OBJECTIVE To measure the cumulative prevalence of child sexual abuse in a representative sample of the adolescent population of Geneva. DESIGN Cross sectional survey with an anonymous self administered questionnaire centred on a factual description of sexual activities. SETTING 68 classes (17 schools) randomly selected from the 201 ninth grade classes of the public school system in Geneva. ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the association of cigar use with use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and alcohol among adolescents; and to examine the association of self-esteem, physical activity, and use of tobacco promotional items with cigar use. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 7104 girls and 5499 boys 10 to 15 years of age in 1997. Data were collected from self-report questionnaires. RESU...

While developmental studies predominantly investigated adolescents' mental illness and psychosocial maladjustment, the present research focused on positive mental health of Indian adolescents within the Mental Health Continuum model. Aims were to estimate their prevalence of mental health and to examine its associations with mental distress and psychosocial functioning, taking into account age ...

Relationships among gender, gender role orientation, grade, and perceived self-competency were examined in this study. Subjects were almost entirely Caucasian and included one hundred and ninety-four adolescents in the sixth through twelfth grades. The adolescents responded to the Children's Sex Role Inventory and the Self Perception Profile for Adolescents. Boys had higher perceived social and...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to identify the healing process and outcome of hymenal injuries in prepubertal and adolescent girls. METHODS This multicenter, retrospective project used photographs to document the healing process and outcome of hymenal trauma that was sustained by 239 prepubertal and pubertal girls whose ages ranged from 4 months to 18 years. RESULTS The injuries ...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Adolescence is associated with a change in self-concept made up of social interactions and experiences. Recent researches indicate the possible role of aggressive computer games on adolescents’ self-concept. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of violent computer games on the self-concept of second grade junior high school students in Band...

OBJECTIVE Despite investigations into the rapid increase in eating disorders across diverse ethnic groups, conclusions concerning ethnicity and eating disorders are contradictory. The objective of the present study was to investigate eating attitudes in ethnic Japanese and Caucasian adolescents in Brazil. The influence of body mass index (BMI), menarche and social-affective relationships on the...

AIM To examine the rate of Internet victimization in a nationally representative sample of adolescents aged 14-17 and to analyze predictors and protective factors for victimization. METHODS Data were collected for 3707 pupils in Danish schools in 2008, using a multimedia computer-based self-interviewing programme. Family characteristics, alcohol and drug abuse, exposure to physical/sexual abu...

BACKGROUND Depression is common in adolescents, with a gender bias towards girls. Symptoms associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) tend to co-occur in depressed adolescents. This may be related to common features between the two symptom domains, but co-occurring ADHD symptoms may also inflate the severity of depression. The present study investigates the frequency and in...