The goal of the current investigation was to address whether affective decision making would serve as a unique neuropsychological marker to predict drinking behaviors among adolescents. We conducted a longitudinal study of 181 Chinese adolescents in Chengdu city, China. In their 10th grade (ages 15-16), these adolescents were tested for their affective decision-making ability using the Iowa Gam...

Given the heightened attention to visual impression management on social media websites, previous research has demonstrated an association between Facebook use and objectified body consciousness among adolescent girls and young women in various Western countries, including the U.S. (e.g., Meier and Gray 2013). The current study aimed to test whether both young women and men using social network...

abstract: aim and background: the exact review of the prevalence of internalized and externalized disorders in adolescence is essential to design and prepares appropriate remedial services that aimed at reducing the negative consequences and subsequent growth of mental disorders and improving adolescent functioning. the aim of this study is investigation of prevalence of internalized and extern...

a survey on effects of assertiveness and aggression in the academic achivement of urmia female high school students     r yavarian [1] , msc f sohrabi [2] , bsc n yavarian [3] , bsc    received: 12 april, 2010 accepted: 3 may, 2010   abstract   background & aims : academic achievement plays an important role in other aspects of life including personality, intelligence, social status . the purpo...

In this paper, we study one-Lee weight and two-Lee weight codes over Z2Z2[u], where u = 0. Some properties of one-Lee weight Z2Z2[u]-additive codes are given, and a complete classification of one-Lee weight Z2Z2[u]-additive formally self-dual codes is obtained. The structure of two-Lee weight projective Z2Z2[u] codes are determined. Some optimal binary linear codes are obtained directly from on...

OBJECTIVES This study compared activity levels of adolescents with chronic pain and healthy adolescents, and investigated relations between actigraphy and subjective measures of activity limitations and depression. METHODS Forty adolescents (n = 20 with chronic pain, n = 20 otherwise healthy; 12-17 years; 72.5% females) participated. Adolescents completed questionnaires regarding pain, activi...

Meditation training programs for adolescents are predicated on the assumptions that mindfulness and self-compassion can be directly cultivated, and further, that doing so is beneficial for emotional well-being. Yet, very little research with adolescents has tested these assumptions directly. In the current study, I examined longitudinal relationships between changes in mindfulness and self-comp...

espanolEl bullying discriminatorio a causa de las diferencias en necesidades educativas especiales o discapacidad amenaza el desarrollo saludable los adolescentes. El estudio pretende conocer si la autoestima, empatia y habilidades sociales son predictoras este (agresion victimizacion). Una muestra 1,640 adolescentes 11 20 anos, 820 Espana (48.8% hombres 51.2% mujeres) Ecuador (49.3% 50.7% muje...

introduction: musculoskeletal pain accompanied by psychological problem lead to reduce the efficiency of adolescents; so, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and its association with psychological factors among female adolescents. materials and methods: the target population of this cross sectional study was female students (3625 in total) from both private and ...