Purpose – The study investigated dimensions related to the gender role and identity perceptions of adolescent girls in Hong Kong. A typology based on the dimensions was developed and its ability to predict brand relationship variables was examined. Design/methodology/approach – A convenience sample of 355 Hong Kong female secondary school students aged 12 to 19 were asked to answer questions ab...

This study investigates the experiences of adolescent girls with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during adolescence. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three mother-daughter dyads and two additional mothers. A range of issues were highlighted covering physical, emotional, social and sexual domains. Some of these issues were similar to those experienced by boys with ASD during adoles...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the association between television (TV) viewing and energy-dense snack consumption among adolescents. DESIGN Cross-sectional. SETTING Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. SUBJECTS Adolescents (n 2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web-based survey, between September 2004 and July ...

4 Objective: To examine whether home availability of energy-dense snack foods mediates the 5 association between television viewing (TV) and energy-dense snack consumption among 6 adolescents. 7 Design: Cross-sectional. 8 Setting: Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. 9 Subjects: Adolescents (n=2984) from Years 7 and 9 of secondary school completed a web10 based survey, between September 20...

Identifying factors that contribute to students' behavior and weight improvements during school-based obesity prevention interventions is critical for the development of effective programs. The current study aims to determine whether the support and resources that adolescent girls received from their families were associated with improvements in physical activity (PA), television use, dietary i...

ISSUES AND PURPOSE To examine the nature of daily hassles as perceived by African-American adolescent females. DESIGN AND METHODS As part of a larger, cross-sectional study, nonrandom network sampling technique was used to survey 178 adolescent girls between the ages of 11 and 19. RESULTS This study found that the most common hassles were school and academic, followed by family and economic...

Adolescence is a period when physical growth and maturation are accompanied by mental and psychological development. Pubertal timing was associated with different symptoms than pubertal status or age. Puberty seems to affect girls more negatively than boys. Stage of pubertal development rather than chronological age has been reported as a risk factor for eating disorders, depression and anxiety...

Adolescent have typically been considered as low risk for poor health and often receive few health care resource and attention. However, their approach ignores the fact that many health problems later in life can be improved by adopting health life style habits in adolescents. There is a shortage of studies about nutritional status and associated factors among adolescent girls. The objective of...

collaboration with CARE-India, tested the feasibility and impact of adding four livelihoods and life-skill components to a reproductive health programme for adolescent girls (both school-going and out-of-school) aged 14-19. Using a quasiexperimental preand post-test design that contrasted the experimental group with a comparison group of adolescents, the project investigated whether the interve...