Sentences with phrase «early adolescence at»

This investigation was supported, in part, by a research grant from the Collaborative on Early Adolescence at Northern Illinois University.

Phase I was conducted in early childhood at age 6 (Golombok et al., 1997) and Phase II was conducted in early adolescence at age 12 (Golombok et al., 2004).

In contrast, these same programs have unfavourable effects on the schooling outcomes of children who were in pre-adolescence and early adolescence at study entry.

For children who were pre-adolescent and in early adolescence at the beginning of these studies, negative impacts on schooling outcomes (e.g. grade repetition) are found, regardless of whether the program included earnings supplements or not.21 These negative effects were most pronounced for adolescents with younger siblings, suggesting that single parents may have relied on their adolescents for the care of the younger children as they went to work, and these responsibilities may have impeded adolescents» schooling.

The report, prepared by the Massachusetts Advocacy Center and the Center for Early Adolescence at the University of North Carolina, attempts to merge what its authors say have until now been two mutually exclusive areas of research: effective middle - school practice and dropout prevention.

The three - year «Project on Adolescent Literacy,» conducted by the center for early adolescence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examined efforts by school districts and community agencies to combat illiteracy in that age group.

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Signs and Symptoms Schizophrenia is a mental illness that usually strikes in late adolescence or early adulthood, but can strike at any time in life.

Although I never met Brittanie Cecil, and I've never been to Columbus, Ohio, I can not begin to express the grief that wells up inside my heart whenever I see the school photograph of the little teenager, on the cusp of adolescence, her blonde hair pulled back into a ribbon, and her blue eyes sparkling at the prospect of all those summer pool parties, those early - fall hayrides, her prom, her high school graduation with the cap and gown sailing high into a sky as wide and full as her hopes and dreams.

As evidence, she pointed to a 2011 study in the United Kingdom which found that three - quarters of the 6,000 young adults ages 18 to 22 years interviewed about their experiences in sports earlier in adolescence reported at least 1 incident of emotional harm playing sports, one third of whom identified their coach as the main source of harm, and to a 2005 study - one which I cited in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage (Harper Collins), and in articles adapted from that book for MomsTEAM.com - finding that 45 % of children reported verbal misconduct by coaches, including name - calling and insulting them during play.

The desire to examine how adoption has influenced one's place in the world can emerge at any stage or transition in life: early childhood, adolescence, leaving home, marriage, ending a relationship, becoming a parent, losing a parent...

Studies published in The Lancet earlier this year confirmed what we have long believed, that babies fed exclusively on breast milk for at least the first 6 months have the best chance of thriving through childhood and adolescence.

Dominic CavendishTheatre critic and adaptor of Orwell: A Celebration1984 grabs us by the throat in early adolescence or adulthood and never lets go because it tells us something deeply unpleasant about human nature; something we know at once, however safe and secure we are, to be true.

Using the prospective method, young children displaying sex - atypical patterns are followed into adolescence and early adulthood so that their sexual orientation can be assessed at maturity.

Tics are at their worst for people with TS aged between 11 and 14 years old, but for the majority begin to improve throughout adolescence and into early adulthood.

Young women with ADHD who have been exposed to abuse, neglect or other traumas in childhood and adolescence are at greater risk for self - injury, eating disorders and suicide than those with ADHD who were not mistreated in early youth, according to new research from UC Berkeley.

University of Texas at Arlington researchers have found that low attention control in early adolescence is related to a genetic risk factor for four different anxiety disorders.

It Begins at Ten: How Gender Expectations Shape Early Adolescence Around the World is the most comprehensive analysis to date — and the first to draw equally from high -, low - and middle - income countries — of how children on the cusp of adolescence perceive growing up as a bAdolescence Around the World is the most comprehensive analysis to date — and the first to draw equally from high -, low - and middle - income countries — of how children on the cusp of adolescence perceive growing up as a badolescence perceive growing up as a boy or girl.

That is, very often in the crises that occur at age 30, 40, or later a major issue is the reactivation of a guiding Dream... that goes back to adolescence or the early 20's, and the concern with its failure.»

The researchers looked at whether parents» greater use of psychological control in early adolescence can hinder teens» development of autonomy in relationships with peers.

«Given the solid epidemiologic evidence supporting a link between cannabis exposure during adolescence and schizophrenia, we investigated whether the use of cannabis during early adolescence (by 16 years of age) is associated with variations in brain maturation as a function of genetic risk for schizophrenia,» said senior author Tomas Paus, MD, PhD, the Anne and Max Tanenbaum Professor and Chair in Population Neuroscience at Baycrest, University of Toronto, and the Dr. John and Consuela Phelan Scholar at Child Mind Institute, New York.

«Early adolescence is an important time for youth, who are undergoing a variety of biological, psychological, and social changes,» said study author Elise Cappella, associate professor of applied psychology at NYU Steinhardt and director of NYU's Institute of Human Development and Social Change.

«The findings suggest that if we can prevent or reduce chronic depression during early adolescence, we may reduce the prevalence of cannabis use disorder,» said lead author Isaac Rhew, research assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

In other words, these kids learn at an early age to value that which looks really good but offers nothing else; and they seek out similar pretty packages in adolescence.

Rainbow is at an awkward stage of early adolescence.

Cera, whose smooth, slightly rounded face brings to mind an early Jim Henson creation, is so adept at conveying the innocent desperation of male adolescence, so low - key and genuine (especially compared to Jason Biggs and other hammy purveyors of the nice - guy - who - still - wants - to - get - laid shtick) that he can at times be almost painful to watch.

Maybe there's that one teacher who is amazingly talented at what she does; or the teacher's aide who serves as a de facto grandmother to half the student body; or the chess club leader who manages to keep young boys engaged in school through early adolescence; or the superstar math teacher who seems solely responsible for a middle school's stellar math scores.

Criminal activity in the U.S. begins in early adolescence and peaks at age 18 (Levitt and Lochner 2001), years when most American youth are enrolled in school.

The DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund has awarded a three - year, $ 1.1 - million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for Early Adolescence to help improve the preparation and training of teachers and staff members in the middle grades.

The study's finding that the start - time effects are pronounced beginning at age 13 is consistent with the theory that hormonal changes in adolescence (typically beginning at 13 or 14) make it difficult for students to get enough sleep when school starts early, leading to sleep deficiencies that many studies have found to be associated with a decrease in cognitive performance.

She condemns charters, which are still emerging from infancy or, at best, entering their early adolescence.

At Roxbury Prep, Karman received her National Board Teacher Certification in Early Adolescence in Social Studies.

Ms. Cheryl A. Redfield, NBCT (Early Adolescence / English Language Arts), is a Center for Teaching Quality Teacherpreneur who teaches at Highland Junior High School in Gilbert, Arizona.

Teachers who hold a Middle Childhood - Early Adolescence (grades 1 - 8) regular education license and have at least four semesters of teaching experience in grades 1 or 2 can add a regular education license at the Early Childhood level (birth to grade 3) by passing the Praxis II Elementary Education Content Knowledge test and the Foundations of Reading Test.

After so much promise at Scion's birth in 2002, the little division's early adolescence has been rough.

Set at a Catholic boys» school in Dublin, Paul Murray's second work of fiction is about Daniel «Skippy» Juster, a 14 - year - old whose death occurs early in this comic - ironic novel — a classic tale of adolescence.

This study looked at British data to see whether the presence of a household cat during pregnancy or early childhood was associated with an increased prevalence of psychotic episodes in early and late adolescence.

And it came at a critical time — when the first generation of gamers who actually grew up playing video games at home was in their adolescence — early adolescence, for most.

In the new study, the researchers were able to observe steady growth in the hippocampus of children with supportive mothers across multiple brain scans taken at different time periods, with 127 children receiving three MRI scans each from the time they first started school through early adolescence.

Dr. Biglan is a Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute, Principal Investigator of the Teacher Wellbeing Project, Director of the Center on Early Adolescence, and Co-Principal Investigator of the Promise Neighborhoods Research Consortium.

The best - fit model revealed one genetic risk factor for SxAnxDep acting at ages 8 — 9, 13 — 14, 16 — 17 and 19 — 20, and new sets of genetic risk factors «coming on line» in early adolescence, late adolescence and early adulthood.

Prenatal home visiting programs such as the NFP or the doula ¶ are also particularly appealing, both because they reach at - risk families as early as possible and because they intervene at the same time on children and adolescent mothers by affecting those traits still amenable to change during adolescence.36

Transition to school is seen as one of the best stages in a child's life to measure child development and well - being.12 — 14 Research has established that children at higher risk for suboptimal development can be better prepared for initial success at school through early childhood education, family support, paediatric and allied healthcare interventions and child health programmes.15 When children come to school with the developmental capacity to take advantage of the education system, coupled with a high - quality education system, the initial positive effects persist into adolescence and adulthood.15

Carolyn Webster - Stratton and Ted Taylor, 8220; Nipping Early Risk Factors in the Bud: Preventing Substance Abuse, Delinquency, and Violence in Adolescence through Interventions Targeted at Young Children (8211; 8 Years), 8221; Prevention Science, 2, no. 3 (2001): 165,8211; 92.

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Some observers have argued that female offenders can, in theory, be either adolescent - limited or life - course - persistent and that the relative scarcity of early - onset aggression in females indicates that they are generally less likely to follow the latter pathway.56 Others, however, have argued that the relative prevalence of adolescent - onset aggression in girls (compared with childhood - onset) indicates that persistent delinquency simply manifests at a later age in girls than it does in boys.57 In Persephanie Silverthorn and Paul Frick's model, girls and boys are influenced by similar risk factors during childhood, but the onset of delinquent behavior in girls is delayed by the more stringent social controls imposed on them before adolescence.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Child & Family Research Institute have shown that parental stress during their children's early years can leave an imprint on their sons» or daughters» genes — an imprint that lasts into adolescence and may affect how these genes are expressed later in life.

As children who have experienced trauma move into adolescence, they are at an increased risk of developing further emotional and health problems, becoming isolated from their peers and exiting school early.

The offspring who were younger (r = − 0.08, P =.05), who were female (OR, 2.73; 95 % CI, 1.06 - 7.01), who had psychiatric disorders during middle adolescence (OR, 2.98; 95 % CI, 1.28 - 6.92), and whose parents had psychiatric disorders (OR, 4.55; 95 % CI,1.77 - 11.70) were also at an elevated risk for suicide attempts during late adolescence or early adulthood.

These results suggest that for every increase in the number of ACEs, the likelihood of initiation of illicit drug during early adolescence, mid-adolescence, adulthood, or at any age (lifetime) increases by 40 %, 10 %, 10 %, and 30 %, respectively.

Anthony Biglan, PhD, is senior scientist at the Oregon Research Institute in Eugene, OR, and director of the Centers for Community Interventions on Children and Prevention of Problems in Early Adolescence, both at ORI.