize risk and how risk is communicated in the rural environment. Analyses revealed adolescents viewed behavior as risky wh...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: education policy analysis archives
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1068-2341
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.v8n17.2000