Teenagers Problems

Forgotten Teenagers

almost 7,500 young people (between the ages of JO and 20) were admitted to mental illness hospitals 'n 1966?the last year for which figures are available. On the face of it the figure may not seem very large when compared with the total population of this age group (6,976,400) but it is a disturbing lumber simply because there are nothing like enough suitable facilities available for the treatm...

Bored teenagers.

M ost of us have experienced that excruciating silence that often descends at the end of a scintillating seminar or even a symposium talk. We have invited a leading world expert to deliver a feisty lecture on the state-of-the-art and the ferment of ideas unleashed by their own findings. They have fulfilled the brief admirably, sticking zealously to the appointed 45-min time-slot, leaving ample ...

Does bullying cause emotional problems? A prospective study of young teenagers.

OBJECTIVES To establish the relation between recurrent peer victimisation and onset of self reported symptoms of anxiety or depression in the early teen years. DESIGN Cohort study over two years. SETTING Secondary schools in Victoria, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 2680 students surveyed twice in year 8 (aged 13 years) and once in year 9. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Self reported symptoms of anxiety...

Poor Teenagers’ Religion

Empirical research has ignored the effects of poverty on adolescent religion even though children are far more likely than adults to live in poverty in the United States. The current research demonstrates considerable differences in the religious activities and religious viewpoints of poor and non-poor American teenagers. Analysis of National Study of Youth and Religion survey data shows that w...

Jewish Teenagers’ Syncretism