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Most programs intended to stop teenagers from using and abusing substances fail because the teenager does not want to be there and...

The number of scientific research studies about bullying has grown dramatically since the 1970s, which suggests that bullying is a...

This paper discusses the five-stage model developed by the Vera Institute, which describes the process used to enter adolescents i...

This paper presents summations of two research studies. The first one, Meadows-Oliver and Sadler (2010), pertained to depression a...

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

for constant friendship and status both in the group and in the school. The group gives each member protection from being alone an...

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

adolescents there were no real treatment alternatives for these children (Brent, 2004). The common belief, in fact, was that thos...

modeling and imitation (Somers and Tynan, 2006). Hypothesis in each study Collins, et al, propose that television holds the pote...

exert an influence in adult life. Freud maintained that individuals develop their personalities as a result of biological...

having lasting significance, since it impacts not only on childs subsequent emotional and psychological development but also on th...

interpret and organize information in a way which leads to the development of a stable idea of "self". They note that Erikson (196...

to strict behaviorism either, and nor did he support the traditional therapeutic model in which the client had a mainly passive ro...

creativity (Wilderdom, 2004). Piaget presented four stages of cognitive development to explain how children learn and develop. Pi...

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

and those who have been diagnosed as having a major depressive episode (Editors, 2006). As the data verify, girls are far more lik...

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

and similarity" (Kipke et al, 1997, p. 655). Within the forming of these friendships is also a climate of greater importance with...

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

make her laugh and Debbies mothering tendency. Marie said she appreciated Denaes honesty, Jills spontaneity and Lindas frankness....

out the way one may have originally intended; as such, a life perceived as less enlightened still encourages - and even requires -...

as noted above, is a "protective resource" that counters the effect of something stressful; for example, providing financial suppo...

mental illness. One area of practice where this factor in Christian psychiatric practice may prove effective is in regards to the...

women, despite their success; women still are faced with doing the majority of tasks around the home, no matter how busy their pro...

describe the other elements that were at play in the educational process. These invisible elements, the so-called "hidden curricu...

test site in which to explore various behaviors not deemed acceptable by adult standards, yet are perfectly fine within the constr...

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...

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

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

viral disease that attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or sickness caused by microbial organ...