STUDY OBJECTIVE To test whether sleep duration on school nights differs between adolescents in Australia and the United States and, if so, whether this difference is explained by cultural differences in school start time, parental involvement in setting bedtimes, and extracurricular commitments. PARTICIPANTS Three hundred eighty-five adolescents aged 13 to 18 years (M = 15.57, SD = 0.95; 60% ...

Male adolescents' sexual and reproductive health needs often go unmet in the primary care setting. This report discusses specific issues related to male adolescents' sexual and reproductive health care in the context of primary care, including pubertal and sexual development, sexual behavior, consequences of sexual behavior, and methods of preventing sexually transmitted infections (including H...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to examine the associations between concentrations of vitamin D and concentrations of insulin, glucose, and HbA(1c) in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in the U.S. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We used data for 1,941 adolescents, aged 12-17 years, who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2001 and 2006. RESULT...

this study is aimed at comparing life expectancy, resilience and differentiation between adolescents of single-child and multi-child families living in khorramabad, iran. this is a causal-comparative study and the statistical population consisted of all the male and female adolescent students in the middle and high schools of khorramabad in the academic year 2015-2016. the sample included 150 s...

To investigate how adolescents interpret ambiguous actions in hypothetical interracial peer encounters, we conducted a study in which 8th- and 11th-grade students (N = 837) evaluated 4 interracial peer encounters in which the intentions of the protagonist were ambiguous. The sample was evenly divided by gender and included both African American and European American adolescents. European Americ...

Prenatal alcohol exposure can have serious and permanent adverse effects. The developing brain is the most vulnerable organ to the insults of prenatal alcohol exposure. A behavioral phenotype of prenatal alcohol exposure including conduct disorders is also described. This study on a sample of Brazilian adolescents convicted for criminal behavior aimed to evaluate possible clinical features of F...

OBJECTIVES To describe trends over time in sexual behaviour, condom use, and sexually transmitted infections among female and male adolescents in the United States. METHODS A review was carried out of published studies using data from six surveys since the 1970s on sexual behaviour and surveillance data on sexually transmitted infections. RESULTS The proportion of adolescents who have ever ...