Family, peer, and romantic relationships each hold significance in adolescents’ developmental success. This paper reviews how relationship uniquely contributes to the development of 5 Cs positive youth (competence, confidence, connection, character, caring). Research shows that a high-quality connection between parents children can help adolescents' confidence competence increase. As tee...

Two brothers are documented with an ectodermal dysplasia primarily involving the teeth and hair. Both have developed cerebellar ataxia in the early teens.

OBJECTIVE The goal was to explore the association between parenting style and driving behaviors. METHODS The 2006 National Young Driver Survey gathered data on driving safety behaviors from a nationally representative sample of 5665 ninth-, 10th-, and 11th-graders. A parenting style variable was based on adolescent reports and separated parents into 4 groups, (1) authoritative (high support a...

OBJECTIVES Although a number of population-based studies have examined the characteristics of teens who attempt to quit smoking, few have identified the characteristics of youth who participate in structured cessation interventions, particularly those with demonstrated effectiveness. The purpose of the present study is to describe the sociodemographic and smoking-related characteristics of teen...

PURPOSE After dramatic declines in teen births and pregnancies from 1991 to 2005, teen birth rates in the United States increased in 2006 and 2007. We examined behavioral determinants of these trends and the likely direction of future trends. METHODS Pregnancy risk was estimated based on recent sexual activity, method of contraception used, and method-specific contraceptive efficacy, using da...

OBJECTIVE To present feasibility data on SMART, the first teen worksite behavioural tobacco control intervention. DESIGN This phase II study was designed to estimate the efficacy and feasibility of a small scale, randomised, controlled intervention. SETTING AND SUBJECTS This study, addressing youths aged 15-18 years, was implemented in four intervention and five control grocery stores that ...