Sentences with phrase «on adolescent well»

In addition to research that focuses on individual adolescents, it is also important for researchers to consider measuring social determinants when conducting research on adolescent well - being.

Thus, the beneficial aspects of acceptance and the detrimental aspects of psychological control on adolescent well - being may be especially apparent among girls.

All these studies, however, also report that the quality of the mother - child relationship has a stronger, more consistent effect on adolescent well - being than the father - child relationship... The effects of nonresident father involvement on adolescent well - being found in this study are clearly modest.

This finding is consistent with the meta - analysis by Amato and Gilbreth (1999) showing that when it comes to nonresident father involvement, although feelings of closeness and indicators of authoritative parenting have the strongest influence on child well - being, the effects are generally modest... Our results also reveal that the quality of the mother - child relationship has stronger, more consistent effects on adolescent well - being than the nonresident father - child relationship.

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Much of the conversation in here sounds like adolescents debating the details of Harry Potter, or of the Twilight series... except adolescents have a better grasp on the fact that those magical worlds are just pretend.

With an adolescent who isn't interested or strongly resists, it is usually best for the parents to get help themselves in the hope that changing their approach to him will alleviate the problem or that he will decide on his own to get help.

Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.

Now, the church must rely on adolescent insecurity to do deed, and it just does not work as well.

Also, the less well - integrated adolescents are, the more they bring what they see on TV into their real - life world.

Responding to an increase in academic and emotional problems among kids in the United States, experts in child and adolescent well - being convened at Stanford University in July 2007 to envision a coordinated approach to helping schools and families develop alternative success models to align with research on healthy child development.

On the other hand, we all appreciate someone who can listen to us, respect us as individuals and give us a hug when things aren't going well, so the core concepts underlying AP are still quite relevant for parenting adolescents.

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Jerry Weichman, PhD Adolescent Psychologist, shares advice for parents on the best method for improving your teenager's negative attitude and getting them to open up

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.

How could our democratic government, founded on principles of freedom and self - determination, make laws requiring children and adolescents to spend a good portion of their days in prison?

Abstract Interest in mindfulness - based interventions for children and adolescents is growing, but despite substantial evidence that parental distress and psychopathology adversely affects children, there is little research on how mindfulness - based parenting interventions might benefit the child as well as the parent.

She said that since most adolescents do not have access to information on Anaemia, it is important to reach out to them through schoolteachers, school principals, youth clubs and health workers in the community in order to achieve good results.

in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, who has endorsed Mayor Sheehan, told The Alt in email that while she has voted «to decriminalize the possession and use of marijuana as well as the sale and use of medicinal marijuana,» she does not support legalization, citing «serious concerns about marijuana being a gateway drug» and its potential impact on the adolescent brain.

Mrs Obama highlighted the power of investment in adolescent girls, as well as the transformative impact that adolescent girls» education had on girls, their families and their countries.

The comparison of the three - and - a-half-year-old watchdog panel to an adolescent — still figuring things out, but ready for more responsibility — was made Tuesday as JCOPE's commissioners engaged in an occasionally sharp debate on the best way to conduct the search for its next top administrator.

The study aimed to investigate the short and longer - term impact of a 45 - min delay in school start time on sleep and well - being of adolescents.

In a report of their findings, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health, the researchers say the program was designed to prevent suffering at a time when adolescent depression rates are on the rise and many believe awareness, early recognition and effective therapies can lead to better outcomes.

Professor Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Exeter Medical School, led the design, involving children to give feedback on which style of questionnaire they could relate to best.

Existing research has often highlighted the adverse effects of air pollutants on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the effects of a mother's exposure to pollution on the lung function of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.

In a sensitive and deeply reported cover story that begins on page 26, journalist Francine Russo examines the latest research and an ongoing debate among clinicians about how best to help children and adolescents with gender dysphoria — what experts describe as the «insistent, consistent and persistent» sense that one's sex is not what was written on the birth certificate.

Mary Carskadon, Ph.D., director of the Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, commented on Orzech's study, «We have long been examining the sleep cycles of teenagers and how we might be able to help adolescents — especially high school students — be better rested and more functional in a period of their lives where sleep seems to be a luxury.»

«This is the first study to follow patients in the hospital on a more aggressive feeding protocol and it's clear that we're seeing better results as compared to the traditional approach,» said Garber, who led the research with colleagues in the UCSF Adolescent Eating Disorders Program.

The intense adolescent focus on forming and maintaining peer relationships may well result from an instinctive recognition that these relationships are linked to well - being.

In a special supplement published by The BMJ, public health experts from around the globe highlight the critical actions and investments that will have the greatest impact on the health and well - being of women, children and adolescents.

By identifying these factors early on, the research team hopes to have a better chance of providing effective cognitive strategies to help risk - seeking adolescents regulate their emotions and avoid risk - taking behavior and substance abuse.

After testing a methodology that studies group and individual variables together on over two thousand adolescents, they have been able to show that this is valid in predicting psychological well - being.

«Adolescents who are overweight are typically advised to exercise more, but there is limited evidence on what type of exercise is best in order to lose fat.»

In the argument for smoking bans in parks and on beaches, the most striking aspect, according to Dr. Bayer, is the assertion that just the act of smoking in public poses a threat to the well - being of children and adolescents because of the message it conveys.

«If we more closely align school schedules with adolescents» circadian rhythms and sleep needs, we will have students who are more alert, happier, better prepared to learn, and aren't dependent on caffeine and energy drinks just to stay awake in class.»

Unfortunately, several studies have shown that adolescents» intake of important nutrients, as well as their performance on standard physical fitness tests, has fallen in recent years.

The New York Times reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is not planning on adding a question about gender identity to its adolescent health survey until after 2019, meaning it could be years until we have better nationwide data about transgender youths.

She contributed to Best Practices on Yoga in Schools (Yoga Service Best Practices Guide)(Volume 1), and co-created and sponsored the development of the Research Repository on Yoga and Meditation for Children, Adolescents and in Schools.

But the films he has been most handsomely rewarded for, critically as well as commercially, have tended to be the ones that put on display the callowness of violent adolescents of all ages, such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), GoodFellas (1990), and Cape Fear (1991).

Rather than holing up at Hogwarts, Harry, Hermione, and Ron spend the majority of the movie on the run, and the sexual tension that builds among the three of them recalls — in a good way — the hothouse adolescent passions of the Twilight movies.

Saoirse Ronan is «Hanna» (Universal), a girl raised to be a survivor and a warrior, the better to take on the agency that «created» her, in the adolescent assassin thriller from the otherwise literarily inclined director Joe Wright.

Keira Knightley is best known for playing dynamic females in period pieces, it shall be interesting to see her take on playing a perpetual adolescent who lies to her fiancee about going on a retreat and instead spends the time hanging out with her friends instead.

The result is a horror movie without horror and an adolescent bully comeuppance intrigue (see it best in Carrie) that has as its centre a character so Crispin Glover (so «one big cockroach right on his anus» Jingle Dell Crispin Glover) that it defeats sympathy and sense.

If these scenes set themselves a lower bar than the unassumingly deft character work of the main story, with its lively attention to adolescent anxieties, «Superbad» at its best goes right through knockabout to land in deliciously obscene places — notably a staggering succession of doodles in which tumescent cocks take on various extraordinary guises.

The best of Will Ferrell's smart - stupid comedies to date («Anchorman,» «Blades of Glory») skipped along while pulling a straight face in their treatment of adolescent narcissists on parade.

It's staked, as before, on the potty - mouth one - liners of Deadpool / Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), delivering a snarky rapid - fire adolescent diatribe which is very hit and miss, but pretty good - natured underneath all the outrageousness... While Deadpool 2 delivers the gags and the gun - shot geeky Marvel insider references, the plot could have done with some more finesse.

Inspired by the adventures of Doyle's brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, and based on Eve Titus» engaging book Basil of Baker Street, The Great Mouse Detective is a smartly sketched blend of comedy, action, adolescent drama and mystery which marks the directing debut of now legendary filmmakers Ron Clements and John Musker, important creative forces behind such Disney animated blockbusters as The Princess and the Frog, as well as the aforementioned The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.

Even better, his picked on son and sexually promiscuous daughter don't recognize their adolescent father, giving him an opportunity to see life from their perspective.

The advocates, addressing a hearing conducted by the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, said that, to date, the health - care needs of children and adolescents have often been overlooked in the the national debate about the best ways to provide health coverage to the uninsured.

10 - 11 — Special education: Forum on Alternative Schooling: Changing Perspectives and Emerging Best Practices for Children and Adolescents with Challenging Behaviors, sponsored by the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders, for K - 12 educators and administrators, at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Va..