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that other psychological associations would do well to emulate. For example, it provides a student for decision-making that Canadi...
1998). This is enshrined in both political rhetoric and policies and papers such as the policy documents Excellence in Schools and...
attitudes and feelings which he may have, no matter how unconventional, absurd, or contradictory these attitudes may be" (Rogers 1...
effect of exposure to violent video games has been determined to be 0.2, which is more than the effect of asbestos on cancer, home...
their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...
They no longer cry or lash out violently if their needs are not instantly gratified, and they can engage in social situation in a ...
should be prohibited from normal adult activities, such as drinking alcoholic beverages, driving motor vehicles, and voting. On ...
of morbidity and mortality and depression among youth has become increasing prevalent. Adolescent depression has been shown to gen...
interpret and organize information in a way which leads to the development of a stable idea of "self". They note that Erikson (196...
to strict behaviorism either, and nor did he support the traditional therapeutic model in which the client had a mainly passive ro...
exert an influence in adult life. Freud maintained that individuals develop their personalities as a result of biological...
and those who have been diagnosed as having a major depressive episode (Editors, 2006). As the data verify, girls are far more lik...
having lasting significance, since it impacts not only on childs subsequent emotional and psychological development but also on th...
entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...
2006). Marcotte and colleagues (2002) note that a great deal of progress has been made in this field over the last two decades but...
pricing adolescents out of the alcohol market. As Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow state, the theory of supply and deman...
Because antiabortion activists have been so successful in blocking legislative approaches toward governmentally subsidized contrac...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
childbearing age and, particularly adolescent girls, should receive special attention in regards to prevention. There are several ...
affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...
Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...
to Dr. Jordan Metzl, physician who specializes in sports medicine and author of The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctors Complete Guide...
is established that she has not yet reached her fourteenth birthday. Yet, she is also shown to be a practical, level-headed girl. ...
much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...
also occurred in numerous nations in the mid- to late-1950s through the 1970s (Spooner, 2002). The focus of this wave included: "e...
often takes more than 20 years for the effects of cigarette smoke to develop into a detectable malignancy" (p. PG). II. ADOLESCEN...
their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...
As of 1999, more than 8 million children in America were living with their divorced single parent (Fagan and Rector, 2000). When t...
that interest by participating in activities. 3. The third aspect had to do with the relationship between social interest and life...
behaviors. Often, it is within the setting of a therapeutic community that such issues may be dealt with in the most effective man...