During the first phases of adolescent development, young people have little self-efficacy and resistance against substance use. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of role-playing scenarios on the self-efficacy of students in resisting substance use. A pre test and post test study design was used with a single group. The study was carried out with 245 secondary school stu...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is more prevalent among Iranian adolescences. This study aimed to find the relationship between obesity and MetS among different education grades of Iranian adolescence. MATERIALS AND METHODS Overall, 1039 junior high school and 953 high school students were selected using multistage random sampling. Fasting blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglyceride (TG...

The aim of the study is to assess the hematological and biochemical changes of inhalant abusing adolescences in Istanbul, Turkey. The study subjects comprised 24 street children. Demographic characteristics, hematological markers, complete blood count tests and white blood cell differential and liver function tests (alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase) were evalua...

The following is an article of bibliographic review and critical analysis the influence social networks on identity construction in contemporary adolescence. During adolescence, a personally significant socially accepted core task this life stage. This process has to be understood addressed considering that have important place for adolescences.

Eighty-eight percent of all 40-year-old male residents of four suburban municipalities of Copenhagen County were examined for the lead concentration in their blood and interviewed regarding job category and place of work. Of the 504 men, 482 were currently employed, 18 were unemployed, and 4 were pensioners. The total median blood lead level was 13 micrograms/100 ml (0.6 mumol/l). Men employed ...