OBJECTIVE To investigate the physician sex preference of male adolescents and to explore the factors that may moderate this preference. DESIGN Anonymous survey. SETTING An adolescent clinic associated with a large pediatric hospital centrally located within a metropolitan Midwestern city. PARTICIPANTS The 67 male adolescent patients in the convenience sample ranged in age from 10 to 18 ye...

Compared to female major depressive disorder (MDD), male MDD often receives less attention. However, research is warranted since there are significant sex differences in the clinical presentation of MDD and a higher rate of suicide in depressed men. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study with a large sample addressing putative sex diff...

BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is associated with pulmonary function and pulmonary disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between HDL cholesterol and pulmonary function in healthy adolescents. METHODS This cross-sectional study was based on data collected for the JS High School study. The analysis included 64...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the proportion of physically active adolescents and identify associated factors. METHODS The sample was composed of 2,874 high school students (public and private schools) aged 14 to 19 years in the city of João Pessoa, Northeastern Brazil. Physical activity level was measured by means of a questionnaire and considered physically active if > 300 minutes/week. Sociodemogr...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of a functional polymorphism of the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene on spontaneous brain activity in healthy male adolescents. METHODS Thirty-one healthy male adolescents with the low-activity MAOA genotype (MAOA-L) and 25 healthy male adolescents with the high-activity MAOA genotype (MAOA-H) completed the 11-item Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) quest...

This study aimed to investigate the mindfulness level in terms of gender and academic achievement its relationship moral anxiety among adolescents. The was conducted on a sample consisted (390) adolescents’ students Al-Salt city, Jordan. Two scales were used study, scale, scale. found that female adolescents have higher levels compared male who recorded medium with those lower achievement. Furt...

Adolescents' eating habits are determined by social, psychological, economic, political, and educational influences. They tend to prefer foods with inadequate nutritional value and high fat and carbohydrate content which leads to excessive weight gain and for many, calcium intake is restricted. According to some authors, low calcium intake is linked to increased adiposity. The objective was to ...

OBJECTIVES Although different personality traits have been associated with the onset and maintenance of binge eating, the role of sensation seeking is still not well documented. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of sensation seeking and motivations for eating in male and female adolescents who binge eat. METHODS 336 adolescents (196 boys and 140 girls, mean age 17.48) c...

In the present study an attempt has been made to compare rural and urban adolescents on personality characteristics. For this purpose a sample of 120 adolescents (60 rural and 60 urban) from various higher secondary schools of district Anantnag and Srinagar were selected randomly. The tool used for collecting data was R.B. Cattle’s Questionnaire (HSPQ). The main findings of the study revealed t...

OBJECTIVE To examine several subjective components of adolescents' behaviour concerning mental illness prevention. METHOD Adolescents' knowledge, their attitudes and subjective norms, as well as their thoughts about how they would concretely handle a psychological problem were measured. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by 438 male and female adolescents in grades 8 and 11. RE...