O presente trabalho tem o objetivo geral de realizar uma abordagem jusfundamentalista da temática da convivência familiar, despertando a comunidade científica para o fato de que todos e, em especial, as crianças e os adolescentes, têm o direito a uma família, o que pode ser um f…
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Malnutrition is a decisive factor that could detain individual and societal advancements. It may not only reduce individual well-being, but at macro level, could also be a burden for the national health expenditure and the labour productivity. Aside from the economic context, th…
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 …
A cross-sectional survey design with a nested panel was conducted in 2000 and 2002 with key leaders from South Carolina to understand impact of APPI on key leaders' collaborative capacity in teen pregnancy prevention. Key leaders from 23 counties with completion of 3-year funded…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among knowledge of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), attitude toward diabetes, family and friends support, benefits of and barriers to treatment, and compliance with health regimens of Jordanian adolescents wit…
This thesis concerns itself with young women's (aged 14/15) discourses and practices of friendship at Hilltop, a large urban comprehensive school in the North of England. Young women's experiences of friendship are central to this thesis. This is reflected in the 'feminist resea…
The present study explores how Chilean teenagers (15-16 years old) negotiate their mobile phone use in school settings. A sociocultural and practice theory perspective was used to define the use of mobile phones as a multi-layered and relational practice within the cultural worl…
Introduction: Little is known about the aetiology of cancer in teenagers and young adults (TYA) aged 15-24 years, although in England, cancer is the most common cause of disease-related mortality in this age group. The most common cancers at this age are lymphomas, central nervo…
The primary aim of this study was to investigate clinical, religious, social, and spiritual factors that contribute to a quest orientation to religiosity in adolescents. Quest is a less structured, more open-ended and questioning approach to religion, and an inherently meaningfu…
This thesis presents an analysis on the role of courts and how the courts in Nigeria can improve adolescent girl's access to reproductive and sexual health services. It argues that the present poor state of adolescent girl's reproductive and sexual health stems from discriminati…
The health system has been defined as all people, institutions and resources that undertake actions with the primary intent of improving health, while responsiveness of the health system refers to its objective of responding to the legitimate expectations of the population it se…
Depression is the most severe and common health concern facing International students in the United States (Shadowen et al., 2019). Social media use has been shown to impact symptoms of depression (Ahmad et al., 2018). However, previous studies on the relationship between social…
The purpose of the study was to determine differences in behaviorally disordered marijuana and non-marijuana abusing adolescents referred to family therapy. One hundred and eighty-eight male and female adolescents, as well as caretakers, were compared examining archival data obt…
Historically, South African society has had conflicting views on the nature and nurture of Deaf people and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ) people. In the context of the diverse nature of South African cultures and societies, the reality and exist…
Este trabajo expone cinco nuevas formas de tratamiento conductual en niños, adolescentes y sus padres. Se describe la Terapia de Interacción Padres-hijos como una terapia nueva dedicada al manejo de conductas. Además, se describen las aplicaciones en este ámbito de la Psicoterap…
Overviews evidence-based family treatments for adolescent conduct problems. Three treatments succeed in meeting recommendations for treatment development set forth in recent evaluations by reviewers and federal entities. These treatments (Functional Family Therapy, Multisystemic…
Treatment evaluation for alcohol problem, runaway adolescents and their families is rare. This study recruited primary alcohol problem adolescents (N = 119) and their primary caretakers from two runaway shelters and assigned them to (a) home-based ecologically based family thera…
There are many pathways to juvenile delinquency; however, family structure, single parent gender, and parenting styles adolescents experience have been indicated to be significant predictors of delinquency in male adolescents. Family structure within the United States has experi…
This study examines the relationship between puberty and mood in an epidemiological sample, describing trends in mood and quality of life (QoL) accompanying puberty, relationships between pubertal stage and mood diagnoses, and the effects of precocious puberty on mood. 1,163 car…