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Energy Gap Contributes to Adolescent Obesity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Summarizes findings on the gap between the calories American children and adolescents consume and the calories needed for normal growth, physical activity, and body function.
Kerry Griffin
core  

Exploring the link between the risk of violent injury in adolescents and historic redlining practices

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Psychopathology and Family Functioning as Predictors of Externalizing Behavior in Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece

open access: yesAdolescents
Adolescent externalizing problems are commonly linked to maternal psychological distress and family functioning, but these associations remain underexplored in the Greek sociocultural context.
Nikoletta Chronopoulou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Representations of Happiness in Portuguese Adolescents

open access: yesAdolescents
Background/Objectives: Happiness is a main topic of psychological research, and as a catalyst for transformative change, it is capable of inspiring growth and well-being.
Teresa Freire   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Conflict and Gun Carrying in Adolescence: Multilevel Analysis of Household and Neighborhood Effects in Los Angeles County

open access: yesAdolescents
Background: Firearm-related injuries are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents (ages 1 to 19 years) in the United States. Access to and carrying firearms are key risk factors for violence and adolescent firearm use.
Kathryn M. Barker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathology of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma—a lesion of adolescent males

open access: bronze, 1954
Stephen S. Sternberg
openalex   +1 more source

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