Sentences with phrase «with vulnerable adolescents»

The resilient and competent adolescents have a higher rate of positive models of behavior in their peer group than the maladaptative adolescents, with the vulnerable adolescents falling in the middle.

She was convinced early in her career, even in her days at Columbia School of Social Work, where she worked with vulnerable adolescents and families, that problem solving was best approached collaboratively, not aggressively or adversarially — and never by pathologizing or vilifying the victims.

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They see increasing demands on adolescents, combined with 21st century lifestyles, making kids more vulnerable than ever to drug abuse and addiction.

There are a number of studies with conflicting results, says Jacobsen, and those showing benefits were not conducted with adolescent brains, which are still in development and more vulnerable to neurotoxins in cigarettes.

«It is possible that the increased rates of depression in adolescents are related to a combination of increased electronics use and sleep disruptions in already vulnerable individuals,» said Dr. Karyn Horowitz, a psychiatrist affiliated with Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in East Providence, R.I.

I am proud to be affiliated with organizations that offer continuing education workshops and trainings that are rooted in the latest neurobiological research and how yoga and mindfulness practices that support stress management and wellbeing can be integrated into work with vulnerable populations that include children, adolescents and adults, survivors or domestic violence, and people of color.

As an advocate for children and adolescents with learning and developmental disabilities, I feel it is necessary to often revisit the connection between this vulnerable group, bullying and harassment and the resources to share on this important topic.

Moreover, preventive measures should be taken to ensure better work - life integration for adolescents with anxiety and depression since young people with mental problems may be particularly vulnerable when facing today's labour market demands.

More data are needed that focus specifically on the 10 — 14 age - group; on young adolescent males» experiences and needs; and on the most marginalized or vulnerable groups of very young adolescents, including refugees and other displaced people, LGBTQ adolescents, out - of - school adolescents, adolescents exposed to transactional sex, those living with HIV and those with disabilities.

First, with the majority of research in this area centered on the prevalence of psychopathology, and particularly post-traumatic stress symptoms, it has been clearly demonstrated that refugee children and adolescents are vulnerable to the effects of pre-migration, most notably exposure to trauma.

Half of these children and adolescents were found to be functioning within clinical or borderline ranges on the Child Behaviour Checklist with children aged younger than 15 years found to be particularly vulnerable.

Adolescents with low self - esteem were found to be more vulnerable to delinquent behavior.

Depression, reflected in prolonged sadness and feelings of despair, is associated with less engaged, stimulating and proactive parenting, and with a range of social and cognitive problems in young children during infancy, toddlerhood and the preschool years.4 Because young children are so dependent on their mothers for cognitive stimulation and social interaction, they are more likely to be vulnerable to the impact of maternal depression than school - age children or adolescents.

Current child abuse prevention efforts often focus on younger children, but our results suggest that adolescents are also vulnerable to abuse victimisation (with 32.3 % of the adolescents in this sample experiencing at least one type of frequent abuse victimisation).

It may be that adolescents vulnerable to depression enter adolescence with greater sensitivity to social evaluation, or it may be that the experience of frequent peer rejection serves to sensitize or heighten activity in these regions.

Likewise, resilient and competent adolescents have higher satisfaction with their friendships than the vulnerable adolescents, and this group shows more satisfaction than maladaptative adolescents.

Adolescents with gender identity disorder are prone to low self - esteem, social isolation, and distress, and are especially vulnerable to depression and suicide.

They cover topics including: indicators and data sources; research ethics; research with disadvantaged, vulnerable and / or marginalized populations; participatory research; measuring enabling and protective systems for adolescent health; and economic strengthening interventions for improving adolescent well - being.

Developed with Columbia University and experts from the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing this series of briefs provides a much needed review of contemporary research methodologies for adolescent well - being in low - and middle - income countries, covering: indicators and data sources, ethics, research with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, participatory research, measurement of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening inteAdolescent Health and Wellbeing this series of briefs provides a much needed review of contemporary research methodologies for adolescent well - being in low - and middle - income countries, covering: indicators and data sources, ethics, research with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, participatory research, measurement of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening inteadolescent well - being in low - and middle - income countries, covering: indicators and data sources, ethics, research with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, participatory research, measurement of the social and structural determinants of adolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening inteadolescent health, and adolescent economic strengthening inteadolescent economic strengthening interventions.

Consequently female adolescents may also be more vulnerable to develop depressive symptoms in front of interpersonal stressors, such as those arising from having a best friend with high depressive symptoms (Rudolph 2002; Starr and Davila 2008).

Overall, although reported associations were small, we have shown that self - esteem may be an enduring vulnerability to developing depressive symptoms and we have identified possible mechanisms that make young adolescents with low self - esteem vulnerable to developing depressive symptoms later in life.

However, due to the limited time span of most longitudinal studies, little is known about the duration in which adolescents with low self - esteem remain vulnerable to develop depressive symptoms.

To address these limitations, we investigated whether young adolescents with low self - esteem remained vulnerable to develop depressive symptoms during late adolescence and early adulthood.

These findings suggest that EMS are relevant and make adolescents vulnerable when faced with bullying victimization.

The group of adolescents who felt securely attached to both parents was psychosocially most well adjusted, while those with insecure attachment to both parents were most vulnerable to maladjustment.

In a birth cohort study, risk of psychosis in adulthood was raised by a factor of 4 if the mother, during pregnancy, reported that a baby was unwanted.49 Separation from parents in early life has been found to predict an increased risk of psychosis in genetically vulnerable children, 50,51 and the association between immigrant status and severe mental illness may be at least partially explained by the high rates of early separation in migrant populations.52 Adolescents at high genetic risk of psychosis have also been found to be at increased risk of psychosis in later life if they report adverse relationships with their parents.53

A fuller, more nuanced understanding of the prevalence and correlates of social participation among adolescents with an ASD can support the development and provision of appropriate services to this vulnerable and growing group in several ways.