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Theories on Adolescent Development

is placed in peril, in other words, when the negative fragments from the past begin to surface, the individual might think these n...

A Tribe Apart by Patricia Hersch and Psychological Theory

In seven pages this research paper applies psychological theories on adolescent development in an analysis of the teens featured i...

An Article on Adolescent Identity Development Reviewed

In five pages this study of parental behavioral perceptions and identity development in adolescents is reviewed in terms of articl...

The Glen Ridge Rape by Bernard Lefkowitz

In five pages this text regarding high school athletes raping a retarded adolescent is examined in terms of the community sociolog...

African American Adolescents and Depression

depressive symptoms have changes throughout the years with the social and scientific knowledge available. Until the end of the 17...

The Trajectories and Paths of Adolescent Development

In eight pages the psychological theory of trajectories and paths as they relate to adolescent development are presented along wit...

Comparison of Discipline Methods

In five pages withdrawal of love, assertion of power, and induction are 3 discipline approaches that are examined within the conte...

Adolescent and Child Obesity

In eleven pages the problem of obesity in American children is examined in terms of adolescent health risks and causes that includ...

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

In five pages Hinton's 1967 text is examined in terms of whether or not contemporary adolescents can still relate to the tale and ...

Cardiovascular Education and Adolescents

In twelve pages cardiovascular education and its adolescent impact are discussed along with a recommendation of further research i...

Adolescence and Deviance

In eight pages the concept of deviance is examined in terms of definition and relevant sociological theories in order to make a de...

Adolescent Development: Three Different Perspectives

occurred in recent years. Background: Adolescent Psychology Self-esteem is immediate connected with assessments of the ...

Reforming Juvenile Justice

as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...

Article Review: Depression And Delinquency

that depression may be a risk factor. Depression causes many different feelings and conditions such as the inability to concentrat...

Drugs and Their Negative Impact on Teens

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...

Depression in Children and Adolescents

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

Urban Black Male Adolescents

families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...

Does Divorce or Disruption in Family Structure During Adolescence Have a Detrimental Effect on Development?

Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...

Support Services for Gay and Lesbian Children and Adolescents

Although it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuali...

Youth Suicide and Depression; Conventional Approaches To Treatment

a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...

School Climate/James P. Comer

through a consensual process, each member of the team feels that they had an input into the decision, whereas the process of votin...

Family Systems Theory

goes on to say that the nature of the family is its members being "connected emotionally" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Famil...

Cigarette Smoking in Adolescence (Article Review)

things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...

Graduate School in Bronfenbrenner's Model

position the late developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner would take. Bronfenbrenners Human Ecology Lang (2005) writ...

Althol Fugard/Valley Song

choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...

Teen Treatment Outcomes/Depression

psychotherapy declined. Psychotherapy is often an expensive and prolonged process, which is why Olfson, et al, posit that increase...

Child & Adolescent Obesity/U.S.

"hyperlipidemia, hypertension, blood glucose disturbances, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea and asthma," while emotional effects inclu...

Adolescent Depression And Cognitive Behavior Therapy

29 percent of the entire group of patients at the beginning of the study (Weeks, 2004; NIMH, 2005). This rate was reduced in all f...

Trying Juveniles In Adult Courts

has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...

Organ Donation, Erie Co. & Educating Youth

medical attention if they were identified as organ donors (Minniefield, 2002). One hundred percent of the 25 to 35 years olds expr...