Youth Studies Australia articles from June 2007

Youth Studies Australia archives from June 2007

Gone, but not forgotten.(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... In April 1998, the Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies and the Youth Research Centre held a research and practice symposium called Youth98 at the University of Melbourne. Nine years later, we saw the biggest gathering of the youth field...

Happy with their lot.(ATTITUDES & OPINIONS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A survey of young adults' attitudes towards work and study indicates that 95% of those surveyed are generally satisfied with their lives and 88% are confident about the future. Details of the Dusseldorp Skills Forum's survey of 803 Australians...

Poor outcomes for youth with intellectual disabilities.(CARE & PROTECTION)(Report)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A report on the life outcomes of young adults with intellectual disabilities who leave state care at the age of 18 indicates that many face continued disadvantages such as unemployment, homelessness and abuse. Findings also indicate that such...

More problems among young people in care.(CARE & PROTECTION)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A University of Adelaide study has found that children and young people in home-based foster care experience a higher rate of mental health and behavioural problems than their counterparts in the general community. Data for the study were...

Teenagers like to join in.(CIVICS & CITIZENSHIP)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A survey of Victorian teenagers conducted as part of an ongoing study of youth citizenship and social connection shows that contrary to negative youth stereotypes, many young people actively participate in their local communities, both formally...

Detention rates fall, indigenous youth still over-represented.(CRIME & JUSTICE)
June 1, 2007... Drop-offs in juvenile crime rates and an increase in the use of police cautions and family conferencing processes have led to a decline in the number of young people in detention in Australia in recent years. The Australian Institute of Health...

Alcohol a leading cause of young deaths.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Alcohol abuse is responsible for over one-quarter of all deaths among 15-29-year-olds in economically developed countries, according to an international study published in medical journal The Lancet in March. Deakin University psychology...

New strategy needed to change boys' drinking behaviour.(DRUGS)
June 1, 2007... An evaluation of a school-based alcohol education program involving almost 1,500 Year 8 students in NSW and the ACT has found that only female students modified their alcohol consumption as a result of participating in the program. The six-week...

Alcohol-related harm in Victoria.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... In one of the newspaper articles about the National Drug and Alcohol Centre's trial alcohol education program, Climate (mentioned above), NDARC research fellow Laura Vogl cited figures from the latest Victorian alcohol statistics handbook,...

Underage drinkers raise revenue.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Research conducted by a Queensland health economist suggests that the Australian Government may be 'ignoring' the problem of underage drinking because alcohol consumption among this age group generates a significant amount of tax revenue....

Shift in attitudes towards cannabis.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... One in three young adults views cannabis use as unacceptable, according to the results of a National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre study released in February. While almost half of the under-30-year-olds interviewed for the study said that...

Pot smokers suffer more harm than alcohol drinkers.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A major Victorian study has found that young people who begin smoking cannabis as teenagers are more likely to experience long-term problems such as mental health difficulties and escalating drug use than their counterparts who begin drinking...

Heart damage starts early.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Research on the effects of smoking, conducted at the Warsaw Medical University in Poland, indicates that smokers begin to experience the first stages of serious smoking-related heart damage while in their 20s and 30s. Commenting on the...

Drinking and smoking linked to memory loss.(DRUGS)(Brief article)(Clinical report)
June 1, 2007... Heavy alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking during adolescence may affect brain development and lead to memory loss, according to the findings of two recent British studies. Over 100 students aged 16-19 took part in a Northumbria University...

One-third drink to get drunk.(DRUGS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... One-third of young Australian adults who participated in a survey commissioned by the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation view themselves as binge drinkers. The AERF survey defined binge drinking as drinking to get drunk. Close to...

Year 12 results indicate likelihood of university completion.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Longitudinal research released in April by the Australian Council for Educational Research suggests that students' Tertiary Entrance scores are the strongest indicator of whether they will complete their university education. The study followed...

Vice-Chancellors stick up for cash-strapped students.(EDUCATION)
June 1, 2007... In March, the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee made a series of recommendations to the Federal Government to improve the financial situation of university students. These recommendations were made in light of findings from the AVCC report...

Chronic illness and school absence.(EDUCATION)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A new collaborative research project is to examine the social and academic effects of young people's regular or extended absence from school due to chronic illness. The project will focus on 30 students in late primary and secondary school over...

Metal helps gifted students.(EDUCATION)(heavy metal music )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A survey of the musical preferences of 1,057 members of England's National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth indicates that gifted students who prefer heavy metal music have lower than average self-esteem and listen to heavy metal to...

Regional skills shortages draw young Aussies away from study.(EMPLOYMENT)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Approximately one-third of university places at regional campuses across South Australia are vacant this year, a statistic which experts attribute to the growing number of lucrative employment opportunities in regional industries such as mining...

Twin birth order matters.(FAMILIES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Researchers at the University of Queensland's School of Psychology have observed that birth order affects the way that twin siblings react in response to comparison and competition with each other. A study of 480 same-sex pairs of adolescent...

Teen diets lack balance.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Only one-third of Australian teenagers eat a balanced diet according to a study conducted by researchers at Deakin University. The study examined the eating habits of 3,800 12-15-year-olds, finding that 90% of participants consumed unhealthy...

Research study to assess teen weight loss program.(HEALTH)
June 1, 2007... Young people participating in a new community-based weight loss program developed at the Children's Hospital at Westmead will have their weight, physical activity levels, dietary habits and general health measured over a two-year period as part...

Mediterranean diet protects against asthma and allergies.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A study of the dietary habits of 700 7-18-year-olds living on the Mediterranean island of Crete has found that those who consumed a so-called 'Mediterranean diet' high in fruit, vegetables and nuts were less likely to develop allergic rhinitis,...

New ADHD diagnostic test.(HEALTH)
June 1, 2007... Doctors from the Children's Hospital at Westmead have developed a new biological test that may be used to provide more accurate diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, reducing the potential for over-diagnosis of the disorder....

Use of ADHD medication triples worldwide.(HEALTH)(Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A study of pharmaceutical databases from over 70 countries worldwide has found that the use of medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among 5-19-year-olds tripled between 1993 and 2003. The University of California,...

Teachers may encourage ADHD diagnoses.(HEALTH)
June 1, 2007... Sydney University child and youth studies researcher Linda Graham has suggested that under-resourced schools and teachers in need of solutions to poor student behaviour may be more responsible than doctors for the current escalation in the...

Study to help teens with Asperger syndrome.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Psychologists at the University of Queensland are about to embark on a study into the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders among teenagers with Asperger syndrome. The study will examine the factors that cause these disorders with a view to...

Hormone linked with increased anxiety.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Investigations of brain activity in pre-adolescent, adolescent and adult mice indicate that a hormone released in the brain as a response to stress actually lead to increased anxiety among adolescent mice, while calming the pre-adolescent and...

Almost two decades later, another inquiry ...(HOMELESSNESS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... In March, Professor Brian Burdekin launched a new independent national inquiry into youth homelessness. The inquiry will conduct hearings around Australia, investigating issues that lead to youth homelessness, current interventions and...

Employment service creates new opportunities.(INDIGENOUS YOUTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A school-based training program is offering young Aboriginal students the opportunity to work part-time in banks while completing their secondary education. Founded by Dick Estens, a cotton farmer from Moree in north-eastern NSW, the Aboriginal...

Teens turning off the TV.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Australian free-to-air television stations are losing their teen viewers, according to a comparison of 2005 and 2006 statistics. Prime-time (6pm-10pm) viewing statistics for the 13-17-year-old age group indicate that all free-to-air networks...

Study to look at psychosis in-DEPTh.(MENTAL HEALTH)
June 1, 2007... Researchers at the University of Newcastle have been recruiting volunteers aged 14-25 years for a six-month study of the effects of different types of psychotherapy on young people at risk of developing psychosis. Called DEPTh (Detection,...

Girls more likely to hurt themselves.(MENTAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Around 4% of 12-15-year-olds deliberately hurt themselves each year, according to a new study. The study, conducted by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's Centre for Adolescent Health and the University of Washington, found that girls...

Phone program to track teens' mental health.(MENTAL HEALTH)
June 1, 2007... Murdoch Children's Research Institute research fellow Dr Sophie Reid has designed a program that will allow GPs to monitor the mental health of their teenage patients via their patients' mobile phones. The downloadable program, which is...

Contraception not a priority for girls in WA study.(PREGNANCY & PARENTHOOD)(Western Australia )(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A study of attitudes towards pregnancy and contraception among a group of sexually active 14-19 year-old girls in Western Australia has found that many did not consider contraception to be an important prerequisite for sex, naming a variety of...

Alienation affects young Muslims.(RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A survey of 150 Sydney-based Muslims aged 12-25 years has found that many are struggling to cope with the alienation they experience as a Muslim living in a non-Muslim society, with many turning to drugs and contemplating suicide. Survey...

Symposium prepares for the Class of '07.(RISK-TAKING)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A symposium was held in Western Australia in March this year to discuss risk management plans for school leavers' festivities at the end of 2007 The symposium, hosted by WA's Office of Crime Prevention, heard that while the creation of...

Drought creating 'lost generation'.(RURAL YOUTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Academics from the Institute of Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University believe that the prolonged Australian drought is creating a 'lost generation' of young people in rural areas who cannot afford to leave home to access tertiary...

Rural and regional youth on the move.(RURAL YOUTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A report on youth mobility released in February by the Australian Council for Educational Research has found that over one-third of young people living in rural areas move to metropolitan areas in the years immediately after they leave school....

Insight into teens' sex lives.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Results from a recent online survey of 300 young Australians form the basis of a book on teenage sexuality in Australia that was released in February. The book Sex fives of Australian teenagers, written by Sydney-based film and television...

Young women and unprotected sex.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A recent survey of young Australian women aged 16-25 years found that over 75% of sexually active young women interviewed had had unprotected sex in the past 6 months. The survey, conducted by the online sex education program It Takes 2 to...

Technology leads to accelerated intimacy.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Australian sex education expert Professor Doreen Rosenthal says that electronic communication via text messaging and online chatting is leading to the acceleration of intimate relationships between young people, increasing the potential for...

Abstinence-only programs have little effect.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Results from a report into abstinence-only sex education programs in American schools indicate that students who participate in these programs are just as likely to have sex in their teenage years as those who do not. The report, commissioned...

Early sex linked with increased delinquency.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Teenagers who have sex at an earlier age than their peers are more likely to engage in subsequent delinquent behaviour, according to an American study. The study of 7,000 teenagers found that teenagers who had sex earlier than the average age...

... And early delinquency linked with teen promiscuity.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A longitudinal study which collected data from a group of 167 children from birth to 16 years has found that aggressive and delinquent behaviour in childhood is a predictor of high-risk sexual behaviour in adolescence. The American study,...

Girls view same-sex kissing as normal.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A Brazilian survey of adolescent girls' attitudes towards same-sex behaviour has found that almost half of those surveyed believed that it was normal for girls to kiss each other on the mouth. Among those who described girls kissing each other...

Teen suicide files released.(SUICIDE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... In February, Victorian Coroner Graeme Johnstone granted a request by the Sunday Age newspaper to release Coroner's Court files on teenage deaths by suicide which occurred between January 2004 and May 2005. Of the 36 cases examined by the...

Teen deaths raise questions.(SUICIDE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... The deaths by suicide of two 16-year-old Melbourne girls who wrote about their plans to end their lives on their MySpace website has raised concerns about links between the 'emo' youth subculture, participation in internet communities and an...

More links between violent games and aggressive behaviour.(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... * Researchers at Iowa State University have written a book outlining international research into the effects of violent video games on the behaviour of children and young people. While acknowledging that more research is needed in this area,...

'You never have time for us anymore ...(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A survey examining the impact of new communications technologies on Australian society has found that nearly 50% of parents with children aged 16-20 years believed that communications technologies negatively affected family time in their...

Labor promises new youth peak.(YOUTH IN GENERAL)
June 1, 2007... In May, Federal Opposition youth spokesperson Tanya Plibersek announced her party's plans to create an independent youth peak body if they win office in the upcoming federal election. Ms Plibersek said that the body, which will be known as the...

Are we there yet? National youth affairs conference: 1-3 May 2007.(Conference news)
June 1, 2007... Are we there yet? The national youth affairs conference took place over three days in Melbourne from 1 to 3 May. The conference saw approximately 900 young people, workers with young people, researchers, academics and policymakers come through...

'Embedded' youth work: ethical questions for youth work professionals.(CONFERENCE: PAPER)(Conference news)
June 1, 2007... Most professions have wrestled with the problem of dual relationships, and the profession of youth work is no exception Howard Sercombe holds that in order to understand how dual relationships cart be avoided within youth work, it is necessary...

Participatory approaches to longitudinal research with young people.(CONFERENCE: PAPER)
June 1, 2007... The Life-Patterns project is a panel-cohort longitudinal study following the life trajectories of 1,908 young people who left school in Victoria in 1991. The project attempts to obtain nuanced pictures of young people's lives in three ways:...

The Victorian local government youth charter: opportunities and dilemmas.(CONFERENCE: PAPER)
June 1, 2007... Since 2004, a process has been under way to support and enhance the role of Victorian local government in youth engagement--the centrepiece of which is a youth charter guide, This paper, written by one of the project designers, explores the...

"I'm gonna sound like a drunk here": constructions of volume of consumption.(CONFERENCE: PAPER)
June 1, 2007... Discursive psychology was used as a means of increasing our understanding of the way young people may talk about volume of consumption in relation to their drinking behaviour. Analysis of the audio recording and transcript of a p lot focus...

Towards an Australian Youth Information Network: this brief article is a follow-up to a workshop at the Are we there yet? national youth affairs conference in Melbourne in May 2007, and asks for YSA readers' input.(Networking)
June 1, 2007... In the distant past when YSA had a column titled 'News from the net', there were fewer networks than there are now that youth studies is maturing as a discipline. One of the current networks is YSPACE, which sprang up after the 1998 national...

Using the social care framework to analyse research on young carers.
June 1, 2007... Bettina Cass, with Deborah Brennan, Ilan Katz, Catherine Thomson and Deborah Mitchell, and 10 Partner Organisations in NSW and South Australia, are undertaking a three-year ARC Linkage Grant project on 'Young Carers: Social Policy impacts of...

Students at risk: interagency collaboration in Queensland.
June 1, 2007... This report on a three-year study of the Social Well-Being in Mackay Schools (SWIMS) project includes a survey of the literature, a discussion of aspects of the program's implementation and examples of new and innovative means of successful...

Does maternal supervision mediate the impact of income source on behavioural adjustment in children from persistently poor families?(BEHAVIOUR)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... M. De Civita, L.S. Pagani, F. Vitaro & R.E. Tremblay, Journal of Early Adolescence, v.27, n.1, 2007, pp.40-66. Data from a subsample of families involved in the Quebec Longitudinal Study (n=1,112) were used to examine the association...

Bullying in elementary school, high school and college.(BULLYING & VIOLENCE)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... M.S. Chapell, S.L. Hasselman, T Kitchin, S.N. Lomon, K.W. MacIver & P.L. Sarullo, Adolescence, v.41, n.164, 2006, pp.634-48. The continuity of bullying and victimisation from elementary school through to college was examined in this...

Occupational aspirations and expectations of Australian adolescents.(CAREERS)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... W. Patton & P. Creed, Australian Journal of Career Development, v.16, n.1, 2007, pp.46-59. A survey was conducted among 333 students (169 females, 164 males) in Years 8-12 at a high school in suburban Brisbane, Queensland, to investigate...

Relations of friends' activities to friendship quality.(DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... R. Mathur & T.J. Berndt, Journal of Early Adolescence, v.26, n.3, 2006, pp.365-88. Two studies were conducted among fourth- and eighth grade students from a town in the midwestern United States to inform this investigation of age and sex...

The cultural aspects of social exclusion and the stereotyping of adolescent males.(DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... P. Clements, Youth & Policy, n.94, 2007, pp.61-77. This theory-based paper examines the social exclusion of male adolescents from discourses of policy and culture in the United Kingdom. It highlights the factors that precipitated social...

Constructing 'fashionable' youth identities: Australian young women cigarette smokers.(DRUGS & ALCOHOL)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... E. Gilbert, Journal of Youth Studies, v.10, n.1, 2007, pp.1-15. Australian young women begin smoking at an earlier age and at a greater rate than their male counterparts. To investigate the desirability of smoking among Australian...

Psychosocial correlates of substance use in adolescence: a cross-national study in six European countries.(DRUGS & ALCOHOL)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A. Kokkevi, C. Richardson, S. Florescu, M. Kuzman & E. Stergar, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, v.86, n.1, 2007, pp.67-74. Data from six countries involved in the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (Bulgaria, Croatia,...

Interventions to reduce harm associated with adolescent substance use.(DRUGS & ALCOHOL)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... J.W. Toumbourou, T. Stockwell, C. Neighbours, G.A. Marlatt, J. Sturge & J. Rehm, The Lancet, v.369, n.9570, 2007, pp.1391-401. In 2000, alcohol contributed to approximately 27% of all deaths involving 15-29-year-olds in developed countries,...

Expansive learning through high school apprenticeship: opportunities and limits.(EDUCATION & TRAINING)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A. Taylor & B. Watt-Malcolm, Journal of Education and Work, v.20, n.1, 2007, pp.27-44. To examine the opportunities for expansive (as opposed to restrictive) learning within the different learning environments experienced in a Canadian...

In search of the sources of psychologically controlling parenting: the role of parental separation anxiety and parental maladaptive perfectionism.(FAMILIES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... B. Soenens, M. Vansteenkiste, B. Duriez & L. Goossens, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v.16, n.4, 2006, pp.539-59. This Belgian study investigated whether two parental characteristics--maladaptive perfectionism and separation...

Pubertal transitions in health.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... G.C. Patton & R. Viner, The Lancet, v.369, n.9567, 2007, pp.1130-39. A review of relevant medical literature published from 19962005 informs this paper on the effects of puberty and pubertal timing on a range of child-onset health...

Adolescents with a chronic condition: challenges living, challenges treating.(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... S.M. Sawyer, S. Drew, M.S. Yeo & M.T. Britto, The Lancet, v.369, n.9571, 2007, pp.1481-89. This medical literature review examined the 'interaction between adolescents with chronic conditions and the health systems that support them'....

Youth-friendly primary-care services: how are we doing and what more needs to be done?(HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A. Tylee, D.M. Haller, T Graham, R. Churchill & L.A. Sanci, The Lancet, v.369, n.9572, 2007, pp.1565-73. Previous research into the health care requirements of young people highlights the need for services that recognise the unique...

The role of an Indigenous Health Worker in contributing to equity of access to a mental health and substance abuse service for Indigenous young people in a youth detention centre.(INDIGENOUS YOUTH)
June 1, 2007... S. Stathis, P. Letters, E. Dacre, I. Doolan, K. Heath & B. Litchfield, Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, v.6, n.1, 2007. This paper outlines the development of the Indigenous Health Worker (IHW) position within the...

Protecting Indigenous children: views of carers and young people on 'out-of-home care'.(INDIGENOUS YOUTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... D.J. Higgins, L.M. Bromfield, J.R. Higgins & N. Richardson, Family Matters, n.75, 2006, pp.42-49. The Indigenous Out of Home Care Study sought to identify the needs of Indigenous young people in care and the needs of their carers. Focus...

Helping friends: a peer support program for senior secondary students.(MENTAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... J. Dillon & A. Swinbourne, Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, v.6, n.1, 2007. To evaluate the effectiveness of the Helping Friends peer support training program as a tool to improve students' access to appropriate...

Risk factors for depression in early adolescence.(MENTAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... A.R. MacPhee & J.J.W. Andrews, Adolescence, v.41, n.163, 2006, pp.435-66. Nine common predictors of depression in early adolescence were examined to determine which constituted 'salient risk factors' for depression. Gender differences and...

Mental health of young people: a global public-health challenge.(MENTAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... V. Patel, A.J. Flisher, S. Hetrick & P. McGorry, The Lancet, v.369, n.9569, 2007, pp.1302-13. Two online medical databases were used to locate studies published from 1996 to the present to provide data for this review of the epidemiology,...

Xenophobia, ethnic community and immigrant youths' friendship network formation.(MULTICULTURAL ISSUES)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... J. Hsin-Chin Tsai, Adolescence, v.41, n.162, 2006, pp.285-98. A critical ethnographic study was conducted among a group of Taiwanese immigrants aged 8-21 years (n=16) and their parents (n=13), who had settled in a metropolitan area of the...

Joined-up working: improving young people's sexual health and enhancing social inclusion?(SEXUAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... K. Philip, J. Shucksmith, J. Tucker, E. van Teijlingen, M. Immamura & S. Penfold, Journal of Youth Studies, v.9, n.5, 2006, pp.615-28. Researchers examined case studies from an evaluation of Healthy Respect, a teenage sexual health...

Global perspectives on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents: patterns, prevention and potential.(SEXUAL HEALTH)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... L.H. Bearinger, R.E. Sieving, J. Ferguson & V. Sharma, The Lancet, v.369, n.9568, 2007, pp.1220-31. Recent worldwide and regional trends in adolescent sexual behaviours and reproductive health outcomes were studied through a review of...

Changes in college women's attitudes toward sexual intimacy.(SEXUALITY)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... S.K. Gilmartin, Journal of Research on Adolescence, v.16, n.3, 2006, pp.429-54. Critical feminist theory informs this study, which explores 'how college women re-position themselves sexually over time' and 'the extent to which the...

The contribution of organised youth sport to antisocial and prosocial behaviour in adolescent athletes.(SPORT)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... E.A. Rutten, G.J.J.M. Stams, G.J.J. Biesta, C. Schuengel, E. Dirks & J.B. Hoeksma, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v.36, n.3, 2007, pp.255-64. A sample of 260 soccer players and competitive swimmers aged 12-18 years (153 males, 80% Dutch...

Addresses of abstracted publications.(Directory)(Brief article)
June 1, 2007... Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health ISSN 1446-7984 Auseinet Flinders University GPO Box 2100 Adelaide South Australia 5001 Website: http://www.auseinetcom/journal Australian Journal of...