نتایج جستجو برای: girls

تعداد نتایج: 38386  

2014
Camilla Nguyen

Background: The female autism spectrum disorder (ASD) phenotype is currently underresearched. Girls with ASD may differ from boys with ASD, yet few studies have tested this hypothesis, particularly among low functioning individuals. This study compared girls and boys with predominantly low functioning ASD and typically developing girls during middle and late childhood across autism symptoms, co...

Journal: :Psychoneuroendocrinology 2004
D Erik Everhart Janet L Shucard Teresa Quatrin David W Shucard

Hormones have been shown to play a role in both cerebral development and neurocognitive function. Turner Syndrome (TS) provides the opportunity to study the effect of the lack of estrogen on neurocognitive development. In this study, event-related potential (ERP) differences were examined among 12 TS girls, 20 prepubertal control girls, and 20 prepubertal control boys during a face recognition ...

2016
Sudha Sharma Sajana Deuja C G Saha

BACKGROUND Menstruation is a normal physiological process occurring every month throughout the reproductive age of the females. However, significant variation in menstrual pattern is observed among adolescents. The objective of this study was to determine menstrual pattern among adolescent girls of Pokhara Valley. METHOD A cross sectional study was conducted in seven schools of Pokhara Valley...

Journal: :Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014
Sung Hee Shin Suk Jeong Ko Yu Jeong Yang Hyun Su Oh Mi Young Jang Joong Myung Choi

PURPOSE This study was done to compare families of boys or of girls for actor and partner effect of stress, depression and parent-adolescent communication as perceived by mother, father and adolescent on adolescents' suicidal ideation. METHODS Participants were 183 families (104 boys' families, 79 girls' families) who met eligibility criteria. All measures were self-administered. Data were an...

Journal: :The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2009
Russell R Pate June Stevens Larry S Webber Marsha Dowda David M Murray Deborah R Young Scott Going

PURPOSE To determine the annual rate at which physical activity changes in girls during middle school using both objective and self-report measures of physical activity. METHODS Participants were sixth- and eighth-grade girls from the control schools in the Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls (TAAG). Random cross-sectional samples initially were drawn from sixth-grade girls (n=786) and 2 y...

Journal: :Obesity 2007
Margarita S Treuth Diane J Catellier Kathryn H Schmitz Russell R Pate John P Elder Robert G McMurray Robert M Blew Song Yang Larry Webber

OBJECTIVE To describe the patterns (specifically comparing weekdays and weekends classified by intensities) of physical activity (PA) measured by accelerometry in adolescent girls. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES Healthy sixth grade girls (n=1603), 11 to 12 years old, were randomly recruited from 36 schools participating in the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls. Age, ethnicity, socioecono...

Journal: :Developmental psychology 2006
Helga Dittmar Emma Halliwell Suzanne Ive

The ubiquitous Barbie doll was examined in the present study as a possible cause for young girls' body dissatisfaction. A total of 162 girls, from age 5 to age 8, were exposed to images of either Barbie dolls, Emme dolls (U.S. size 16), or no dolls (baseline control) and then completed assessments of body image. Girls exposed to Barbie reported lower body esteem and greater desire for a thinner...

2006
Angela Lee Duckworth Martin E. P. Seligman

Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, girls earn higher grades than boys in all major subjects. Girls, however, do not outperform boys on achievement or IQ tests. To date, explanations for the underprediction of girls’ GPAs by standardized tests have focused on gender differences favoring boys on such tests. The authors’ investigation suggests an additional explanation: Girls are more...

Journal: :Pediatrics 2001
Y Lee D C Mitchell H Smiciklas-Wright L L Birch

OBJECTIVES To compare the diet quality and weight status of girls consuming diets meeting the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics for dietary fat with those of girls consuming >30% of energy from fat and to examine relationships between girls' dietary fat intake, mothers' nutrient intakes, and mothers' child-feeding practices. DESIGN Participants were 192 white girls and thei...

2015
Lynn T. M. Michalopoulos Laura K. Murray Jeremy C. Kane Stephanie Skavenski van Wyk Elwyn Chomba Judith Cohen Mwiya Imasiku Katherine Semrau Jay Unick Paul A. Bolton

PURPOSE The aim of the current study is to test the validity and reliability of the Shame Questionnaire among traumatized girls in Lusaka, Zambia. METHODS The Shame Questionnaire was validated through both classical test and item response theory methods. Internal reliability, criterion validity and construct validity were examined among a sample of 325 female children living in Zambia. Sub-an...

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