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acts of violence resulting "from ones reduced ability to regulate the expression of aggressive behavior in interpersonal situation...
people 21 and older * Underage drinking costs the United States more than $58 billion every year - enough to buy every public scho...
age of 15, "compared with 21 percent of Hispanics and 16 percent of non-Hispanic whites" (Non-Hispanic black teens, 2003; p. 7). ...
1997). Societal factors as a whole, however, bear examination in regard to their impact on this phenomena. Not only must parents...
younger siblings. It has to do with their biological clock, the circadian rhythm that dictates to every living organism when sleep...
In five pages this paper discusses teen pregnancies and how to reduce them with topics including advertising, classes in parenting...
of target marketing. Companies want to go with what is popular and not what just might become popular. Minority teens are now a kn...
In fourteen pages this paper discusses the issue of teen pregnancy in the United States in a consideration of rates, alternatives,...
Sociological theories are applied to this consideration of teen involvement in gangs in a paper consisting of seven pages. There ...
In eight pages Erik Erikson's development stages are among the topics considered in an examination of the teen pregnancy problem f...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how teen confidence and responsibility can be developed through drum and bugle corps' participatio...
(1995) respects the opposing view, saying that no one should ever be forced into viewing pornography if he or she chooses not to, ...
use of "Latino" and "Latina," which are Spanish words, have been viewed as more inclusive and politically correct (Delgado-Romero,...
teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...
In six pages the positive and negative aspects of conformity and its role in group life are examined within the context of society...
quickly. There...
higher than American students. Much has been written about the elevated stress levels that Japanese students experience. They al...
depression from time to time (Types and Causes of Depression). Another type of depression is bipolar disorder, which is also refe...
"hoppers" and "superpredators" (Wagner, 2001). And during one week in California, youth committed heinous crimes including one 15-...
501K3066), and insists that the answer lies in the communitys response to the problem: "We have to get smart on crime, not tough"...
of Australian society. Racism is, in fact, one of the primary shapers of contemporary Australian society. In the nineteenth cent...
al determined, for example, that prior smoking behavior of a family ended up being the most important psychosocial predictor of fu...
22.4% (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004). Cigarettes, once considered glamorous and chic, have emerged as t...
would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...
and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...
not only understanding themselves but themselves in relation to others and others as individuals. Within social studies it is gene...
The authors conclude that the anger-in scale of the STAXI may be less reliable for younger groups but that it is still valuable fo...
unprotected sex, drugs, theft, driving too fast, and thrill seeking. According to Lynn Ponton, author of The Romance of Risk: Why ...
ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...
nicotine in cigarette smoke which causes an increased heart rate and raised blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance, con...