The main aim of this study was to investigate the gender differences in defense mechanisms, ways of coping with stress and identity formation in relation to adolescent suicidal behavior. This study involved 64 adolescents between 12-17 years of age, who were admitted to the emergency service with a suicide attempt. They were evaluated with a semi-structured clinical interview (K-SADS), Ways of ...

BACKGROUND Ethanol (EtOH) abuse is a major health and economic concern, particularly for females who appear to be more sensitive to the rewarding effects of EtOH. This study compared sex differences to the rewarding and aversive effects of EtOH using place-conditioning procedures in rats. METHODS Separate groups of adult (male, female, ovariectomized [OVX] female) and adolescent (male and fem...

BACKGROUND Evidence indicates that central adiposity has increased to a higher degree than general adiposity in children and adolescents in recent decades. However, waist circumference is not a routine measurement in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity based on waist circumferences (WC) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) in Spanish chil...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype among U.S. adolescents using the most recent national data and to examine trends in metabolic syndrome prevalence. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Analysis of data on 991 adolescents (aged 12-19 years) who had fasted for at least 6 h, from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999-2000). The metabolic ...

  Background and Aim: One of the main strategies for keeping health is having healthy life style. Due to important role of adolescent health in community health promotion, this study aimed to determine health promoting life style in female adolescents of high schools and its associated factors in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted on 810 girls ranging in ages from...

Youngsters' addiction potential has made adolescence a highly sensitive and critical period of life. Educational interventions can affect addiction prevention and cooperative learning is one of the active education methods. The present study aimed to determine the effect of cooperative learning on drug addiction potential among female students. This randomized controlled cli...

background: adolescence is a critical stage of growth and development. that is associated with changes in body shape and appearance. issues such as irregular menstrual periods, amenorrhea, and menstrual cycle are major issues in women's health. the purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of physical puberty health based on the health belief model (hbm) among female adolescents.   ...

background: adolescence is a critical stage of growth and development. that is associated with changes in body shape and appearance. issues such as irregular menstrual periods, amenorrhea, and menstrual cycle are major issues in women's health. the purpose of this study was to examine the determinants of physical puberty health based on the health belief model (hbm) among female adolescent...

This study examined whether changes in perceptual processes can partially account for the increase in reward-orientated behaviour during adolescence. This was investigated by examining reinforcement-dependent potentiation to discriminative stimuli (SD) that predicted rewarding or threatening outcomes. To that end, perceptual event-related potentials that are modulated by motivationally salient ...

Balancing physical activity and studying is an important issue facing Chinese teenagers. Therefore, numerous studies have found that engaging in can promote academic performance among students. However, what the optimal duration of activity? This study used data from China Education Panel Survey, with a sample size 18,009 valid respondents. General linear regression analysis was conducted using...