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Children, Adolescents, and Divorce Effects

As of 1999, more than 8 million children in America were living with their divorced single parent (Fagan and Rector, 2000). When t...

Adolescence and Football

to Dr. Jordan Metzl, physician who specializes in sports medicine and author of The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctors Complete Guide...

Adolescence and Self Esteem Factors

Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...

Literature Review on Stress Agents

often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...

A Case Study That Examines Amelia's Choices

their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...

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...

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. ...

Youth Work Value and Attributes

economic standing. All that began changing in the early 1990s, with the result that between 1995 and 1999 - years in which many o...

Psychosis in Adolescents and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

the age of seven, the prevalence of the disorder does increase with age (2003). Childhood schizophrenia forms a continuum with the...

A Consideration of Adolescent Depression

This is a paper that contains six pages and explores all aspects of depression in adolescents and uses research studies to discuss...

Mental Illness and Juvenile Delinquency

age of sufferers continues to drop as depression in young people is on the rise. "Runaway, homeless youth as compared to nonhomel...

Age Appropriate Sexual Behavior Perceptions

In five pages this paper discusses perceptions that are developed by age appropriateness regarding sexuality and considers what pa...

Depression and Suicide Among Adolescents

In a paper consisting of five pages the numerous factors that cause depression and possible suicide among adolescents are discusse...

Research Proposal on Aggressive Behavior and the Effects of Video Game Playing

do not interact with others fail to learn the social skills necessary for positive interpersonal relationships. Despite the inte...

'Don't Let a Good Scare Frighten You' Analyzed

and quite sensibly. Concept 2. The "scary" books give young adolescents reading material that is fun and far removed from ...

Real Life Explored in Thomas Wolfe's 1929 Novel Look Homeward, Angel

In six pages this paper examines how the author reflected on his childhood and adolescent experiences in an analysis of Look Homew...

Chapter X of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

In five pages this chapter is examined in a structural analysis that discusses the conflict between death and fear imagery and Tom...

Literature Review on Spondylolisthesis

In five pages this paper examines spondylolisthesis in this contemporary literature review with the condition as it affects adoles...

Adolescent Drug Abuse, Diminished Social Skills, and Low Self Esteem

In six pages this paper examines the problem of adolescent drug abuse in a consideration of various issues and the determining fac...

Multicultural Educational Environment and Counseling Issues

In eight pages African American students are examined in terms of literature regarding dropout rates for adolescents and college s...

Child and Adolescent OCD

In eighteen pages Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is examined in an overview of the diagnosis as described in DSM IV with a literatu...

Birth Control and Sexual Attitudes of Adolescents

In sixteen pages this paper considers self esteem and motivations that determine sexual attitudes among adolescents. There are tw...

Adolescent and Childhood Depression

role of the school and teacher, as, it can be argued they are an existing resource that is under-utilised, and unaided without the...

Dysfunctional Families and Substance Abuse in Adolescents

following drug abuses were evaluated, marijuana, glue, other drugs, bought or drank alcohol, or drank alcohol at school. Wh...

Adolescent Stage According to Erik Erikson

In two pages Erikson's psychosocial theory described as the adolescent stage is examined in terms of its transition phase and the ...

Adolescent Alcoholism Hypothesis and Recommendations

In five pages this paper examines adolescent alcoholism in terms of problem identification, methodology, treatment, literature rev...

Children and Adolescent Residential Treatment

In eleven pages this paper examines indications and contraindications for residential treatment of children and adolescents with p...

How Mass Media Can Impact Teenage Girls.

In our parents time it may have been: the brains, the geeks and the jocks. In a 1999 report entitled, "Girls, media, and the nego...

Adolescent Substance Abuse and Comorbidity

In five pages a research design detailed in an article discussing adolescent substance abuse and comorbidity is critiqued. Four s...

Children, Adolescents, and PTSD

in the home and/or in the community. An understanding of this condition will help the educator to help the child. Research has fou...