Sentences with phrase «group at adulthood»

Rhesus males, however, leave the family group at adulthood and search for multiple mates, while gibbons are monogamous.

Not exact matches

One of these groups has grown and matured into adulthood, the other is stuck at an adolescent stage of development.

Newborns from both groups weighed the same at birth and initially had normal feeding habits and growth trajectories, but diverged in adulthood.

These are previously unknown biological mechanisms that can increase our understanding of why both daughters and sons of women with PCOS are at higher risk of developing anxiety in adulthood,» says Maria Manti, doctoral student in Elisabet Stener - Victorin's research group.

• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.

«Paradoxical though it may seem, these ostensibly privileged youth, many of who start experimenting early and often with drinking and drugs, could well be among the groups at highest risk for alcoholism and addiction in adulthood.»

As a result, they tend to spend more time onlooking (watching other children without joining) and hovering on the edge of social groups.8, 11 There is some evidence to suggest that young depressive children also experience social impairment.12 For example, children who display greater depressive symptoms are more likely to be rejected by peers.10 Moreover, deficits in social skills (e.g., social participation, leadership) and peer victimization predict depressive symptoms in childhood.13, 14 There is also substantial longitudinal evidence linking social withdrawal in childhood with the later development of more significant internalizing problems.15, 16,17 For example, Katz and colleagues18 followed over 700 children from early childhood to young adulthood and described a pathway linking social withdrawal at age 5 years — to social difficulties with peers at age 15 years — to diagnoses of depression at age 20 years.

The participants comprised 4 groups: juvenile depressed (first diagnosed with MDD at age 10, 12, or 14 y with no subsequent episode [n = 21]-RRB-, adult depressed (first diagnosed with MDD at age 17, 20, or 25 y [n = 314]-RRB-, juvenile / adult depressed (first diagnosed with MDD at age 10, 12, or 14 y and whose depression recurred in adulthood by age 26 [n = 34]-RRB-, and never depressed (never diagnosed with MDD [n = 629]-RRB-.

Similarly, the National Child Development Study in the UK, which has followed up a large general population sample of children born in 1958, found that children from single - parent families were at greater risk for psychological problems than a matched group of children from intact families not only in childhood (Ferri, 1976) but also in early adulthood (Chase - Lansdale et al., 1995) and middle age (Elliot and Vaitilingam, 2008).

Once teenagers transition into adulthood, not only do they leave behind support services at school but they also begin a transition into more independent living at home, in a CILA or group home, or at an assisted living facility.

Parenting interventions that are delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted and ongoing public health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.

At that age, self - esteem, impulse control, and willpower may not be as strongly developed as in adulthood [46], implying that adolescents are less able to resist to group dynamics transmitted through well - functioning social relations [4,18].

However, the presence of callous — unemotional (CU) traits can distinguish a group of children who are at elevated risk of psychopathy in adulthood.

The life - course persistent antisocial group was characterized by high - risk childhood backgrounds (e.g., inadequate parenting, neurocognitive problems, and temperament and behavior problems) and appeared to be at highest risk for adverse outcomes in adulthood, whereas the adolescent onset group was considered to be quite normative, and thus at much lower risk for such adverse outcomes (Moffitt and Caspi 2001; Moffitt et al. 2002; Odgers et al. 2008).