INTRODUCTION Black male youth are at high risk of homicide and criminal justice involvement. This study aimed to determine how early mortality among youth offenders varies based on race; gender; and the continuum of justice system involvement: arrest, detention, incarceration, and transfer to adult courts. METHODS Criminal and death records of 49,479 youth offenders (ages 10-18 years at first...

Perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV+) youth are surviving into adolescence and young adulthood. Understanding the sexual development of PHIV+ youth is vital to providing them with developmentally appropriate HIV-prevention programs. Using pooled data (N = 417) from two longitudinal studies focused on HIV among youth (51% female; 39% HIV+) and their caregivers (92% female; 46% HIV+), the rate of sexu...

Abstract Chanting has been in existence since time immemorial and is thought to emerge as a way convey information about visceral affective states. synchronously allows participants synchronize their actions states for it requires them actively coordinatively participate it. This phenomenon can be observed various social rituals across times cultures all around the world, including movement rep...

A distinction between parental behavioral control and psychological control has been elucidated in the literature, yet far less is known about the role of psychological control in youth adjustment broadly or risky behavior in particular. We examined the interrelationship of maternal psychological control, youth psychosocial adjustment, and youth risk behaviors among African American single moth...

The present research has been conducted aiming at specifying how the youth use internet and how they are influenced of emerging media via survey as the research method. The statistical population (200445) consists of 18-30 years old youth in Kashan. The sample (384) was selected using random sampling method via Morgan table. To elaborate the hypotheses, Tajfel&#39s theory has been used to speci...

background: obesity is a significant risk factor for metabolic disorders including increase in blood pressure. body mass index (bmi), waist circumference (wc) and waist/hip ratio (whr) are simple and effective indicators of obe­sity. the objectives of this study were to examine the relationships between obesity anthropometric indicators and hy­pertension and to identify the best anthropometric ...

An increasing amount of research has been carried out to understand the characteristics of subgroups of adult sex offenders, but there is limited research into the risk factors and criminogenic needs of subgroups of youth who sexually offended. The current study investigated if there were differences in the risk and criminogenic needs of 167 Singaporean youth who sexually offended based on two ...

PURPOSE To explore International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)-based functional components and contextual factors associated with perceived quality of life (QOL) for youth with chronic conditions from the perspective of youth and parents. METHOD Baseline data were obtained from a longitudinal study examining predictors of changes in perceived QOL for youth with ch...

the purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to investigate the tendency level of youth in rural areas of kermanshah township to migration, and to determine the influencing factors. the statistical population for the study was constituted of the rural boys (15-28 years) of kermanshah township (n= 17544). a multistage sample of rural youth was selected (n=291). the findings indicated ...

exposure to traumatic events is common in children and adolescent. post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is an emotional reaction to traumatic events, which is increasingly recognized to be a prevalent and disabling disorder. the aim of this study is to determine the distribution of normative life events which predicts ptsd in youth who referred to an outpatient clinic in rasht, iran. this stud...