SEARCH RESULTS

students in 2004 from 24% of students in 2003 (MORI, 2004). Bullying and threatening behaviour are increasing and it was found tha...

1998). This is enshrined in both political rhetoric and policies and papers such as the policy documents Excellence in Schools and...

applied here validate all 181 cases. The third is a "date-charge" set of statistics, indicating when the arrests occurred. Perha...

attitudes and feelings which he may have, no matter how unconventional, absurd, or contradictory these attitudes may be" (Rogers 1...

reported that behavior therapy follows "a format of therapist modeling, behavior rehearsal, specific therapy assignments, self-rec...

have changed considerably over the last century. This change is associated with a number of factors, the most prominent being our...

homeless teens as indicative of a larger problem (Wagner 16). Wagner explains it this way: " With their economy in shambles, many ...

2006). Marcotte and colleagues (2002) note that a great deal of progress has been made in this field over the last two decades but...

(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...

14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...

at different rates, which means that "physical growth is "asynchronous" (Berk 296). B. The general growth curve indicates the cha...

jungle (Berk, 2008). This chapter concentrates on the physical development of the child through this stage of growth. Berk not...

the crises facing the individual at subsequent stages. Each individual must, basically, "pass eight great tests" and anticipation ...

various roles" (Meadows-Oliver, et al, 2007, p. 116). The stress involved in a teenage pregnancy and the associated pressure tha...

In general, if a parent asks for information concerning a counseling session, the counselor is required to provide a response. How...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...