Sentences with phrase «risk behaviors»

Another aim was to describe and compare gender differences in self - esteem and sexual risk behavior in high school students in a rural context.

The influence of father involvement on youth risk behaviors among adolescents: A comparison of native - born and immigrant families.

To determine parental knowledge of risk behaviors of their middle - school - aged children and to compare that knowledge with behaviors reported by the students.

Children who feel that they can talk about sex with you are less likely to engage in high risk behavior as teen.

With alcohol data as a background, the authors attempt to build a general theoretical model for the prevention of adolescent risk behaviors, applicable for potential prevention of gambling problems in youth.

Older adolescents reported more Sexual Risk Behavior at baseline.

Its ultimate goal is to reduce sexual risk behavior among adolescents.

While teaching skills like empathy, active listening and collaborative problem solving, schools are simultaneously preventing unhealthy, high risk behaviors including school violence.

Of importance, dating violence has been associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes for teens and high - risk behaviors such as unsafe sex.

They used population averages to estimate sexual partnerships, needle sharing and other risk behaviors.

The study also looked at the association between past year frequency of both, heroin - related risk behaviors, and exposure to heroin availability.

Parents should be aware that there are certain risk behaviors which are more likely to be found among male students than female students.

However, more research is needed to examine how actor — partner effects of relationship factors influence a variety of sexual risk behaviors within gay male couples.

First, while not intended, the sample in this study is predominantly composed of females and of adolescents with very limited risk behavior involvement.

The study found that social responsibility leads to more conservative risk behavior in group decision - making.

Parents are largely ignorant of the extent to which their adolescents are involved in major risk behaviors.

The stereotype of males engaging in higher risk behavior does appear to be true, at least when they are behind the wheel of an automobile.

Classes that teach parents how to recognize risk behaviors and how to respond to them are needed.

The teacher will ask students to watch video clips and take notes on key distracted driving risk behaviors.

Each group will identify the key risk behaviors associated with distracted driving and then present them to the class.

But «bad habits» aren't the only high - risk behaviors punished with higher rates.

Table 5 compares the lifetime prevalence of health - risk behavior outcomes for the full and late intervention groups with that of the control group.

Finally, he will describe important considerations and review evidence - based treatment strategies used to target high - risk behaviors prior or concurrent to trauma - focused psychotherapy interventions.

Five behaviors considered sexual risks at each wave of measurement were summed to form a sexual risk behavior index for each wave.

This allowed for an examination of the utility of the same risk models across different health - risk outcomes to determine whether models predict specific outcomes or general risk behavior.

The findings from this study offer preliminary highlights about social comparisons adolescents may make that contribute to their willingness to disclose information to their parents and their decisions to engage in particular risk behaviors.

The inability to make advantageous decisions under conditions of risk is associated with health - risk behaviors such as early - onset alcohol and drug use.

Quality background screening can help identify the histories and traits associated with higher risk behaviors.

Training components related to parental monitoring for both older children and their parents would fill an existing developmental gap toward the prevention of adolescent risk behaviors and unhealthy outcomes.

Childhood neglect is associated with risk behaviors in adolescence, including substance use.

The 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicated that over a thirty day span, 29.1 % of high school students surveyed had ridden in a car with a driver who had been drinking alcohol and 18 % had carried a weapon.

The finding is unique, according to Garnett, due to the fact that most states, as well as the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey, asks about sexual orientation, but not gender identity.

This article examined the relationship between these parenting practices and substance use and HIV risk behaviors among YMSM.

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Guided by this approach, researchers examine the ways in which risk and protective factors interact with one another across and within proximal social contexts and their reciprocal patterns of the association with adolescent sexual risk behavior over time.

This study demonstrates that the development of substance use is correlated with externalizing problems and underscores the theory that etiologies of early and later onset risk behavior are different.

This includes preventive intervention studies with youth in foster care and with adolescents in the juvenile justice system aimed at preventing risk behaviors and improving public health outcomes, as well as adoption studies that examine the interplay between biological (genetic, hormonal), psychological, and social influences on development.

Adolescents» Religious Discordance with Mothers: Is There a Connection to Sexual Risk Behavior During Emerging Adulthood?

Project STRIVE seeks to improve the stability and quality of residential life, reduce the number of runaway episodes, and minimize HIV - related sexual and substance use risk behaviors among recently homeless adolescents.

Clustering of Multiple Risk Behaviors among Ethnically Diverse Adolescents Living in Hawaii