Drawing on her own experience as a high school teacher, Katy Ridnouer shares an approach to classroom management that will help you spend less time "dealing with" your adolescent learners and more time inspiring them to be their best selves in school and beyond. Managing with he…
This volume helps exercise professionals design customised programmes for clients with special conditions and needs. It's also the ideal resource for those seeking to become a National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Special Population Specialist (CSPS). T…
Adolescence is a "window of opportunity" for the cultivation of positive qualities such as mindfulness and compassion (Roeser & Pinela 2014). Although school-based mindfulness programs have shown promise in cultivating such qualities (see Roeser et al., 2020), a critique in …
While the concept of poverty has decreased in prevalence among African American adolescents and their families, it continues to serve as a vital issue. Because of this factor, the impact poverty can have on family function remains a major obstacle. One goal of this project is to…
School refusal and truancy is a community problem that affects individuals, families, and organizations while lacking a universally accepted definition. At-risk youth often exhibit academic failure, and externalized and or internalized problematic behaviors while schools lose fu…
When hospitalized adolescents have a history of trauma, it can be challenging to determine whether their symptoms and deficits are due to the impact of the experienced trauma, other co-occurring diagnoses, or something entirely different in nature. Therefore, identification and …
Untreated or recurrent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) cause considerable long-term morbidity, including chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy and infertility. Successful partner notification and proper treatment for STIs is essential to prevent reinfection and curtail f…
This ethnographic case study uses life history and qualitative methodologies to offer biographical profiles that highlight perspectives on writing of eight Black African-born male youth with limited and disrupted formal education enrolled at a secondary school in northeastern Un…
This study investigated the relationship between family conflict and two dimensions of psychological maladjustment (i.e., depression and somatization), while also exploring the potential mediating roles of sociotropy and coping among Iranian American adolescents. A sample of 85 …
Despite current efforts at addressing child marriage, it remains a problem worldwide, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa which is one of the world's poorest regions. Child marriage, defined as a formal marriage or informal union in which a girl lives with a partner as if married…
In 2005, more than 25 million adults and children worldwide were living with HIV/AIDS and more than 75% of these were in sub-Saharan Africa. Studies indicate that the incidence of HIV infection and the prevalence of high-risk behaviors among young populations continue to rise in…
Islamic norms and Islamophobia present unique challenges for Muslim adolescents attending public high schools in United States. Yet, Muslim youth see Islam not just as religion but also as a guiding force and a way of life. Additionally, they negotiate multiple social identities…
Through a qualitative case study (Merriam, 1998; Yin, 2009), this inquiry examined how eight African American adolescent girls wrote representations of themselves and which contextual factors contributed to their writings. The girls, ages 12-17 years old, participated in a four-…
Previous research has demonstrated that rates of depressive symptoms in adolescents may be higher in the military community of deployed personnel than in other adolescents. Depression decreases quality of life and increases risk of suicide in adolescents; therefore, it is import…
There has been limited research examining gender role socialization and identity development in Jewish girls. This study examined the cultural influences of being Jewish and female, the role of Jewish mothers in their daughters' development, and the usefulness of self in relatio…
Peer and parental influences are important predictive variables for smoking initiation in adolescence. No research exists addressing the relationships between these variables in Pakistani adolescents. Based on social learning theory and protection motivation theory, the present …
One aspect of children's and adolescents' sense of self is their awareness of their collective (ethnic, national, and religious) identity. Western stage models for racial and ethnic identity development in American youth of color do not account for the development of Palestinian…
