School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective ...

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health risk behaviors, such as tobacco use, alcohol and drug use, violence, gang involvement, and early sexual ... for academic achievement, and the adolescent’s level of involvement in religious activities and perceived importance of religion and prayer were protective against a range of adverse behaviors.

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