Fathers and Youth’s Delinquent Behavior This paper analyzes the relationship between having one or more father figures and the likelihood that young people engage in delinquent criminal behavior. We pay particular attention to distinguishing the roles of residential and non-residential, biological fathers as well as stepfathers. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Heal...

conceptualized in a negative and pro blematic context,” with the intent of preventing diseases and unplanned pre gn a n c i e s .5 For these and other re a s o n s , adolescent sexuality is typically conceptualized and studied as a dichotomy: Adolescents have had sex or they have not. H o w e v e r, the dichotomous sex–no sex view does not take into account the psychological and social context ...

Title of Document: MATERNAL AND PATERNAL PERCEPTIONS OF HOSTILITY TOWARD THEIR ADOLESCENTS: LINKS TO ADOLESCENT PEER-REPORTED SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. Heidi Marie Butler, Master of Science, 2008 Directed By: Professor Jude Cassidy, Psychology The goal of the present study was to examine the links between parental perceptions of hostility and peer-reported adolescent social accepta...

background: the importance of increasing adolescence girl’s level of physical activity is recognized as a priority for having a healthy lifestyle. however, adolescent girls especially iranian, are at high risk for physical inactivity. social cognitive theory (sct) is a successful theory to explain physical activity behavior. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of physical acti...

INTRODUCTION One principal aim of tobacco control programs is the prevention of smoking initiation. Adolescent smoking prevalence peaked during the 1940s for males and during the early1970s for females. Since the 1940s, there has been a substantial decline in smoking prevalence among adolescent males. However, during the 1980s, the decline in prevalence stopped and began to level. The decline f...

PURPOSE To assess the relationship between adolescent and parent reports of adolescent health-related quality of life (HRQL) and between adolescent pulmonary function (forced expiratory volume in 1 second as percent of predicted) and reporter perceptions of adolescent health. METHODS Twenty-four adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF), their mothers, and their fathers completed the Child Health...

Multiple informants commonly disagree when reporting child and family behavior. In many studies of informant discrepancies, researchers take the difference between two informants' reports and seek to examine the link between this difference score and external constructs (e.g., child maladjustment). In this paper, we review two reasons why difference scores cannot serve as unambiguous predictors...

The present study investigated the role of identity in the relationship between family functioning and behavior problems in a sample of Hispanic immigrant early adolescents and their families. The sample consisted of 181 Hispanic immigrant adolescents (92 males, 89 females) and their participating caregivers (who were mostly mothers). Identity was measured using adolescent reports, whereas fami...

Methamphetamine use among adolescents is a significant social and public health concern. Despite increased awareness of methamphetamine use among younger people, relatively little research has examined the effects of adolescent methamphetamine use compared to adult use. Thus, much remains to be learned about how methamphetamine alters adolescent brain function and behavior. In this article we r...