Sentences with phrase «study of an adolescent girl»

Seattle director Megan Griffiths (SIFF prizewinner for Eden in 2012) returns with a study of an adolescent girl who plots an unorthodox solution to the long absences of her military father and the wavering fidelity of her mother (played by the great Melanie Lynskey, who'll be in town as the recipient of a festival tribute this year).

In a US study of adolescent girls, perceptions about both individual facilities and the total number of facilities were associated with increased PA [71].

: A prospective study of adolescent girls / Journal of Adolescent Research 21 (2): 185 ~ 204

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What's more, there was a contagion effect — not only did those divulging find themselves leaving discussions worse off, but their partners were also adversely effected,» says Quartz of studies focused on adolescent girls (though apparently the same thing has been observed in other contexts, too).

That's what author and researcher Jane Bluestein learned after studying adolescent girls» pursuit of perfection, then realizing the habit can affect anyone.

In a widely quoted study by a British hospital, researchers provided an extra glass of cow's milk to adolescent girls» diets, comparing their growth to those who drank an average of just over one half cup per day.

A study published in the November 2004 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health looked at the relationship between family eating patterns and disordered eating among both girls and boys.

Studies to date have examined familial clustering of risk behaviors linked with accelerated weight gain in children, psychosocial consequences of obesity in children, parenting strategies that promote active lifestyles in children, and developmental and contextual factors that explain declines in adolescent girls» physical activity.

A variety of studies suggest that fathers» engagement positively impacts their children's social competence, 27 children's later IQ28 and other learning outcomes.29 The effects of fathers on children can include later - life educational, social and family outcomes.1, 2,26 Children may develop working models of appropriate paternal behaviour based on early childhood cues such as father presence, 30,31 in turn shaping their own later partnering and parenting dynamics, such as more risky adolescent sexual behaviour32 and earlier marriage.33 Paternal engagement decreases boys» negative social behaviour (e.g., delinquency) and girls» psychological problems in early adulthood.34 Fathers» financial support, apart from engagement, can also influence children's cognitive development.35

«This is a preliminary study, but it shows that the HEART intervention can make a difference in the sexual health of adolescent girls,» Widman says.

A study of the relationship between binge drinking and eating problems among Russian adolescents has found that problematic eating behaviors and attitudes are commonplace, and that binge drinking is associated with more eating problems in girls than boys.

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.

«We found children at a very early age — from the most conservative to the most liberal societies — quickly internalize this myth that girls are vulnerable and boys are strong and independent,» said Robert Blum, director of the Global Early Adolescent Study based at Johns Hopkins University.

Of the 1,518 participants (753 girls [average age, 11.4 years]; 451 boys [average age, 11.5 years]; and 314 adolescent girls and young women [average age, 21 years]-RRB-, 1,474 completed the study and data from 1,377 were analyzed.

For this study, conducted at 52 ambulatory care sites in 15 countries, five groups were enrolled: (1) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (2) boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 6 months apart (n = 301); (3) girls and boys ages 9 to 14 years to receive 2 doses 12 months apart (n = 301); (4) girls ages 9 to 14 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 301); and (5) a control group of adolescent girls and young women ages 16 to 26 years to receive 3 doses over 6 months (n = 314).

Wong and her co-authors analyzed data collected via interviews and questionnaires from 6,504 adolescents (52 % girls, 48 % boys) participating in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

The study found that more than 25 percent of boys and 50 percent of girls ages six to 11 and more than 50 percent of male and 75 percent of female adolescents ages 12 to 19 had not met the WHO recommendation.

Among adolescent girls, infection rates fell from 11.5 percent of sexually active girls in 2006 to 5.1 percent in 2013, says the study's lead author, Lauri Markowitz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The research relied on publicly available data collected from 3,870 girls, ages 13 to 17, from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health.

Adolescents girls with sexual abuse - related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced greater benefit from prolonged exposure therapy (a type of therapy that has been shown effectiveness for adults) than from supportive counseling, according to a study appearing in the December 25 issue of JAMA.

Data analysis of 2 long - term studies on how ADHD impacts psychiatric disorder development in adolescents confirms that ADHD on its own increases the risk of substance abuse and cigarette smoking in both girls and boys significantly.

A recent study in The Journal of Adolescent Health found a surprisingly common reason: developing breasts, and girls» attitudes about them.

A study published in the International Journal of Yoga found that 12 weeks of a holistic yoga program in adolescent girls with PCOS was significantly better than a physical exercise program in reducing anxiety symptoms.

The study subjects were 20 adolescent skiers (10 girls and 10 boys) and 19 sedentary adolescents (9 girls and 10 boys), all 13 - 16 years of age.

In a more recent study, researchers tracked the diets, physical activity, and stress fracture incidences of adolescent girls for seven years, and concluded that dairy products and calcium do not prevent stress fractures in adolescent girls.

This study was part of a larger study designed to examine the beneficial effects of a higher - protein breakfast on the appetitive, hormonal, and neural signals controlling energy intake regulation in overweight / obese, «breakfast - skipping», late - adolescent girls [10].

These images study the physical and emotional changes in the adolescent phase of a girl's life in America.

I also recieved a Master's Certificate in Women's Studies and completed research on the development of adolescent girls.

Based on part of the Adolescent Study Program at Columbia University, this article contains a description of the dramatic increase in eating and depressive disorders experienced by significant numbers of girls as they pass through puberty.

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).

To understand the development and consequences of having a serious depressive, eating, or body - image problem in adolescence, our group conducted studies on girls» development under the aegis of the Adolescent Study Program1.

In fact, at each time of assessment, during young adolescence, mid-adolescence, and the transition to adulthood, over a quarter of the adolescent girls we studied could be categorized as having a serious eating problem4.

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.

The primary studies conducted under the aegis of the Adolescent Study Program include the Cross-Sectional Adolescent Girls» Study, the Early Adolescence Study, the Late Adolescence Study, the Mother — Daughter Interactions Study, the Bone Density Study, and the Girls» Health and Development Project.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.

The results of this study indicate that participation in club sport among both younger and older adolescent girls is strongly positively associated with the SES of both their neighbourhoods and their households, particularly in metropolitan areas.

MEMPHIS, TN — Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR) is calling for better screening of adolescent girls for sexually transmitted infections as a result of a study released this week by a prestigious medical journal.

In contrast, in the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls (TAAG) study, environmental factors appeared to be the strongest mediators (compared to behavioural and psychosocial) between the intervention and the activity level [26].

A pilot study of attachment style and emotional experience in adolescent girls with loss of control eating.

In this vein, a recent study from the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, researchers from Stony Brook University explored adolescent girls» relational security, or how comfortable girls are with being close to others and how much they worry about being left or abandoned.

This study investigated underserved adolescent girls» perceptions of the motivational climate in relation

A community study of depression in adolescent girls: I. Estimates of symptom and syndrome prevalence

The current study examined the joint contributions of pubertal maturation, parental monitoring, involvement in older peer groups, peer dating, and peer delinquency on dating in a sample of early adolescent boys and girls.

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.

Erkut's research on children and adolescents included a research program on raising confident and competent girls, Puerto Rican youth development, the effects of sports on girls» and boys» development and sexual behavior, evaluating youth - serving agencies» science and math programs for girls and children of color, and a study of racial / ethnic identification among adolescents from mixed - ancestry backgrounds.

This study tested whether the link between depressive symptoms and physical aggression differed between boys and girls in a large community - based sample of adolescents.

Additionally, this study shows the moderating effect of gender suggesting that peer attachment is more strongly related to depressive symptoms in adolescent girls.

Future studies should explore whether depressed adolescent girls have a higher risk of other impulsive behaviors in comparison to boys, and, if this is the case, whether irritability mediates these relationships.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined the efficacy of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care - Adolescents (MTFC - A)[now called Treatment Foster Care Oregon - Adolescents (TFCO - A)-RSB- on school attendance and homework completion in juvenile justice girls who were referred to out - of - home care.

Future studies could test hypotheses based on this model to improve our understanding of the development of adolescents» depressive symptoms in both boys and girls.