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The Mirage of Upward Mobility: Conceptualization and Implications for Teen Dating Violence Prevention

open access: yesChildren, 2023
Alcohol and drug abuse are recognized risk factors in scientific literature that can leave female adolescents vulnerable to experience teen dating violence (TDV) in their relationships.
Lídia Puigvert-Mallart   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Minority Game With Peer Pressure

open access: yes, 2003
To study the interplay between global market choice and local peer pressure, we construct a minority-game-like econophysical model. In this so-called networked minority game model, every selfish player uses both the historical minority choice of the ...
Chau, H. F., Chow, F. K., Ho, K. H.
core   +1 more source

Diffusion, peer pressure and tailed distributions

open access: yes, 2002
We present a general, physically motivated non-linear and non-local advection equation in which the diffusion of interacting random walkers competes with a local drift arising from a kind of peer pressure.
Amos Maritan   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Modeling social conformity and peer pressure in opinion dynamics: the role of dynamic interaction structures

open access: yesFrontiers in Physics
With the advent of modern media platforms, the dissemination of information has become faster and more far-reaching than ever before. These platforms amplify susceptibility to societal influences, as individuals respond to widely circulating information ...
Kanako Shibata, Isamu Okada
doaj   +1 more source

Triggers leading to substance abuse in patients admitted at de-addiction centers in a city of North Karnataka: A qualitative study [PDF]

open access: yesAl Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: Substance abuse is defined as ‘‘Harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs’’. Main substances abused include tobacco, alcohol, cocaine, opiates, hallucinogens, amphetamines, prescription and over ...
Anas Mailadi, Rajesh R. Kulkarni
doaj  

Exploring the Pathway towards Depression among Working Married Women – A Qualitative Study Done In Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

open access: yesNational Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Globally, around 264 million people suffer from depression according to World Health Organization (WHO). As per the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS), in the year 2015-2016, one in 20 people over the age of 18 years have ever had ...
Keerthana Ramesh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Being a non-drinking student: an interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Recent research suggests that safer student alcohol consumption might be assisted by understanding how social occasions are managed by non-drinkers. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with five 19-22 year old non-drinking English undergraduates were ...
Conroy, D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Intention to Smoke Tobacco Products among Senior Secondary School Students in Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State

open access: yesJuvenis Scientia, 2023
Introduction. Adolescence is a period in which many adolescents start exploring certain risky behaviours like tobacco use. Adolescent tobacco use is a significant global public health challenge.
E. A. Usen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Cancer Treatment on Somatosensory and Nociceptive Processing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy remains a major complication in pediatric cancer, with disrupted somatosensory and nociceptive processing being a key aspect. This review synthesizes empirical studies on alterations in somatosensory and nociceptive processing in children and adolescents with cancer.
Julia Schweiger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Preferences for a Digital Single‐Session Intervention for Adolescent Siblings of Youth With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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