AIM To assess the anthropometric parameters of growth and nutritional status in relation to socioeconomic status (SES) of Macedonian adolescents. METHODS The study included 546 adolescents from urban regions of the Republic of Macedonia, aged 14 to 15 years. Participants were measured with standard equipment and measurement technique according to the International Biological Programme. The fo...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have observed that exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is more common and more strongly related to exercise related breathing problems in female adolescents than male adolescents. However, few studies have investigated the association between EIB and health related quality of life (HRQoL) from a gender perspective. The aim of this study was to examine the asso...

Although gender differences in affective empathy are well established, evidence of gender differences in the development of affective empathy is inconsistent. Consideration of same-sex versus other-sex affective empathy may assist in elucidating these inconsistencies. Gender differences were investigated in the experience of empathic sadness towards same- versus other-sex targets. The relations...

OBJECTIVE We examined the prevalence, persistence, secular and longitudinal trends, and predictors of steroid use in a diverse sample of adolescents. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Data are from Project EAT-II (Eating Among Teens), a 5-year longitudinal study of eating, activity, weight, and related variables in 2516 middle and high school students. Data were collected in 1999 (time 1) and 2004 (ti...

objective: to study knowledge about reproductive health among female adolescents and to assess their treatment seeking behavior regarding reproductive health problems in an urban slum of mumbai. materials and methods: cross sectional descriptive study was undertaken in an urban slum area of mumbai for period of 3 months. all adolescent girls from 10 - 19 years of age, who had attained menarche,...

BACKGROUND Smoking among adolescents remains unacceptably high and the difference in potential risk factors for smoking initiation between male and female adolescents has been explored. Although the association between smoking initiation and dieting behaviour has been observed among girls, the mechanism of the association is unknown. OBJECTIVE To examine prospectively the association between ...

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...

Depressive symptoms in adolescents are matter of concern because of its high prevalence and impairment of functioning in the affected individual. Present research was conducted to examine parental rejection effect on personality maladjustment and depressive symptoms in female adolescents in Pakistan. 100 female adolescents (M = 16.03, SD = 1.74) with minor medical conditions were recruited from...