This quantitative study explores factors related to suicide-related behaviors among high school students in a southeastern urban racially diverse school district. It sought to examine whether race was a moderator of identified predictors and the outcome variable of suicide-relat…
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The literature establishes the importance of religious affiliations in the lives of youth. However, mental health professionals overlook this factor in assessment and treatment planning. The purpose of this qualitative, descriptive phenomenological study was to explore how menta…
Civic education is increasingly being used to impart political skills and knowledge to young citizens in emerging democracies. Research on the effectiveness of these efforts has been generally scant, but attention to this area has begun to grow, especially as geopolitical events…
The present investigation was an exploratory study designed to assess the spiritual needs of Jewish adolescents. Their spiritual beliefs, experiences, interest in developing spiritually, and factors which facilitate and interfere with spirituality were evaluated. A survey was co…
This study used narrative inquiry to investigate the construction of self-identity by fifteen incarcerated female adolescents involved in a story-telling program in a Midwestern state juvenile detention facility. A combination of critical theory, feminism, and the Islamic religi…
Indiana youth smoking rates are high with indications of approximately 23% prevalence. Cigarette smoking has functioned as a “gateway” drug, increasing the likelihood of other drug use among youth. Hence, prevention of youth tobacco use remains a critical public health issue. Re…
Background. Tobacco use is on the rise in developing countries. One such country is Egypt, which has the highest rate of smoking in the developing Arab world (33.5% are daily smokers, of which 19.6% are under 15 years). Understanding the correlates of smoking behavior among Egyp…
The purpose of the study was to determine whether developmental assets could be acquired by severely emotionally disturbed youth as an outcome of planned therapeutic interventions in a residential treatment setting. A review of the literature found no experimental or quasi-exper…
Recent refugees arriving in the United States have escaped political and social oppression in countries such as Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Iraqi Kurdistan, Laos, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, and Liberia. Drastic changes occur in the lives of individuals who flee their homes to a new count…
Introduction . Companies spend 500 million annually marketing soft drinks to children. This is a public health concern given the current childhood obesity epidemic. The purpose of this study was to (1) determine the reliability and validity of a newly-developed nutrition media l…
The purpose of this study was to explore the psychosocial and cultural variables affecting adolescents living with parent(s) infected with the AIDS virus in selected states (Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, & Rivers) of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. This study compares the ex…
In light of the increasing terror across the globe, it is important that we understand how exposure to terror may affect children and adolescents. While many studies have examined the impact of war on the psychological well-being of children and adolescents, the majority focused…
Scope and method of study . This cross-sectional study investigated the extent and severity of protein energy malnutrition and deficiencies of vitamin A, iron, iodine and zinc nutrition in 10 - 15 year old school girls from Tigray, Northern Ethiopia using anthropometric, biochem…
The purpose of the current study was to investigate the factors that affect the performance of young adolescents on proportional reasoning. The factors investigated were: (a) working memory capacity, (b) field dependence/independence, (c) mathematical prerequisite, (d) gender, a…
Incidents of racism affecting Arab Americans have markedly increased since September 11, 2001 and the subsequent involvement of the U.S. in the Middle East. Arab American adolescents may be deleteriously affected by these incidents. However, psychological and socio-cultural fact…
This study identified social and cultural factors that influence smoking behavior of rural/urban youth, age 15-17, who attend high school in Dursunbey, a small town in Turkey's Aegean region. The methods consisted of a cross-sectional, school-based survey of all 10th graders (N …
The present study assessed adolescent prosocial behaviors toward parents, siblings, and grandparents and its correlates among Turkish early adolescents. The goals of the present study were fourfold. First, we examined age differences in adolescents' and their parents' reports of…
This dissertation describes and examines the acculturation and psychosocial adaptation of immigrant Muslim youth. Acculturation theories serve as theoretical guide in understanding the acculturative patterns and psychosocial adaptation of immigrant Muslim youth. This dissertatio…
This dissertation examines the relationship between religion and identity formation of second-generation Muslim adolescents in the context of American culture. It assesses the effect that religious socialization has on adolescent identity formation. The investigator assumed that…