Youth Studies Australia articles from December 2006

Youth Studies Australia archives from December 2006

Slow down, you move too fast.
December 1, 2006... How did it get to be that time of year again without us noticing? Nick our graphic designer has heard a theory that the older you get, the quicker each year appears to go because each year is a smaller proportion of one's life (or words to that...

Child abuse more prevalent in step- and 'blended' families.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A report released by Queensland's Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian in September shows that levels of [physical] abuse in step-families and 'blended' families (families containing children born to different fathers and...

Young people share adult concerns.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Australian children and young people share many of the same concerns as adults, according to a report released in July by the Australian Childhood Foundation (ACF). The report Every child needs a hero: A report tracking Australian children's...

Talkin' 'bout iGeneration.(surveys)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In September, the West Australian published the results of the latest iGeneration survey of the values, beliefs and opinions of 18-30-year-olds in Western Australia (the first iGeneration survey was conducted in 2004). Jointly commissioned by...

Understanding GirlForce.(surveys)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A survey of 14,000 Australian girls aged 11-17 years identifies school as the most stressful thing in girls' lives. A majority of girls (44%) said that school stressed them out the most, with 17% naming boys as their highest source of stress....

Queensland: youth violence in the spotlight.
December 1, 2006... * A succession of violent incidents in and around Brisbane in recent months involving groups of young people has caused concern among police, victims and anti-violence campaigners. While police have acknowledged the existence of behavieural...

Study on young offenders advocates early intervention.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A comprehensive study of young offenders has found that educational failure is a significant factor in marginalising young people who later become juvenile offenders. Associate Professor Dianna Kenny, from the University of Sydney's School of...

Program aims to reduce antisocial behaviour.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Southern Cross University social scientist Dr Richard Hil is working on a pilot program to reduce antisocial behaviour among young people in the Coifs Harbour area. The Coifs Harbour City Council spends $100,000 annually on repairs to...

Brain development continues into puberty.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Several studies conducted in Britain recently suggest that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, contrary to the once widely-held assumption that brain development stopped before puberty. Brain imaging data analysed by Dr...

Behavioural problems predict binge drinking.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Data from a longitudinal study on the psychological development of a group of children born in 1982 and 1983 indicate that those who displayed behavioural problems as children had an increased likelihood of binge drinking in their teenage...

Youth turn to ice.(methamphetamine)
December 1, 2006... * The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre reported in September that methamphetamines, including the drug known as ice, are now the second-most frequently used illicit drug class by young Australians, second only to cannabis in...

Salvos highlight alcohol risks.(Salvation Army)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In September, the Salvation Army launched a new alcohol awareness campaign that highlights the increased cancer risks posed by alcohol consumption. Research conducted on behalf of the Salvation Army indicated that 61% of Australians were...

Celebrity smoking encourages teens.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... While results from a NSW Health survey of over 5,000 12-17-year-olds indicate that teen smoking rates in New South Wales are at their lowest level in over two decades, 75% of respondents thought that seeing celebrities smoke in films and...

Call for teachers to heed brain development research.(EDUCATION)
December 1, 2006... Edith Cowan University senior education lecturer Dr Lorraine Hammond believes that teachers ought to be mindful of research into the development of the teenage brain, particularly findings related to teenagers' thinking and learning processes,...

Multi-tasking affects brain activity.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A study conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles, has found that multi-tasking while studying affects the brain functions involved in learning, resulting in a diminished understanding of the material learned. In the study, a group...

Intervention strategies reduce risky behaviour.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Intervention programs aimed at improving the social climate of schools can reduce risky health and social behaviours among students, according to a study conducted by the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in...

Effect of family relocation on teens.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Queensland University of Technology education researcher Garth Hentzchel is conducting a study into the positive and negative effects of family relocation on teenagers. Hentzchel, a former school chaplain and counsellor, will investigate the...

Problem gambling and young people.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Department of Justice in Victoria has commissioned a study into the effects of problem gambling on children and young people. According to a Victorian Government document calling for tenders for the study, 'children of problem gamblers are...

Unnecessary sleep tests.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Dr ArthurTeng, medical director of the Sydney Children's Hospital's sleep unit, has raised concerns that private health clinics may be overdiagnosing sleep disorders in children and young people, unnecessarily ordering expensive tests (costing...

Weight training strengthens teen fight against diabetes.(HEALTH)
December 1, 2006... A study of overweight Latino teenagers in the USA has found that weight training (also known as resistance training) helps to delay, and even prevent, the onset of type 2 diabetes among this at-risk group. The training helped to reduce the...

NSW teens forget to 'slop'.(New South Wales, usage of sunscreening agents)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Data from a report compiled by the NSW Chief Health Officer indicates a decline in the number of high school students in the state using sunscreen to protect their skin from sun damage. According to the report, one in three male high school...

Cosmetic controversy.(cosmetic surgery)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Interest in cosmetic surgery is increasing among teenagers in Tasmania, with one plastic surgeon reporting that 30-50 teenagers per year contact him with inquiries about treatments such as rhinoplasty, liposuction, breast enhancement and ear...

Pre-apprenticeship training for Indigenous students.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In August, Australian Government Education Minister Julie Bishop indicated the government's in-principle support for the implementation of pre-apprenticeship training for Indigenous secondary school students. The training proposal, put forward...

ACMA to study child and youth media use.(Australian Communications and Media Authority)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is conducting a national community research study into the behaviours and attitudes of children and young people relating to their use of electronic media and 'converged communication...

Youth market drives integrated media advertising.(MEDIA)
December 1, 2006... The changing media habits of consumers, particularly those in the 'cashed-up' youth market, are leading media and marketing companies to produce integrated advertising campaigns using both traditional and new media, particularly mobile phones...

'Depressing' music boosts teen moods.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In contradiction to the perception that aggressive musical styles, such as heavy metal, trigger depression and angry behaviour among adolescent fans, a study by University of Melbourne faculty of music researcher Lucy O'Grady has found that 60%...

Expert forecasts growing mental health crisis.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Delegates at the world congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, held in Melbourne in September, were warned that today's children and young people will overload Australian mental...

Black Dog to train school counsellors.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Black Dog Institute has developed a new training program to help school counsellors understand, identify and assist in the treatment of depression and bipolar disorder among students. Associate Professor Vijaya Manicavasagar, director of...

Young adults with diabetes face depression.(MENTAL HEALTH)
December 1, 2006... A Diabetes Australia research project has discovered that almost one in four 16-23-year-olds with type 1 diabetes also struggle with long-term depression. The Young Adults with Diabetes Needs Analysis surveyed 300 young adults with type 1...

Graffiti an early warning for personality disorders.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Researchers at the University of Queensland have found that young people who graffiti may be displaying the early signs of a personality disorder. The researchers studied over 2,500 13-year-olds, finding that around 12% of males and 11% of...

Increased suicide risk for young smokers and drinkers.(MENTAL HEALTH)
December 1, 2006... A study of close to 900Year 10 students from government and Catholic/independent schools in north-western Melbourne has found that young people who smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol expose themselves to an increased risk of suicide. According...

Young people are our best blood donors.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Annual blood donor statistics released by the Australian Red Cross in September indicate that young people are Australia's most generous blood donors. According to the data, approximately 30% of the national blood supply comes from people aged...

Teenage motherhood not a cause of disadvantage.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A national study being conducted by the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at the University of New South Wales suggests that motherhood is not a direct cause of socioeconomic disadvantage among teenage women, but is instead an outcome of...

'Convertitis' linked to radical ideology.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The archetypal perpetrator of terrorist attacks in the West is a victim of 'convertitis', according to Melbourne lawyer and member of the Islamic Council of Victoria executive Waleed Aly. In a piece published in the Weekend Australian following...

Research project to examine safe sex and technology.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... In August, the University of Sydney's Department of Gender and Cultural Studies hosted a planning workshop for a crosscultural research project that hopes to address the rising number of sexually transmitted infections among young people....

Mobile phones addictive?(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Recent British research into mobile phone use among a group of 18-25-year-old students indicates that mobiles may be addictive for some. University of Staffordshire health psychologist Dr David Sheffield used an adapted gambling addiction...

Teens lead the way with new shopping technologies.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... A survey of 500 teenagers and 500 adults aged 25-40 years indicates that teenagers are more willing than adults to embrace new and emerging shopping technologies, such as biometric payment methods. The survey, conducted in Britain by retail...

Time out in 'green retreats' & adolescent wellbeing.
December 1, 2006... This paper draws together key findings from recent research in Tasmania on young people's favourite places and their reasons for these choices, which relate to 'place attachment' and identity formation. The responses of the teenagers' surveyed...

Students at risk: can connections make a difference?
December 1, 2006... The ARC-funded Smart Communities research project in Western Australia was designed to investigate and provide directions 'for improvement in the life choices available to children and young people at risk in remote, rural and urban areas of...

Kura, yeye, boorda, Nyungar wangkiny gnulla koorlangka: a conversation about working with Indigenous young people in the past, present and future.(Discussion)
December 1, 2006... There are enormous difficulties associated with communication between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, but dialogue is considered important for reconciliation, co-existence and a mediated future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous...

New report on Aboriginal youth.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... The Victorian Indigenous Youth Advisory Council (VIYAC) and the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria have prepared a report titled VIYAC voices telling it like it is: Young Abonginal Victorians on culture, identity and racism. It includes...

National conference.
December 1, 2006... The Secretariat of National Aboriginar and islander Child Care (SNAICC) is holding a national conference from 19 to 21 September 2007 at the Adelaide Convention Centre for service providers, policymakers, researchers and others focused on the...

The perspectives of youth workers in rural Victoria.
December 1, 2006... Youth work is a diverse and challenging career that is continually debated and redefined. Most discussions of youth work, however, have not accounted for differences in geographic location. This paper explores the perspectives of 107 youth...

Rural adolescents' attitudes to seeking help for mental health problems.
December 1, 2006... Little research has been undertaken into the barriers facing rural adolescents seeking help and support for mental health problems. This study presented students from rural secondary schools in Victoria with hypothetical scenarios involving...

The fixed age rule: young people, consent and research ethics.
December 1, 2006... Australia is in the process of producing new national guidelines for ethical conduct in research involving humans; however, the draft guidelines do little to remove the restrictions on young people participating in research without parental...

The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The world according to Y: Inside the new adult generation Rebecca Huntley Alien & Unwin $24.95 "Optimistic, idealistic, empowered, ambitious, confident, committed and passionate.' That's how author Rebecca Huntley describes the current...

Wards leaving care: follow up five years on.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... J. Cashmere & M. Paxman, Children Australia, v.31, n.3, 2006, pp.18-25. Young people leaving state care at 16-18 years of age face major life transitions earlier and with fewer resources than other youth. The fourth interview of the New...

The Butterfly Model of Careers: illustrating how planning and chance can be integrated in the careers of secondary school students.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... T. Borg, J. Bright & R. Pryor, Australian Journal of Career Development, v.15, n.3, 2006, pp.54-59. The concept of matching a person with an 'ideal' job is inadequate given the complex trajectories of modern career development. The...

Generation Y and crime: a longitudinal study of contact with NSW criminal courts before the age of 21.(New South Wales)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... J. Hua, J. Baker & S. Poynton, Contemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, n.96, 2006, pp.1-12. Researchers from the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research obtained birth records from the state's 1984 birth cohort...

An exploration of adolescent emotional intelligence in relation to demographic characteristics.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... N.R. Harrod & S.D. Scheer, Adolescence, v.40, n. 159, 2005, pp.503-12. A lack of research into emotional intelligence (EI) among adolescents prompted researchers to conduct this study into the relationship between adolescent EI and a...

Adolescent generativity: a longitudinal study of two possible contexts for learning concern for future generations.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... H. Lawford, M.W. Pratt, B. Hunsberger & S.M. Pancer, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v. 15, n.3, 2005, pp.261-73. This longitudinal study examines the development of generativity ('care and concern for the next generation') in late...

Pathways into and out of substance abuse among homeless-emerging adults.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... K.A. Tyler & K.A. Johnson, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.21, n.2, 2006, pp.133-57. Homeless-emerging adults (aged 18-25 years) constitute an understudied subgroup, falling outside research addressing homeless adolescents and adults....

Young adult substance use and depression as a consequence of delinquency trajectories during middle adolescence.(DRUGS & ALCOHOL)
December 1, 2006... M. Wiesner & M. Windle, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v. 16, n.2, 2006, pp.239-64. Data from an American longitudinal survey of adolescent development were used for this study, which examined whether adolescents with a range of...

Models of Muslim youth work: between reform and empowerment.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... S. Hamid, Youth & Policy, n.92, 2006, pp.81-90. Increasing numbers of British Muslim youth face socioeconomic disadvantages, cultural alienation, and problems such as substance abuse and antisocial behaviour. Organisations working with...

Linkages between negative work-to-family spillover and mothers' and fathers' knowledge of their adolescents' daily lives.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... M.F. Bumpus, A.C. Crouter & S.M. McHale, Journal of Early Adolescence, v.26, n.1, 2006, pp.36-59. A sample of 149 dual-earner families with children in early adolescence (mean age = 11.82 years) took part in this American study of...

'The geeks shall inherit the earth': girls' agency, subjectivity and empowerment.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... D.H. Currie, D.M. Kelly & S. Pomerantz, Journal of Youth Studies, v.9, n.4, 2006, pp.419-36. Twenty-one 12-15-year-old girls were recruited for this critical feminist study from a larger Canadian study about girls' empowerment. Selected...

Youth mental health services.(MENTAL HEALTH)
December 1, 2006... P. McGorry, A. Parker & R. Purcell, InPsych, v.28, n.4, 2006, pp.8-12. While the traditional division of health care into paediatric and adult services may be suitable for the treatment of general medical disorders, it is regarded as...

Effectiveness of complimentary and self-help treatments for depression in children and adolescents.(MENTAL HEALTH)
December 1, 2006... A.F. Jorm, N.B. Allen, C.P. O'Donnell, R.A. Parslow, R. Purcell & A.J. Morgan, Medical Journal of Australia, v.185, n.7, 2006, pp.368-72. Australian medical guidelines do not recommend medication as a 'first line treatment' for mild to...

Evaluating 'Baby Think It Over' infant simulators: a comparison group study.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... J.E. Barnett, Adolescence, v.41, n.161, 2006, pp.103-10. Undertaken as part of an evaluation of an abstinence-only sex education program used by schools in Northwest Missouri, USA, this study evaluated the efficacy of the 'Baby Think It...

Increasing parent limits on novice young drivers: cognitive mediation of the effect of persuasive messages.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... B.G. Simons-Morton, J.L. Hartos, W.A. Leaf & D.F. Preusser, Journal of Adolescent Research, v.21, n.1, 2006, pp.83-105. Despite being the 'primary enforcers of adolescent driving privileges', parents tend to place only 'nominal...

Family composition and menarcheal age: anti-inbreeding strategies.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... R.L. Matchock & E.J. Susman, American Journal of Human Biology, v.18, n.4, 2006, pp.481-91. This socioendocrinological study examines the relationship between family composition and sexual maturation in girls. A retrospective questionnaire...

Suicidal ideation in young males living in rural communities: distance from school as a risk factor, youth engagement as a protective factor.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... L.L. Armstrong & I.G. Manion, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, v.1, n.1, 2006, pp.102-13. To better inform suicide prevention strategies for male youth living in rural and remote areas--a group at particular risk for...

Newly Arrived Youth Support Service.
December 1, 2006... Some newly arrived young people face a range of barriers to accessing education, training and employment pathways, as well as mainstream support services and the broader community. While endeavouring to understand these new systems and...