Professor and Director, Center for Treatment
Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL..
In closing, I hope that this collection of articles will stimulate more
research on adolescent health and illness, particularly in areas not covered by the 12 papers accepted for these special issues.
Effects of ethnicity and neighborhood quality often are confounded in
research on adolescent delinquent behavior.
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.
In 2013, WKCD developed a special website to capture decades of
research on adolescent learning, along with the results of our own investigations.
Welcome to episode 29 of the Sexology Podcast, my guest today is Deborah Tolman who speaks to me about
her research on adolescent sexuality, the double standards that exist between boys and girls around sexuality and recommendations for parents to...
In the 26 years since then,
research on adolescent development, social - emotional learning, and school - based interventions has grown immensely.
University of Miami School of Medicine, Center for Treatment
Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse
Center for Treatment
Research on Adolescent Drug Abuse, University of Miami School of Medicine
Whereas there is a relative abundance of
research on adolescent health and well - being, and, especially during the past decades, on the «importance of the early years», there has been a relative lack of research on children's developmental health and well - being during middle childhood.
«The Truth About Adolescent Sexuality» a summary of
research on adolescent sexual knowledge, attitudes and behavior, published by The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, is available at http://www.siecus.org/
The authors draw from their experience with challenging youth and
research on adolescent substance use to combine a strength perspective with a harm - reduction approach to substance abuse.
Developmental assets: A synthesis of the scientific
research on adolescent development.
Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific
Research on Adolescent Development (2nd ed.)
In 2013, WKCD developed a special website to capture decades of
research on adolescent learning, along with the results of our own investigations.
«Over the past decade,
research on adolescent brain development and on recidivism have confirmed the moral truth that kids should be treated like kids,» said Laurie Parise, Executive Director of Youth Represent.
«Over the past decade,
research on adolescent brain development and on recidivism have confirmed the moral truth that kids should be treated like kids.
Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific
Research on Adolescent Development (2nd ed.)
Another paper that was published this year in The Journal of Sex Research was a review of 20 years of
research on adolescents and pornography.
And
research on adolescents in the Middle East has also failed to find a link between authoritarian caregiving and psychological problems like depression (Dwairy 2004; Dwairy and Menshar 2006).
And
research on adolescents in the Middle East has also failed to find a link between authoritarian caregiving and psychological problems like depression (Dwairy 2004; Dwairy and Menshar 2006).
Not exact matches
Previous
research that focused
on adolescents» use of the drug in the wake of medical marijuana laws didn't find an increase in that age group, she said.
Based
on research findings, mental health professionals have also reached a consensus that the quality of relationships among significant adults in a child's or
adolescent's life is associated with adjustment.
Several
research studies have shown preseason conditioning programs that include plyometrics, weight training, and education
on jumping mechanics decrease the risk for knee injuries significantly, especially in
adolescent female athletes.
[i] Blueprint for Change»
Research on Child and
Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 2001
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.
* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute
on Drug Abuse — Preventing Drug Use among Children and
Adolescents — A
Research Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders, Second Edition
Recent
research on the teen brain shows that
adolescents, compared to both children and adults, are exceptionally sensitive to social dynamics.
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.
Concussions are connected with substance abuse and suicidal thoughts in
adolescents, new
research presented at a St. Michael's Hospital conference
on sports - related brain injuries revealed Saturday.
Dr. Caporino established and directs a training clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, where she conducts
research on selective mutism and other anxiety disorders in children and
adolescents.
Based
on the
research questions at hand, the Center draws from CHOP and University of Pennsylvania - based expertise in emergency medicine; pediatric trauma; surgery; nursing; social work; pediatric and
adolescent medicine; epidemiology and biostatistics; bioengineering; computational engineering; psychology; behavioral science; communications; and health education.
Dr. Perry's
research includes: the effects of prenatal drug exposure
on brain development, the neurobiology of human neuropsychiatric disorders, the neurophysiology of traumatic life events, and long - term cognitive, behavioral, emotional, social and physiological effects of neglect and trauma in children,
adolescents and adults.
«Strength training, when done correctly, can improve the overall health of children and
adolescents of all athletic abilities,» says Katherine Stabenow Dahab, MD, who did a comprehensive review of scientific
research on the topic (published in the journal Sports Health).
The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising
Adolescents and Young Adults Drawing
on her
research knowledge and clinical experience, internationally respected neurologist — and mother of two boys — Frances E. Jensen, M.D., offers a revolutionary look at the science of the
adolescent brain, providing remarkable insights that translate into practical advice for both parents and teenagers.
Levesque synthesizes
research about the effects of free media
on adolescent development, with a focus
on controversial topics, including: sexuality, violence, smoking, and body image.
The authors argue that
research on social justice attitudes among
adolescents is a valuable form of social action, which can influence policies and programs that support human rights.
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.
As a result, the authors suggest reviewing dietary recommendations for
adolescents, although they add that it would be useful to conduct similar
research on a sample group with higher egg intake.
Stickley suggested that more
research on this association be conducted among
adolescents and adults in other countries in the world.
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.»
Unlike many previous studies, which focused primarily
on adults, the current
research concerned
adolescents, in a unique population - based study.
Gagne and UTA graduate student Catherine Spann recently published their
research as «The Shared Etiology of Attentional Control and Anxiety: An Adolescent Twin Study» in the Journal of Research on Adol
research as «The Shared Etiology of Attentional Control and Anxiety: An
Adolescent Twin Study» in the Journal of
Research on Adol
Research on Adolescence.
The
research, involving data
on actual driving behavior from over 250 teens, suggests that involvement in a severe crash may prompt
adolescents to engage in safer driving behavior.
There is limited
research on the extent to which alcohol effects the developing brain in teens and
adolescents, but it's evident that drinking during adolescence causes changes in the brain.
Since 2008, the UCSF
Adolescent Eating Disorders Program has been starting patients
on a higher calorie approach in response to the emerging
research from Garber and her colleagues.
«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.
Haney did her Ph.D.
research on AIDS and did volunteer work with HIV - positive
adolescents.
For the study, the researchers first surveyed 709
adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 at the Pittsburgh
Adolescent Alcohol
Research Center (PAARC), asking them to report
on their alcohol use in the past year.