Adolescence articles from September 2008

Adolescence archives from September 2008

Adolescent egocentrism: a contemporary view.(Report)
September 22, 2008... Elkind (1967) defined adolescent egocentrism to include the imaginary audience (i.e., adolescents' belief that those around them are as concerned and focused on their appearance as they themselves are) and the personal fable (i.e., the belief...

Psychosocial factors associated with reports of physical dating violence victimization among U.S. adolescent males.(Report)
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Physical Dating Violence (PDV) victimization among adolescent males is as prevalent as among girls (MMWR, 2006), yet receives little research attention. Studies which have examined dating violence in the context of teen...

Youth perceptions of their school violence risks.
September 22, 2008... Children and youth are bombarded daily by a broad array of violent messages in the media. Recaps of the World Trade Center attacks and news footage of school shootings depict devastation and human loss, while action films and televised crime...

Three years of teen court offender outcomes.
September 22, 2008... Since the early 1980s, Teen Courts have provided youthful offenders with an alternative to the standard juvenile justice system. The substantive increase in youth courts, from fewer than 100 to over 1000, is evidence of the strong advocacy for...

The relationship between levels of perceived respect and bullying in 5th through 12th graders.
September 22, 2008... Numerous studies have examined childhood and adolescent bullying. Although the definition of bullying is under debate (Sanders, 2004; Naylor, Cowie, Cossin, deBettencourt, & Lemme, 2006), it is consistently recognized as a major social problem...

Does positive youth development predict adolescent attitudes about sexuality?
September 22, 2008... SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY PYD theory and literature has tended to focus on outcomes such as citizenship, leadership, altruism, and initiative (Larson, 2000; Scales, Benson, Leffert, & Blyth, 2000). While these outcomes are important, it...

Comparing Black, Hispanic, and White mothers with a national standard of parenting.
September 22, 2008... Parenting practices are typically studied in relation to particular subcultures. The prevailing assumption is that identifying attributes of subcultures can foster preservation of valued characteristics, guide acculturation, and promote...

Academic achievement, employment, age and gender and students' experience of alternative school.
September 22, 2008... Some academic schools are designed to serve students who are suspended or expelled from their home schools for disruptive behavior (Loy & Gregory, 2002). By removing these students, a better learning environment is thought to be provided to the...

Social support for exercise and dietary habits among college students.
September 22, 2008... Weight gain in the first few years of college is becoming an important concern affecting the likelihood that more young adults are, or will become, obese (Hoffman, Policastro, Quick, & Lee, 2006; Racette, Deusinger, Strube, Highstein, &...

Emerging adult versus adult status among college students: examination of explanatory variables.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Arnett (2000) proposed that individuals between approximately 18 and 25 years of age are in between adolescence and adulthood. He referred to this stage as "conceptually, theoretically, and empirically" different from the...

Personality assessment with adolescents: challenges and guidelines.
September 22, 2008... Adolescents are facing a growing array of socioemotional and mental health issues. Marsh (2004) notes, for instance, that approximately 4.5 to 6.3 million children and adolescents in the United States have a serious emotional disturbance that...

Profile of incarcerated juveniles: comparison of male and female offenders.
September 22, 2008... JUVENILE JUSTICE It is becoming increasingly important to understand the characteristics of juvenile offenders in order to decrease and prevent juvenile delinquency (Jenson, Potter, & Howard, 2001; Snyder & Sickmund, 2006). According to...

Development and validation of the computer technology literacy self-assessment scale for Taiwanese elementary school students.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Because of the increasing importance and pervasiveness of technology, educators have recognized that its integration into education is one of the important issues for educational reform and innovation (AAAS, 1998; Jonassen,...

Dieting, dietary restraint, and binge eating disorder among overweight adolescents in Turkey.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Eating disorders are characterized by severe disturbances in eating behavior. During the past 20 years, a great deal of attention has been devoted to eating disorders in women. The number of publications on anorexia nervosa...

Antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms: longitudinal and concurrent relations.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION The existing base of empirical evidence has established that both depressive symptoms (Gutman & Sameroff, 2004; Lewinsohn, Rohde, Seeley, & Fischer, 1993) and antisocial behavior (Barnow, Lucht, & Freyberger, 2005; Moffitt,...

Chinese adolescent student service quality and experience in an international tertiary education system.
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION On the 13th of July, 2001, under intense international competition, Beijing was awarded the honor, privilege, and responsibility of hosting the 23rd Modern Olympiad. As part of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation...

Risk of abnormal eating attitudes among Turkish dietetic students.
September 22, 2008... Eating behavior is a complex interaction of multiple physiological and psychological factors. There has been a significant increase in the incidence of eating disorders in the past twenty years, and it is commonly believed that they are...

Comacchio, Cynthia R. The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920 to 1950.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... COMACCHIO, Cynthia R. The Dominion of Youth: Adolescence and the Making of Modern Canada, 1920 to 1950. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006. 312pp. $65.00 (h). Adolescence is more than a biologically defined...

Flannery, Daniel J., Vazsonyi, Alexander T., & Waldman, Irwin D. (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... FLANNERY, Daniel J., VAZSONYI, Alexander T., & WALDMAN, Irwin D. (Eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 817 pp. $130.00 (h), $60.00 (p). This handbook provides a...

Johnson, Patrick B. & Malow-Iroff, Micheline S. Adolescents and Risk: Making Sense of Adolescent Psychology.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... JOHNSON, Patrick B. & MALOW-IROFF, Micheline S. Adolescents and Risk: Making Sense of Adolescent Psychology. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2008. 160pp. $49.95 (h). Substance abuse, gambling, sexual promiscuity, violence, mental health...

Rothstein-Fisch, Carrie, & Trumbull, Elise. Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... ROTHSTEIN-FISCH, Carrie, & TRUMBULL, Elise. Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2008. 196pp. $25.95 (p). The authors present a...