The purpose of this study was to examine the association between Hispanic adolescents’ academic aspirations and thoughts on teen parenting. Hope and gender were examined as potential moderators of this association. Participants included 130 students between the ages of 14 and 19 (M = 16, SD = 1.22) who were recruited from a charter high school located in a large, Midwestern city. Adolescents pr...

A phone survey of 504 teen (age 16-20) and 409 adult (age 25-45) drivers in the US state of Alabama was conducted to examine the relationships among risk perception, positive affect and risky driving. Male drivers reported engaging in risky driving behaviors more frequently than female drivers and teen drivers reported engaging in risky driving behaviors more frequently than adult drivers. Posi...

We have compared the unique features of teen tobacco cessation programs developed internally by community-based organizations (N=75) to prepackaged programs disseminated nationally (N=234) to expand our knowledge of treatment options for teen smokers. Internally-developed programs were more likely offered in response to the sponsoring organization's initiative (OR=2.16, p<0.05); had fewer train...

Novice teen drivers have disproportionally elevated crash rate compared to older drivers’. The high crash rate among novices is generally attributed to multiple risk factors, including driving inexperience, young age, risky driving behavior, vehicle accessibility, time of day, and driving with teenage passengers. The current naturalistic driving study with novice-teenagers evaluated the associa...

BACKGROUND The importance of positive parent-adolescent relationships is stressed in research on adolescents, although very little is known about this relationship when a teen has developmental disabilities (DD). We investigated the relationships of adolescents with disabilities with their mothers and their fathers in order to answer a number of questions regarding these relationships. In parti...

OBJECTIVE To present feasibility data on SMART, the first teen worksite behavioural tobacco control intervention. DESIGN This phase II study was designed to estimate the efficacy and feasibility of a small scale, randomised, controlled intervention. SETTING AND SUBJECTS This study, addressing youths aged 15-18 years, was implemented in four intervention and five control grocery stores that ...

This study evaluates the effects of an ER (NBC) storyline about teen obesity, hypertension, and 5 A Day on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. The storyline depicted an African American teen who presented at the emergency room with burns from a workplace injury. Upon diagnosis, the teen was discovered to have hypertension and counseled to eat more fruits and vegetables and get more exercise. Th...

Robotics can be regarded as a typical and representative part of Mechatronic, as a cutting edge technology in this rapidly expanding research field. Hence on the tree of robotic life, humanlike robots play a particularly valuable role. This Paper deals with design of cost oriented teen sized humanoid robot Archie. It describes the mechanical and electrical components and how action commands are...

PROBLEM What is the comparative impact of a second pregnancy prevention program for teen mothers on those who graduate from the program compared with a sample of young mothers of similar age and social circumstances who did not participate in the program? METHODS Fifteen program graduates and 20 nonprogram cohorts were surveyed regarding a range of life domains. FINDINGS Data indicated that...

The cyclic voltammetric behaviour of copper (II) tetraethylethylenediamine systems with [Cu(II)]:[teen] =1:10, 1:100 molar ratios, 1x10M Cu(ClO4)2.6H2O in aqueous 0.2M NaClO4 supporting electrolyte have been studied at pH7.20, 9.10 and 10.85. The electrode process show quasi reversible one electron charge transfer preceded and followed by chemical reaction at glassy carbon electrode (GCE). For ...