TOPIC: Youth Culture & Subgroups

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Center Developed Resources and Tools

Policy & Program Reports & Briefs
• Youth Risk Taking Behavior: The Role of Schools
• Youth Gangs and Schools
• A Look at Gaming Culture and Gaming Related Problems: From a Gamer’s Perspective

Policy & Program Reports & Briefs
• Bullying

A Series of Information Resources on Youth Subcultures: Understanding Subgroups to Better Address Barriers to Learning & Improve Schools
• What is Youth Culture? A Brief Introduction
• Glossary of Terms Related to Youth Culture Subgroups
• Youth Subcultures: Annotated Bibliography and Related References
• About Youth Gangs
• About the Goth Youth Subculture
• About Hip Hop Youth Subculture
• About "Loners" and "Losers"
• About Jocks as a Youth Subculture
• About Emo Youth Subculture
• About Surfing and Skateboarding Youth Subcultures
• About the Cheerleading Youth Subculture
• About “Mean Girls” as a Youth Culture Subgroup
• About “Nerds” and “Geeks” as an Identified Subculture
• About "Preppies" as a Youth Culture Subgroup
• About Sexual Minority (LGBT) Youth Subculture
• Youth and Socially Interactive Technologies
• About Raves as a Youth Culture Phenomenon

Information Resources
• About Promoting Youth Development in Schools
• About Homeless Youth
• About Pressures on Affluent Students Related to University Admission
• About Student Voice and Participation
• Addressing Student-Athlete Anxiety
• Appreciating the Impact of Intersectionality in Education Settings Using the Example of Females of Color
• Body Image: What’s the School’s Role?
• Bullying and LGBT Students
• Cyberbullying among Students
• Data About Youth in the United States
• Eating Disorders and Schools
• Eating Disorders Among Student Athletes
• Gang Affiliation: Personal Academic and Mental Health Impact
• Gender Bias Faced By Girls and What We Can Do: One Student’s Perspective and Appended Information from the Center
• High Schools and Sexual Assault: Some Resources for Schools and Students
• Immigrant Youth: Some Implications for Schools (Information Resource)
• Is Internet Use Interfering with Youngsters’ Well-being?
• Promoting Positive Peer Relationships: A Sample of Recent References
• Sexual Harassment by Peers in Schools
• Social Networking and Peer Relationships: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Children (9-12) Using Online Social Networking Sites
• Student Athletes and Mental Health Problems
• Student Burnout
• Students Who are Undocumented and Identify as Queer
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health: What’s a School to Do?
• Teen Dating
• Transgender Students and Schools
• A University Student Reflects on the Good and Bad of Social Networking use by Children and Adolescents
• Youth and Socially Interactive Technologies

Featured Articles in Center Newsletter/journal
• Promoting Youth Development and Addressing Barriers
• Youth Participation: Making It Real

Technical Assistance Sampler
• Sexual Minority Students

Quick Finds
• Bullying
• Gangs
• Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues

Social Media Culture