This paper tests the suggestion put forth by Tanner (' 5 5) and Eichorn and Bayley ('62) to the effect that the brain participates i n the parapubertal spurt of growth which characterizes many of the dimensions of the human body. To this end, longitudinal data consisting of oriented head roentgenograms of 11 boys were examined. Two measurements were taken directly from each lateral head film: (...

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of  training on personality formation and mental development of childhood and adolescence. It is important to understand how children develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually to know that all areas of development are equally as important as each other, and that all impact on one another. Biological and cognitive changes ...

Background: Smoking is increasing among adolescents, and family is a factor influencing it. The present study aimed to examine the relationship between transition in smoking stages and parenting styles of parents of adolescents. Materials and Methods: This was a longitudinal study in which 396...

BACKGROUND To study whether weaker self-esteem in adolescence is connected with smoking behavior in adulthood. METHODS An age cohort born in 1979 responded to the Lawrence Self-Esteem Questionnaire (LAWSEQ) at the age of 16 (n = 1,072). Respondents' smoking behavior was monitored annually during adolescence and 75.3% (n = 813) of them remained nonsmokers during adolescence. A follow-up questi...

OBJECTIVE To review the scientific literature on the tracking of dietary patterns from childhood to adolescence. METHODS A search of the MEDLINE/PubMed, Lilacs and SciELO databases was performed, using the following key words: "tracking", "dietary patterns" and "childhood/adolescence" and their respective synonyms. A total of 45 abstracts were found and, after the inclusion criteria were appl...

Identity is built in the context of an individual’s professed values, moral principles, and often, religiosity. Adolescence emerging early adulthood are times intensive identity construction changes religious attitudes. Therefore, aim this study was to characterise people across these three developmental periods terms level their religiosity, examine whether particular styles allow for predicti...

Although cannabis is a naturally occurring plant with long history of use by humans, the chemicals it contains, called cannabinoids, can act on human body in many ways. Use during important periods development, such as pregnancy and adolescence, have long-lasting impact way brain forms develops its systems to control emotions other functions. This article gives an overview some effects cannabin...

Abstract This article examines the association of mothers’ income with children’s economic mobility in a period increased women’s labor market participation Sweden. I found that whether mother was economically independent and had an similar to father during her late childhood adolescence positively associated upward mobility. The results show substantial mother’s position their daughters’ mobil...

The current study examined a model of desensitization to community violence exposure-the pathologic adaptation model-in male adolescents of color. The current study included 285 African American (61%) and Latino (39%) male adolescents (W1 M age = 12.41) from the Chicago Youth Development Study to examine the longitudinal associations between community violence exposure, depressive symptoms, and...