Adolescence articles from September 1995

Adolescence archives from September 1995

Gender and family as moderators of the relationship between music video exposure and adolescent sexual permissiveness.
September 22, 1995... In recent decades there has been considerable research on the effects of television on attitudes and behavior of young people. Most of this research was government sponsored and focused on violence and aggression. A 1982 National Institute of...

Defining the problem.(In Search of Effective Programs to Address Students' Emotional Distress and Behavioral Problems, part 1)
September 22, 1995... Early recognition and management of emotional distress and behavioral problems in high school students present a great challenge. This section addresses the prevalence and seriousness of this issue as well as its relationship to dropping out of...

The changing suicide pattern in Canadian adolescents and youth, compared to their American counterparts.
September 22, 1995... Many nations experienced a rising youth suicide rate during the 1970s and 1980s (Lester, 1988). This was especially true for Canada where the suicide rate for youth rose to become almost as high as that for the elderly, traditionally the age...

The relationship of moral reasoning and AIDS knowledge to risky sexual behavior.
September 22, 1995... Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), was isolated and identified in the early 1980s (Barre-Sinoussi et al., 1983; Gallo et al., 1984). Subsequently, AIDS has come to be...

Perceived control and treatment outcome with chronic adolescent offenders.
September 22, 1995... Adolescent offenders currently account for a large number of arrests for violent and property crimes. While Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics show that persons under age 25 were responsible for 45% of the violent crimes and 61% of the...

Self-perception in late adolescence: an interactive perspective.
September 22, 1995... Positive self-perception, or high self-esteem, is a desired outcome of the developmental process. It has been linked to long-term mental health (Damon, 1983; Rosenberg, 1985), and to emotional well-being (Harter, 1988). Self-perception has been...

Fathers' and mothers' participation in research. (family psychology)
September 22, 1995... Fathers have historically been underrepresented in research related to their children. Until the mid-1970s, investigations into paternal effects on normal child development were very rare. Since that time, investigations into the role of fathers...

Actual and perceived parental social status: effects on adolescent self-concept.
September 22, 1995... The processes that connect adolescent growth to parental social status have been largely neglected in the literature. The present paper investigates the relation between adolescent development and two aspects of parental social status, namely,...

The Anne Frank Haven in an Israeli kibbutz.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION The Anne Frank Haven, founded in 1956 in Kibbutz Sasa, Israel, has a unique educational program for coping with multicultural and integration problems. The program is a joint educational project of kibbutz educators and Youth...

Cigarette smoking among Korean adolescents: prevalence and correlates.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Cigarette smoking among teenagers has become an increasing problem in Korea during the past decades. Recent studies indicated that about one-third of Korean senior high school students reported having smoked cigarettes (Kim, 1989;...

Gender and age variations in the self-image of Jamaican adolescents.
September 22, 1995... There has been a plethora of empirical investigations into the self-image of adolescents. However, most of the research has focused on adolescents in highly industrialized societies such as the United States. Very few have focused on the youth of...

Strategies for coping with sexually transmitted diseases by adolescent females.
September 22, 1995... Essentially all sexually active teens are at risk for acquisition of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) due to biological vulnerability and a variety of risk-taking behaviors (Cates, 1991). The acquisition of an STD has potentially serious...

Impact of the family on the sex lives of adolescents.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Communication between parents and children about sexual themes is of great concern. It has been found that sexually active youth who use contraceptives have significantly better communication with their parents than do those who...

Menstruation, menarche, and sexuality in the public school curriculum: school nurses' perceptions.
September 22, 1995... Recommendations from research about education related to menstruation and menarche include matters related to the physiological aspects of human reproductive development, the hygienic management of menstruation, as well as the emotional context...

Perceptions of pregnant/parenting teens: reframing issues for an integrated approach to pregnancy problems.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Americans take great pride in their leadership among nations. Such a distinction becomes dubious, however, when the title is claimed for the highest rate of teen pregnancies among industrialized societies. By the mid-1970s,...

Modes of moral judgment among early adolescents.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION One of the primary functions of middle schools is to meet the developmental needs of early adolescents. Middle school proponents contend that early adolescence is an important definitional stage in human development during which a...

Factors associated with premature termination of psychotherapy by children.
September 22, 1995... Identifying children who fail to complete psychotherapy is critical for two reasons: Those who drop out do not receive needed clinical services; and clinics have invested a great deal of costly staff time in the treatment. If factors which lead...

Social skills training for young adolescents: symbolic and behavioral components.
September 22, 1995... Social skills training has been associated with positive outcomes for adolescents, such as enhanced self-esteem (Stake, DeVille, & Pennell, 1983), increased problem-solving skills (Guerra & Slaby, 1990; Sarason & Sarason, 1981), drug refusal...

Constructivist developmental theory and therapy: implications for counseling adolescents.
September 22, 1995... In the most general sense, hundreds of thousands of adolescents are at risk for psychological distress. Unfortunately, large proportions of disturbed youth do not receive adequate mental health services (Tuma, 1989). Equally disturbing, it has...

Factors affecting students' participation in the Cincinnati public schools lunch program.
September 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION The decline of participation in the school lunch program by high school students has become a serious problem. In spite of the availability of free lunches to needy school-age children, the U.S. General Accounting Office reported...