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nature of both the emotional and the physical changes that are a natural part of adolescence ("Teen," 2003). Annually, close to 5,...
food. In order to maintain a sense of acceptance, adolescents often forego the necessary elements of a proper and healthful diet ...
need to be the skills, including cooking skills, the ability to design menus, and the approaches taught also need to be available ...
and behavior. However, males with anorexia are usually suffering in silence because of the lack of social acceptance that this is...
to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...
as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...
goes on to say that the nature of the family is its members being "connected emotionally" (Bowen Center for the Study of the Famil...
a major relapse when they are adults (Olfson et al, 2003). Therefore treatment at an early stage may help prevent later episodes. ...
cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...
families often have little access to health care services (Bauman, Silver and Stein, 2006). In many cases, access is provided thro...
things also play a role in the analysis. While a variety of things are examined, and statistics complied, there is seemingly only ...
grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...
Discussion Parents serve, either consciously or unconsciously as role models for their children. Gender roles develop in p...
couple of studies dealing with gansta rap and its impact on adolescents most likely to be affected by it. Well then move to the ot...
Although it is not uncommon to see gay and lesbian couples at the high school level, there are children who question their sexuali...
choir. However, she ahs peered through neighbors windows and caught glimpses of singers on television, realizing that her talent c...
students in 2004 from 24% of students in 2003 (MORI, 2004). Bullying and threatening behaviour are increasing and it was found tha...
to one of three groups, one of which was a control group with 208 students in it (Ferlazzo, 2006). The rest of the group were divi...
applied here validate all 181 cases. The third is a "date-charge" set of statistics, indicating when the arrests occurred. Perha...
have changed considerably over the last century. This change is associated with a number of factors, the most prominent being our...
reported that behavior therapy follows "a format of therapist modeling, behavior rehearsal, specific therapy assignments, self-rec...
attitudes and feelings which he may have, no matter how unconventional, absurd, or contradictory these attitudes may be" (Rogers 1...
between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...
It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...
researchers maintained that obesity is on the rise in adolescent populations and may be the product of social constructs. There ...
questionable impact over adolescent personality, values and manner. In gathering this information, several methods were utilized ...
(Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006). * About eight percent of entering college freshmen must take at least one literacy remed...
Ward & Friedman (2006) report, "Our findings suggest that TV use, in multiple forms, appears to be linked with adolescent sexualit...
experimental trial" (Craig, et al, 1996, p. 811). It may be that the researchers assumed that their readers would perceive that th...
14 hours per week of television and spend an average of 6-7 hours per day viewing various media" (LeBlanc, 2003, p. 329. Furthermo...