Antisocial individuals have problems recognizing negative emotions (e.g. Marsh & Blair in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 32:454-465, 2009); however, due to issues with sampling and different methods used, previous findings have been varied. Sixty-three male young offenders and 37 age-, IQ- and socio-economic status-matched male controls completed a facial emotion recognition task, which...

OBJECTIVE Adequate Zn and Mg intakes may be beneficial for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. We aimed to investigate the prospective association between dietary intakes of Zn and Mg and internalising and externalising behaviour problems in a population-based cohort of adolescents. DESIGN Prospectiv...

BACKGROUND To assess the behavioral risk factors and mental health needs of adolescents in juvenile detention centers (JDC). METHOD A total of 238 boys aged 12-17 years was surveyed who had been admitted to a detention center and compared them with boys from the community (n = 238) matched for sex and age. We assessed behavioral risk factors and mental health problems by using the Youth Risk ...

Electrocardiography (ECG) is one of the non-invasive, inexpensive diagnostic techniques to detect the spread of the cardiac impulses. The electrocardiographic parameters have the greatest value in recognizing and diagnosing arrhythmias in animals. Different disease conditions lead to changes in the electrolyte balance [1]. The majority of arrhythmias and conduction disturbances can be detected ...

OBJECTIVE Present study was conducted to explore the relationship between parental psychological abuse toward their children and mental health problems in adolescence. METHOD Three hundred participants age range 13-17 years, (57% boys and 43% girls) participated in the study from both public and private high schools of Lahore. Psychological maltreatment experience scale (PMES) and Youth Self-...

BACKGROUND Today, due to developing communicative technologies, computer games and other audio-visual media as social phenomena, are very attractive and have a great effect on children and adolescents. The increasing popularity of these games among children and adolescents results in the public uncertainties about plausible harmful effects of these games. This study aimed to investigate the cor...

Methods A total of 683 adolescents who were attending secondary and high schools in Florence were enrolled: 398 early adolescents (220 males and 178 females) aged 11 to 13 (M = 12.32; SD = 0.71) and 285 late adolescents (161 males and 124 females) age 17 to 19 (M = 17.71; SD = 0.68). Subjects completed a battery of questionnaires that included measures of shyness, quantitative and qualitative a...

BACKGROUND Surprisingly little is known about the frequency, stability, and correlates of school fear and truancy based on self-reported data of adolescents. METHODS Self-reported school fear and truancy were studied in a total of N = 834 subjects of the community-based Zurich Adolescent Psychology and Psychopathology Study (ZAPPS) at two times with an average age of thirteen and sixteen year...

Abstract Previous studies have examined the moderating effect of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) on association between marital conflict and externalizing problems, however findings were inconsistent. One possible reason is that covariation internalizing problems in problems. Therefore, present study aimed to examine this issue. Participants 332 Chinese adolescents (54.5% boys) age from 13 1...

Abstract Background Internet addiction is a global phenomenon that has been topic of great interest to researchers, clinicians, teachers, parents, and community groups. The study aims in determination the rate problematic use among sample Egyptian adolescent students, relations with socio-demographic data, risk factors, comorbid psychiatric disorders. A 248 school students aged 11 18 years old ...