A new study published in the Journal of
Early Adolescence found that dads are in a unique position to instill persistence and hope in their children, particularly in the pre-teen and teen years.
Not exact matches
Researcher Dr Therese O'Sullivan of Edith Cowan University's School of Medical and Health Science said the eating habits of 860 WA teenagers from
early to late
adolescence were studied in order to come up with the
findings.
Abernethy (2005)
found that child athletes who participated in a variety of sports and specialized in
adolescence tended to be more consistent performers, experienced fewer injuries, and were involved in sports for a longer time than their
early - specializing peers.
Education, when you can
find it, terminates in
early adolescence.
«Communicative Fathers» Help Reduce Teenage Smoking Children who talk to their fathers about the issues that are important to them are less likely to take up smoking during
early adolescence, a new study has
found.
A new longitudinal study has
found that using such harsh verbal discipline in
early adolescence can be harmful to teens later.
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.
Longitudinal research using these techniques shows that although genetic factors primarily account for developmental continuity, some evidence can be
found for genetic contributions to change, especially during the transition from
early to middle childhood (Fulker, Cherny, & Cardon, 1993) and perhaps from middle childhood to late
adolescence (Loehlin, Horn, & Willerman, 1989).
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Early adolescence is a time when students» views are still forming, and we wanted to
find out which factors affect their beliefs about climate change.»
Also, the
findings could help improve the tools available for
early detection of risk for schizophrenia and psychosis, which are typically not diagnosed until late
adolescence.
«Peer approval is important during
adolescence, especially in
early adolescence, so they're sharing content that they think others will
find impressive.»
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.
Raby said the
findings showed those who experienced abuse or neglect
early in life consistently were less successful in their social relationships and academic performance during childhood,
adolescence and even during adulthood.
«We
found that differences in language development in
early childhood and school age predict alcohol use behaviors in
adolescence and up to young adulthood,» said Latvala.
A new longitudinal study has
found that using such harsh verbal discipline in
early adolescence can be harmful to teens later.
«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.
The researchers also
found that parental homeownership in both
early childhood and
adolescence were both associated with adult telomere length.
So says a new study that
finds that people with variations in particular genes are more likely to become addicted if they start smoking during
early adolescence.
Previous studies showed that reaching puberty
early is especially stressful, and Caspi and Moffitt
found that the girls who had the most trouble adjusting to
early adolescence were those who had shown behavioral problems in
early childhood.
There have been hundreds of theories about schizophrenia over the years, but one of the enduring mysteries has been how three prominent
findings related to each other: the apparent involvement of immune molecules, the disorder's typical onset in late
adolescence and
early adulthood, and the thinning of gray matter seen in autopsies of patients.
Last year, Education Next published the
findings of a study of the academic achievement of two groups: those who in
adolescence lived in single - parent households and those who lived in two - parent households (see «One - Parent Students Leave School
Earlier,» features, Spring 2015).
These parenting practices, Hill and other researchers have
found, are related to outcomes in
adolescence and
early adulthood, as well as more directly to school engagement and achievement.
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.
The researchers studied a series of brain scans of children from preschool through
early adolescence,
finding a sharper rise in the volume of the hippocampus in the kids whose mothers supported and nurtured them during the preschool years.
Beginning in
early adolescence, screening for substance use should be implemented.21, 52 Substance use and dependence have consistently been
found to be 1 of the most prevalent behavioral health diagnoses in adolescents.
Two studies have identified groups of girls exhibiting chronically high levels of antisocial behavior across childhood and
early adolescence and having an increased risk for continued antisocial behavior.60 In addition, Odgers and several colleagues
found that 7.5 percent of all girls between the ages of seven and fifteen displayed an
early - onset of offending that persisted into
adolescence and that this pattern was similar to boys of the same age.61 Other studies suggest that although strongly aggressive behavior in girls before the age of seven is rare, continuity of offending for such girls may be stronger than that among comparable boys and that such
early problem behavior in girls should be considered a significant warning sign of potential future problems.62
We then present
findings from the Late
Adolescence Study on the development of these problems in a sample of girls seen over an 8 - year period, from early adolescence into young
Adolescence Study on the development of these problems in a sample of girls seen over an 8 - year period, from
early adolescence into young
adolescence into young adulthood.
With respect to timing of programs to enhance self - control, our
findings were consistent with «one - two punch» scheduling of interventions during both
early childhood and
adolescence (29).
The effects of welfare policies — particularly those with more generous earnings supplements — were most pronounced during two developmental transition periods: positive effects were
found for children going from preschool into middle childhood, and negative effects were
found for children making the transition out of middle childhood and into
early adolescence.
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.
These
findings indicated that a valid distinction in identity statuses could be made in
early and middle
adolescence.
Although this is the first prospective longitudinal study to investigate this mediational hypothesis in a systematic manner, our
findings are consistent with previous
findings indicating that disruption of interpersonal relationships is a predominant risk factor for suicide10, 13,49 and that interpersonal conflict or separation during adulthood partially mediated an association between neglectful overprotective parenting and subsequent suicide attempts.23 The present
findings are also consistent with research indicating that stressful life events mediated the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behavior during
adolescence or
early adulthood, 8 that suicide is multidetermined, 2 and that youths who experience numerous adversities during childhood and
adolescence are at a particularly elevated risk for suicide.18, 22,49
Fetal growth and behavior problems in
early adolescence:
Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy
The researchers
found out that the hippocampal growth trajectory was associated with better emotion regulation in
early adolescence.
The principal
finding of the present study is that interpersonal difficulties during middle
adolescence mediated the association between maladaptive parenting or abuse during childhood or
early adolescence and suicide attempts during
early adulthood.
Considered together with our
findings indicating that parental psychiatric disorders were significantly associated with offspring suicide attempts before, but not after, maladaptive parenting was controlled statistically, the present
findings are consistent with the inference that maladaptive parenting mediated the association between parental psychiatric disorders and offspring suicide attempts during late
adolescence or
early adulthood.
Our
findings support a clarion call for parents to adopt active parenting regarding media during
early adolescence.
The
finding of residual depressive symptoms during recovery has also been reported in adult MDD.44, 45 Longitudinal investigations of adults with residual depressive symptoms have shown
earlier recurrence and continued impairment in social functioning in follow - up studies.46 - 48 The implications of this
finding will be clarified as this preschool sample is observed into later childhood and
early adolescence.
And much like toddlerhood, many parents
find early adolescence to be a difficult period requiring a fair amount of adaptation.
For example, the Minnesota study (2005) followed participants from infancy to late
adolescence and
found continuity between
early attachment and later emotional / social behavior.
A recent study of anxiety trajectories over a wide age range (Parrigon & Kerns, 2016)
found low
early attachment to fathers predicted that young children would maintain anxiety levels until
adolescence.
He also
found that children are more likely to be attached to their father during their late childhood to
early adolescence.
In
early adulthood (mean age, 25 years), we
found a relative increase of non — alcohol - related substance disorders (SUDs) in probands but only in those who had developed conduct disorder during
adolescence.9, 12
The substantive research
findings were that Puerto Rican adolescents reported high levels of attachment to their parents and alliance with their ethnic heritage in
early adolescence.
The
findings suggest that although low levels of social and physical aggression may not bode poorly for adjustment, individuals engaging in high levels of social and physical aggression in middle childhood may be at greatest risk for adolescent psychopathology, whether they increase or desist in their aggression through
early adolescence.
One study that compared response to social exclusion on the Cyberball task among
early and middle adolescents and young adults
found that activity in the sgACC in response to exclusion was strongest among
early adolescents compared with mid adolescents and adults, possibly suggesting a period of peak sgACC reactivity to social rejection during
early adolescence (Gunther Moor et al., 2012).
On the relation between social — emotional and school functioning during
early adolescence: Preliminary
findings from Dutch and American samples
Given those developments and the
findings concerning the link between depressive symptoms and self - efficacy, this study was to our knowledge, the first to investigate the mutual influence between depressive symptoms and academic, social and emotional self - efficacy in a large adolescent sample, spanning 2.5 years over a period of
early to mid
adolescence.
Second, we did not
find a direct association between ADHD symptoms in
early childhood and conduct problems in
adolescence.
Together, our
findings suggest that one way to prevent depressive symptoms among
early - maturing girls could be to address sexual harassment in preventive intervention in
early adolescence.