Objectves Considering social variables influencing psychological well-being and protecting from development of mental disease, social support received great attention. In recent years the focus shifted toward more general constructs that can account for stability and coherence of the scheme that each person applies to relate to the social word as a whole. The construct of social connectedness s...

CONTEXT Youth in alternative high schools engage in risky sexual behavior at higher rates than do their peers in regular schools, placing themselves at an increased risk of sexually transmitted disease and unintended pregnancy. Family connectedness is associated with reduced adolescent sexual risk-taking, although this association has not been tested among alternative school youth. METHODS A ...