Adolescence articles from December 2001

Adolescence archives from December 2001

Drug use patterns among high school athletes and nonathletes.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Drug use by athletes has made newspaper headlines, sport governing body rulebooks, and doctors' waiting rooms on a regular basis. Despite this, the relationship between drug use and participation in athletics is not yet a clear one. On one...

Shame and guilt and their relationship to positive expectations and anger expressiveness.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Recent research has distinguished two separate, but related, affective processes: guilt and shame. Guilt and shame bear significant resemblance to one another in that each are dysphoric affects and involve varied self-attributions, and both are...

Family environment as a predictor of adolescent delinquency.
December 22, 2001... Delinquency, such as school misbehavior, drug usage, and weapon carrying, is a disturbing issue confronting adolescents, parents, and teachers alike. It is estimated that in the United States, 1,234 youths run away from home and 2,255 teenagers...

Gender, religion, and adolescent patterns of self-disclosure in the divided society of Northern Ireland.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Since the pioneering studies by Jourard (1961, 1964), the phenomenon of self-disclosure has received enormous attention from researchers, such that the literature in this area is now voluminous. As Tardy and Dindia (1997), in their review of...

Assimilation and ethnic boundaries: Israeli students' attitudes toward Soviet immigrants.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Theoretical Framework Since 1990 there has been mass immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union, many of the immigrants school age. The present study examined the attitudes of Israeli students toward new Soviet...

Conflict behaviors and their relationship to popularity.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Conflict is an inescapable feature of every human relationship and can lead to constructive as well as destructive outcomes (Deutsch, 1994). Conflict, when managed constructively, is a necessary and positive condition for the development and...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Korean juvenile delinquents.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and cognitive, behavioral, and emotional deficits. ADHD is also closely related to learning disabilities, lack of self-control, and...

Tobacco use among high school athletes and nonathletes: Results of the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... INTRODUCTION Conventional wisdom has it that participation in high school athletic programs positively influences adolescent health-related behavior. Coaches, athletic administrators, the mass media, and the general public often assert...

Frontal lobe functioning in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Attention deficit disorders affect three to five percent of school-aged children (DSM-IV, American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is relatively unambiguous. Typically, ADHD...

Academic goals, achievement and age at first sexual intercourse: Longitudinal, bidirectional influences.(Statistical Data Included)
December 22, 2001... Approximately 22% of females and 27% of males have had intercourse by age 15, and about 76% and 85%, respectively, by age 19 (Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1998). Many factors have been linked to the early onset of sexual activity among...

Early puberty in African-American girls: Nutrition past and present.
December 22, 2001... Considerable research has been conducted on the changes that take place during puberty. Among girls, psychiatric risks have been found to be associated with early onset. Hayward et al. (1997) associated early puberty with disturbed body image,...

Adolescents' academic expectations and achievement.
December 22, 2001... Individuals who possess a college degree are still at a greater advantage than those who do not in terms of earnings (Hecker, 1998) and employment rates (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1999). Therefore, understanding the factors related to...

Family, personality, and social risk factors impacting the retention rates of first-year Hispanic and Anglo college students.
December 22, 2001... Late adolescence can be characterized as a period in which individuals seek to achieve a psychological sense of autonomy from their parents by successfully addressing a number of key tasks (Adams, Montemayor, & Gullotta, 1996; Modell,...

Racial and gender differences in weight status and dietary practices among college students.
December 22, 2001... Research indicates that postsecondary students do not engage in healthful dietary practices (Dinger & Waigandt, 1997; Hampl & Betts, 1995; Haberman & Luffey, 1998; Tavelli, Beerman, Schultz, & Heiss, 1998; Johnson, Solomon, & Core, 1998;...

The Mental and Emotional Life of Teenagers.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... MITCHELL, John J The Mental and Emotional Life of Teenagers. Calgary: Detselig Enterprises, 2001 (distributed by Temeron Books). l79pp. (p). This book investigates the role of intelligence and emotion in the everyday life of teenagers....

Women and Men as Friends: Relationships Across the Life Span in the 21st Century.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... MONSOUR, Michael Women and Men as Friends: Relationships Across the Life Span in the 21st Century. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002. 277pp. $59.95 (h), $27.50 (p). The importance of friendship to individuals is well...

Learning Disorders and Disorders of the Self in Children and Adolescents.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... PALOMBO, Joseph Learning Disorders and Disorders of the Self in Children and Adolescents. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2001. 332pp. $32.00 (h). The relationship between learning disorders and the development of the self is complex....

Art as Language: Access to Emotions and Cognitive Skills Through Drawings.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... SILVER, Rawley Art as Language: Access to Emotions and Cognitive Skills Through Drawings. Philadelphia: Brunner-Routledge, 2000. 250pp. $34.95 (h). In Art as Language, art therapist Rawley Silver demonstrates the use of the visual...

Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... WEBB, Nancy Boyd (Ed.). Play Therapy with Children in Crisis: Individual, Group, and Family Treatment (2nd ed.). New York: The Guilford Press, 1999. 506pp. $45.00 (h). Completely revised and updated, the second edition of this casebook...

Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... WEILER, Jeanne Drysdale. Codes and Contradictions: Race, Gender Identity, and Schooling. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2000. 248pp. $23.95 (p). This book examines the variations in the constitution of female gender in...

Nina W.: Student-Generated Sexual Harassment in Secondary Schools.
December 22, 2001... WETZEL, Roberta, & BROWN. Nina W. Student-Generated Sexual Harassment in Secondary Schools. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2000. l92pp. $49.95 (h). Wetzel and Brown examine the extent to which student-to-student sexual harassment...

Winning the War Against Youth Gangs: A Guide for Teens, Families, and Communities.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... WIENER, Valerie. Winning the War Against Youth Gangs: A Guide for Teens, Families, and Communities. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999. 232pp. $39.95 (h). Gangs have spread throughout the entire sector of society, and what was once...

Understanding by Design.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... WIGGINS, Grant, & MCTIGHE, Jay. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. 201pp. $20.95 (p). What is understanding and how does it differ from knowing? What do we want...

Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America's Incarcerated Children.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2001... WOODEN, Kenneth. Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America's Incarcerated Children (Second Edition). Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 2000. 264pp. $19.95 (p). From the summer of 1972 through 1975, Wooden visited correctional...