The theme of this book is that delinquency must be understood as a persistent subculture within the larger society of big cities.

BACKGROUND Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the development of such attitudes is important to design effective body dissatisfaction and disordered eating prevention interventions. This study explored how fathers' and mothers' body size attitudes, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint are associated with the body si...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have observed a positive association between an earlier age at sexual development and prostate cancer, but markers of sexual maturation in boys are imprecise and observational estimates are likely to suffer from a degree of uncontrolled confounding. To obtain causal estimates, we examined the role of pubertal development in prostate cancer using genetic polymo...

background: pithyriasis alba (pa) is a nonspecific dermatitis with unknown origin and is a common dermatosis during childhood. its prevalence is higher in individuals with darker skin, inadequate personal hygiene, sun exposure, xerosis with atopic dermatitis. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of pithyriasis alba in elementary school children in babol, northern iran.metho...

art is a tool for children to enjoy life. rhythmic activities, narration, and using attractive educational methods are devices to express feelings, problems, thoughts and beliefs. art therapy methods create unique opportunities to express and challenge feelings and lead to improvement of mental health and personal promotion indirectly. regarding the fact that art therapy methods are seen in mos...

In the UK, the media are reporting increasing rates of childhood suicide, while highlighting that increasing numbers of pre-adolescent boys (in relation to girls) are diagnosed as mentally ill. In response, academic, professional and political commentators are explaining this as a consequence of gender. One way of doing this has been to apply adult defined understandings of men and masculinitie...