Sentences with phrase «selves of adolescent girls»

To help us understand this realm that we think we will never inhabit, Mary Pipher, a clinical psychologist and author of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, has written Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders (Riverhead, $ 24.95, 1573221295).

Until recently, the movement advocating public single - sex education consisted mainly of people such as Ransome and DeBar — girls» advocates steeped in books like Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls and Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls, by researchers Myra and David Sadker.

Not exact matches

Congress identified the following purposes: the promotion of «self - discipline and other prudent approaches to the problem of adolescent premarital sexual relations,» the promotion of adoption as an alternative for adolescent parents, the development of new approaches to the delivery of care to pregnant teenage girls, and the support of research and demonstration projects «concerning the societal causes and consequences of adolescent premarital sexual relations, contraceptive use, pregnancy, and child rearing.»

But even the best — adjusted of adolescents experiences some role identity diffusion: most boys and probably most girls experiment with minor delinquency; rebellion flourishes; self — doubts flood the youngster, and so on.

As a follow - up to this study, our current grant from the NCI supports testing a tablet - based self - persuasion intervention to address the needs of different subpopulations at Parkland — adolescent girls and boys, Hispanics, and African - Americans,» said Dr. Tiro.

35 to 57 percent of adolescent girls engage in crash dieting, fasting, self - induced vomiting, diet pills, or laxatives.

After West Point, Phaovisaid went back to the village to teach basketball — one of her passions — to adolescent girls, and self - defense to low - income women who had moved to Bangkok, often alone, for work.

S.H.I.N.E. aims to enrich the lives of adolescent girls ages 13 - 16, empowering and motivating them to reach their full potential through curriculums designed to boost self - esteem and encourage healthy decision - making.

Specialize in working with adolescent girls with histories of depression, anxiety, trauma, truancy, eating disorders, abuse and self - harm

Mediation effects of social support on relationships of perceived environment and self - efficacy with school - based physical activity: A structural equation model tailored for Japanese adolescent girls

The results of the current study with regards to gender differences in adolescent DSH / SA are consistent with previous findings, in that adolescent girls showed a higher prevalence of DSH5 28 and SA.7 29 30 With respect to the personality characteristics, low self - esteem has been associated with both DSH4 and SA.29 Cross-sectional surveys of adolescents have consistently found that depression is strongly correlated with DSH4 5 and SA.29 30 Tobacco smoking has also been previously identified to be a risk factor for DSH5 31 and SA, 32 33 along with alcohol use for DSH5 28 31 and SA.32 33 When we analysed the data according to gender, we found that tobacco smoking and alcohol use were especially important risk factors for DSH / SA in girls (tables 2 and 3).

Wim Meeus and several colleagues report that parental influence on adolescent offending is strongest when an adolescent has no intimate partners; parental support did not influence delinquency for youth who consistently had a romantic partner over the course of the six - year study.88 In another recent study of serious adolescent offenders, girls who self - reported delinquent behavior were more likely to be strongly encouraged in that behavior by their current romantic partner.89 Interestingly, the association between partner encouragement and self - reported offending was strongest among youth reporting warm relationships with their opposite - sex parent.

This study investigated underserved adolescent girls» perceptions of the motivational climate in relationship to their perceptions of competence in urban physical education, self - reported physical activity, and future physical activity intentions.

Higher levels of acceptance were associated with higher self - efficacy, particularly among older adolescents (Fig. 2) and girls (Fig. 3), and with lower depressive symptoms among girls but not among boys (Fig. 3).

Adolescents» perceptions of maternal acceptance were associated with less depressed mood, particularly for girls and with better self - efficacy for diabetes management, particularly for older adolescentsAdolescents» perceptions of maternal acceptance were associated with less depressed mood, particularly for girls and with better self - efficacy for diabetes management, particularly for older adolescentsadolescents and girls.

Parenting is a proximal variable in the causal pathway to adverse outcomes in childhood and adolescence, of which material disadvantage and economic hardship are distal variables.32 Behavioural problems and temper tantrums among young children have been shown to increase as a result of parenting changes associated with economic hardship.33 Economic deprivation has also been associated with decreased respect for the father and increased dependence on peer group for adolescent boys, and lowered feelings of self adequacy and reduced goal aspirations for adolescent girls.15 Economic hardship appears to have direct and indirect effects on adolescent functioning.

Thus, the effect of individual vulnerabilities (depressive affect, social anxiety, self - blame, and coping efficacy problems) on the transmission of emotional reactivity in response to conflict from family to peers (friends and romantic partners) was prospectively examined across six waves of data in a community - based sample of 416 adolescents (Mage Wave 1 = 11.90, 51 % girls).

Earlier versions of the AOP implemented in Grade 7 have resulted in fewer depressive symptoms and more positive self - worth amongst adolescent girls 6 months after moving to high school (Quayle et al., 2001).

Dependency, self - criticism, and depressive symptoms were assessed twice over a 1 - year interval in a large sample of early adolescent girls and boys.

Literature from studies examining families not confronted with cancer has shown relationships between discrepancy in how parents and adolescents viewed their family environment and lower self - competence [18], problem behavior [19], depression and anxiety [20] and poorer psychological well - being of adolescents [21], particularly for girls.

[jounal] Brown, K. M. / 1998 / Changes in self - esteem inblack and white girls between the ages of 9 and 14 years / Journal of Adolescent Health 23 (1): 7 ~ 19

Methods Adolescent girls (n = 1,655) who were in the 12th grade completed a battery of questionnaires that included self - report measures of the perceived physical environment, social support, barriers self - efficacy, and physical activity.

Perceptions of physical and social environment variables and self - efficacy as correlates of self - reported physical activity among adolescent girls