Using longitudinal data from 769 white adolescents in the Midwest, this research applies a social structure and personality perspective to examine variation in self-esteem and mastery trajectories by gender and SES across the high school years. Analyses reveal that high SES adolescents experience significantly steeper gains in self-esteem and mastery compared to low SES adolescents, resulting i...

objective: wars' stress and violence can have tremendous effects on children's and adolescents' health and general well being; it may result in patterns of bio-psychosocial problems. the goal of this study was to compare emotional and behavioral problems in afghan refugees and war-zone adolescents. method: one hundred and eighty high school students (90 students in the refugee group and 90 in t...

objective: school-based interventions (such as life skills training) have become the mainstay for prevention of some behavioral problems. this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a social skills training program on a group of students who were in the first grade of high school in an urban area of tehran, iran. method: in a before-after study, a kind of social skill education program...

The aim of this study was to estimate the level of knowledge about sexuality, attitudes and sexual behaviour of female adolescents. The study included 194 female students, 117 from Medical High School (MHS) and 77 from General High School (GHS) in Zagreb. Data was collected using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. In addition to items on personal data (age, parental education etc.), ...

Recent studies have shown that adolescents have initiated their sex lives earlier and earlier, without, however, receiving consistent sex education. The objectives of this study were to analyze the sexual behavior of adolescent high school students and identify the habits of sexual health in sexually active adolescent high school students. An exploratory study was conducted with 680 adolescents...

This study tests the hypothesis that societal change from subsistence agriculture to a market economy with higher levels of formal schooling leads to an increase in individualistic values that guide human development. Values relating to adolescent development and the transition to adulthood were compared across three generations of women in 18 families in the Maya community of Zinacantán in sou...

Objectives To examine health behaviors among Korean adolescents with a focus on both individual and school-based factors, specifically in relation to predictors of high-risk groups. Methods Secondary data analysis was conducted with data from the 8th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey, using descriptive statistics, t tests, χ2 test, and multilevel logistic regression analysis. Health ...

survey on physical activity and dietary habits of adolescence in high school students     haghighi moghadam y [1] , feizi a [2] , khalilzadeh h [3] *     received: 21 sep, 2011 accepted: 29 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : health behavior of adolescence is effective on their health and health and development of a community. proper nutrition and physical activity are the most importa...

Positive role models, social and community activities, and school support are protective social factors that promote youth health and well-being. Latino, African-American, Asian, multi-racial, and low-income adolescents are less likely to experience these protective social factors compared to other groups, which may contribute to health disparities. Adolescents who identify a role model, volunt...