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of risk and the impact for families. Research suggests that there is a need to consider the approaches for assessing suicide ri...
226) and occurs in as much as 26 percent of the adolescent population, and include alcohol, tobacco and illegal substance use. Su...
This research paper consists of an analysis of Green, et al's 2010 study, "Does heavy adolescent marijuana use lead to criminal in...
nature of both the emotional and the physical changes that are a natural part of adolescence ("Teen," 2003). Annually, close to 5,...
link between the unhealthy, fat-laden meals served by fast food restaurants and the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. However, commo...
teenagers, because they are often reactions from the lower self. A strong personal desire can also evoke an emotional response, w...
a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...
goes on to say that the nature of the family is its members being "connected emotionally" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Famil...
as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...
choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...
to one of three groups, one of which was a control group with 208 students in it (Ferlazzo, 2006). The rest of the group were divi...
their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...
between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...
couple of studies dealing with gansta rap and its impact on adolescents most likely to be affected by it. Well then move to the ot...
Although it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuali...
cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...
Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...
things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...
grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...
families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...
It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...
researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
questionable impact over adolescent personality, values and manner. In gathering this information, several methods were utilized ...
(Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006). * About eight percent of entering college freshmen must take at least one literacy remed...
Ward & Friedman (2006) report, "Our findings suggest that TV use, in multiple forms, appears to be linked with adolescent sexualit...
among those challenges could be racism, classism, sexism, adultism, and cultural oppression. Any of these can have devastating eff...
effect of exposure to violent video games has been determined to be 0.2, which is more than the effect of asbestos on cancer, home...
jungle (Berk, 2008). This chapter concentrates on the physical development of the child through this stage of growth. Berk not...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...
experimental trial" (Craig, et al, 1996, p. 811). It may be that the researchers assumed that their readers would perceive that th...