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Adolescent risk-taking behavior
Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 1987There is general agreement that violence in adolescence is occurring at unprecedented and unacceptably high levels. Society has begun to grapple with this problem but lacks the information to help guide it toward a resolution. Are our young people purposely or unconsciously pursuing a self-destructive course?
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Journal of Social Service Research, 1994
This study tested a path model, composed of concepts from social control, social learning and differential association theories, to determine its use in explaining frequency of adolescent sexual intercourse. The model was tested using two-stage least squares regression procedures, and it was based on assumptions underlying recent refinements in ...
Brent B. Benda, Frederick A. DiBlasio
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This study tested a path model, composed of concepts from social control, social learning and differential association theories, to determine its use in explaining frequency of adolescent sexual intercourse. The model was tested using two-stage least squares regression procedures, and it was based on assumptions underlying recent refinements in ...
Brent B. Benda, Frederick A. DiBlasio
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Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 2000
SUMMARY The focus of this study was on the association between family characteristics (e.g., family structure, family cohesion), race/ethnicity and their relationship to violent behaviors in adolescents. Family characteristics represent one piece of a larger ecological model that includes individual, peer, school, and neighborhood/community factors ...
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SUMMARY The focus of this study was on the association between family characteristics (e.g., family structure, family cohesion), race/ethnicity and their relationship to violent behaviors in adolescents. Family characteristics represent one piece of a larger ecological model that includes individual, peer, school, and neighborhood/community factors ...
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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1970
This paper reports a controlled, long-term followup study of adolescent suicide attempters, using as controls carefully matched youngsters hospitalized for psychiatric illness. Analysis of variables relating to pre-hospital behavior and post-hospital adjustment indicates that the distinguishing characteristics of suicide attempters are fewer than might
E J, Stanley, J T, Barter
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This paper reports a controlled, long-term followup study of adolescent suicide attempters, using as controls carefully matched youngsters hospitalized for psychiatric illness. Analysis of variables relating to pre-hospital behavior and post-hospital adjustment indicates that the distinguishing characteristics of suicide attempters are fewer than might
E J, Stanley, J T, Barter
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[Sexual behavior and adolescence].
Minerva ginecologica, 2000Adolescence represents the period with the highest frequency of negative consequences associated with sexual activities (sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies). An epidemiological study was carried out in symptomatic patients attending our Outpatient Clinic for Sexually Transmitted Diseases between April 1995 and April 1999 in order to
DE SETA, FRANCESCO +7 more
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Adolescent Environmental Behaviors
Environment and Behavior, 2005This article examines the relationships among adolescent environmental behaviors and self-efficacy, knowledge, and attitudes. It was hypothesized that adolescents who demonstrate more proenvironmental attitudes are more likely to demonstrate proenvironmental behaviors.
Meinhold, Jana L., Malkus, Amy J.
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American Psychologist, 1989
What is known about adolescent sexual behavior is reviewed. First, the onset of sexual behavior in the teenage years is considered as a function of cohort, gender, and ethnic differences. Omissions in the research on sexual behavior other than intercourse are highlighted.
J, Brooks-Gunn, F F, Furstenberg
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What is known about adolescent sexual behavior is reviewed. First, the onset of sexual behavior in the teenage years is considered as a function of cohort, gender, and ethnic differences. Omissions in the research on sexual behavior other than intercourse are highlighted.
J, Brooks-Gunn, F F, Furstenberg
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[Adolescent addictive behaviors].
La Revue du praticien, 2014Adolescence is a period with a specific risk to develop addictive behaviours. During this key period, addictions can be at the root of very damaging consequences, both on the health and social sides, which is nowadays a public health issue. Paradoxically, teenagers are often not requesting for aid and access aid with difficulty. So, first aid operators
Geneviève, Lafaye, Laurent, Karila
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Adolescence, 1992
Pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents is considered a major problem in our society. The purpose of this study is to review the past five years of professional literature on adolescent sexuality to determine the factors which influence this social phenomenon as well as effective interventions.
S D, White, R R, DeBlassie
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Pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents is considered a major problem in our society. The purpose of this study is to review the past five years of professional literature on adolescent sexuality to determine the factors which influence this social phenomenon as well as effective interventions.
S D, White, R R, DeBlassie
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Aggressive Behavior, Adolescence
2003According to the US Department of Justice, the juvenile arrest rate for violent crimes has fallen 36 percent since its peak in 1994, and the juvenile murder rate is at its lowest level since the 1960s (Snyder, 2000). However, efforts to combat adolescent aggression and violence are just now beginning to realize their potential. Research focusing on the
Melinda G. Schmidt +2 more
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