BACKGROUND Brief motivational interventions that have been provided in addition to routine primary care have changed adolescent health behaviors. Whether health screening and motivational-interviewing-based counseling provided by clinicians during routine care can change behaviors is unknown. METHODS Healthy Teens was a primary care, office-system intervention to support efficient, patient-ce...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the impact of teen depression on peer, family, school, and physical functioning and the burden on parents. METHODS Patients participated in a longitudinal study of teens with and without probable depression, drawn from 11 primary care offices in Los Angeles, California, and Washington, DC. A total of 4856 teens completed full screening assessments; 4713...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the current survey was to evaluate how teenagers and adults view teens with acne as compared to those with smooth, clear skin. We also surveyed teens and adults about their experiences with acne. METHODS We hypothesized that teens with acne would be perceived in a more negative fashion as compared to teens with smooth, clear skin. We presented digitally altered photo...

Teenagers are using the internet for a variety of social and identity-based activities, but in doing so, they are exposed to risky situations. The work of ensuring teens’ online safety largely falls to parents, many of whom are unprepared to understand the realities and norms of teens’ online activity. In this thesis, we will investigate how parents and teens perceive online risks, the efficacy...

BACKGROUND Crashes are the leading cause of death for teens, and parent-based interventions are a promising approach. We assess the effectiveness of Steering Teens Safe, a parent-focused program to increase safe teen driving. METHODS Steering Teens Safe aimed to improve parental communication with teens about safe driving using motivational interviewing techniques in conjunction with 19 safe ...

Social media plays an important role in connecting people and making them interact with each other. Its influence is more direct and stronger to teens, because they are more active and engaged in using social media than other generations. Much research has presented teens’ high use and engagement as well as characteristics in social media; however, the way of analyzing them has mostly relied on...

This study used a longitudinal, multi-method design to examine whether teens' perceptions of maternal psychological control predicted lower levels of adolescent autonomy displayed with their mothers and peers over time. Significant predictions from teens' perceptions of maternal psychological control to teens' displays of autonomy in maternal and peer relationships were found at age 16 after ac...