Examined the emotion understanding of children and adolescents referred for treatment of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed. [DSM-IV]; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) anxiety disorders (separation anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, or social phobia). Referred youths (n = 17) and nonreferred youths (n = 21) and their parents participated by complet...

Background Psychoactive substance use among adolescents and youths is a global health problem. Nonengaged youths (NEY), which is defined as adolescents and youths of 15 to 24 years old, having neither been schooled nor employed in the past three months at the time of the interview being conducted, is a particular high risk group. According to a report previously prepared by our group (Lau, 2003...

Urbanism in third world and developing countries compared to that of developed countries has been increased with much more speed. From consequences of the population increase and accelerated growth of population in cities, reference can be lead to many problems such as increase of unemployment rate, housing problems, social anomalies, increase in crime and delinquency. Vandalism in public space...

OBJECTIVE This article describes results from a randomized clinical trial of a mindfulness-based intervention for parents and children, Mindful Family Stress Reduction, on a behavioral measure of attention in youths, the Attention Network Task (ANT). METHOD Forty-one parent-child dyads were randomly assigned to either the mindfulness-based intervention condition or a wait-list control. School...

Over decades of study, problematic school absenteeism in youths has been associated with diverse terms such as truancy, psychoneurotic truancy, school refusal, school phobia, and separation anxiety. Unfortunately, such disparity has led to lack of consensus regarding definition, assessment, and treatment for this population. This is especially problematic given that school absenteeism and dropo...

OBJECTIVES To compile scientific documentation of the historic interest of the tobacco industry in minors and youths. METHODS We performed a literature review of electronic scientific databases and an electronic search of technical reports and scientific articles published after 1999. RESULTS Thirteen technical reports and 30 articles in international scientific journals and other publicati...

Natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina have resulted in the displacement of families to locations throughout the nation. Juvenile courts have been affected by this mass migration of youths. Post-disaster recovery has been slow. Consequently, a cohort of youths has aged out of the juvenile justice system before their juvenile competency hearings could be held. Some of these young adults now...

This study focuses mainly on youths' opinions about their delinquency and drug use trajectories. A qualitative approach was taken for this phenomenological research. The life account method was used to conduct a total of 62 interviews: 36 boys and 26 girls recruited in youth detention and addiction treatment centers, youth centers, high schools, and on the streets of three cities in Quebec betw...

Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students are used to describe the high school performance, social experiences, postsecondary education and labor market participation, and residential independence of students with serious emotional disturbance (SED) nationally. Young people with SED are found to fare poorly compared with youths with disabilities as a who...

Moral deviation and delinquency in the youth life do not appear in one form and have different and diverse meanings and concepts. Not only criminal or guilty youth are the ones who propel the society to continuous thinking and planning and trying for their readjustment to the society, but also there are many youths who have not done any guilt but are exposed to the danger of moral deviation. S...