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Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program

teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...

Group Life and Conformity

In six pages the positive and negative aspects of conformity and its role in group life are examined within the context of society...

Overview of the Latino Family's Life Cycle

use of "Latino" and "Latina," which are Spanish words, have been viewed as more inclusive and politically correct (Delgado-Romero,...

Approaches to the Reduction of Teen Pregnancies

In five pages this paper discusses teen pregnancies and how to reduce them with topics including advertising, classes in parenting...

Advertising Age Article on Minority Teens and Target Marketing

of target marketing. Companies want to go with what is popular and not what just might become popular. Minority teens are now a kn...

Teen Aggression Psychological Study Research Proposal

higher than American students. Much has been written about the elevated stress levels that Japanese students experience. They al...

Joyce Carol Oates' Short Story 'Shopping'

than relating the events of a shopping trip. "Shopping is really the story of a mothers (Mrs. Dietrichs) relationship with her t...

Film The Breakfast Club and the Interaction Significance of Teen Role Taking

not only understanding themselves but themselves in relation to others and others as individuals. Within social studies it is gene...

A Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

would relapse into drug use within the first three months after completion. More than likely, the number would be closer to 8 out ...

Society, Weight, and Popular Culture

and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Service...

Michigan's Teen Pregnancy Problems and Solutions

relationship with the mother, immaturity, inability to plan for the future, and impulsiveness in those who do become pregnant in ...

Importance of Education and Teen Pregnancy

"is the best possible option for kids" and should be the primary, if not the only, lesson that schools teach (Curran, and Witt, 20...

Connection Between Social Participation, Concept of Self, and Young People

unprotected sex, drugs, theft, driving too fast, and thrill seeking. According to Lynn Ponton, author of The Romance of Risk: Why ...

Substance Abuse and Teenagers

ones life when one experiences an abundance of hostility from external sources, it is during ones formative teenage years; as such...

Teen Smoking

nicotine in cigarette smoke which causes an increased heart rate and raised blood pressure and peripheral vascular resistance, con...

Literature Review and Case Study on Family Therapy

addition to the alcoholism. She is a compulsive shopper and gambler. One of her twin daughters, Sarah, is pregnant and claims that...

Eriksson's Life Stage Model Application

different is that we always had penmanship classes, all the way through school. Theres so much difference now; schools dont seem ...

Social Work and Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development Model

1972). The rest of the stages, and their specific crisis, are as follows: the preschooler stage (years 3-5)-- initiative v. guilt;...

Overview of the High Rate of Teenage Unemployment

problems.... Because theyre not supporting anyone else, they can afford to wait for the right job " (2001, p.28). This is true. ...

Human Development and Growth, Sexual Orientation, and Identity

his head, and at the age of 14 took his own life. Erikson states that during adolescence the child leaves behind one type of ide...

Teens and Premarital Sex

1997). Societal factors as a whole, however, bear examination in regard to their impact on this phenomena. Not only must parents...

Promotion of Contraceptives in Chicago Marketing Plan

age of 15, "compared with 21 percent of Hispanics and 16 percent of non-Hispanic whites" (Non-Hispanic black teens, 2003; p. 7). ...

Program Proposal for the Prevention of HIV and AIDS in Teens

them with the behaviors necessary for formulating good health decisions. The target audience for the program are African American ...

Teens and Addiction to the Internet

these teens the freedom and boosts to self-esteem that may not be afforded them in the real world. In these communities they are a...

Article on Teen Birth Rates Analyzed and Critiqued

they posit that in order to reduce teen birth rates, it is imperative that there should be further comprehension regarding the sig...

Aggression and Peer Rejection

acts of violence resulting "from ones reduced ability to regulate the expression of aggressive behavior in interpersonal situation...

Adolescent Cognitive Development, Internet Sites

not consider certain factors and pays little attention to individual differences (Papalia, Olds and Feldman). This site also gives...

Diabetes Articles, Reflection, Synthesis

of literature pertaining to type 2 diabetes mellitus, begins by describing, summarizing and analyzing the study conducted by Barko...

Hispanic Teens, Overweight/Obesity

This research paper discusses the content and purpose of three studies that focus on the problem of overweight/obesity among Hispa...