The massacre at Columbine High School last year unleashed a torrent of fresh concern over the threat that violence poses to society. It also energized a government research effort to understand and prevent violence. Ironically, this flurry of activity comes at a time when youth violence, as reflected in crime statistics, is in decline.

Research suggests that increasing egalitarian relations between young people and adults is optimal for healthy development; however, the empirical assessment of shared control in youth-adult partnerships is emerging, and the field still requires careful observation, identification, categorization and labeling. Thus, our objective is to offer a conceptual typology that identifies degrees of yout...

Aggressive, violent and antisocial behaviour in children and adolescents is a growing concern across the globe. Targeting parent-teen relationships is critical in reducing problem behaviour. 'Connect' is a manualized ten-week program for parents or alternative caregivers of at-risk teens that focuses on the building blocks of secure attachment: parental sensitivity, cooperation, reflective capa...

teen pregnancy rates in the united states have declined substantially since the early 1990s in all states including Rhode Island, mainly due to positive changes in teens’ sexual behavior and contraceptive use. However, recent data show that the significant progress the nation has made in reducing teen sexual activity, improving contraceptive use, and providing better sex education in school has...

INTRODUCTION Although teen birth rates have declined significantly since 1991, teen pregnancy remains a significant public health problem in Milwaukee, Wis. Using historical teen birth data trends, this study sets a birth rate reduction goal by the year 2015 for Milwaukee teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17. METHODS Birth counts and birth rates for teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of individual, system, and interpersonal factors on emergency contraception practices. We hypothesized that abortion attitudes and attitudes toward teen sex would be significant individual factors influencing emergency contraception practices. DESIGN This was a cross-sectional, anonymous Internet survey. SETTING Four pediatric residency programs in the Balti...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to clarify associations between pain, psychological adjustment, and family functioning with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a sample of adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) utilizing teen- and parent-report. METHODS Forty-two adolescents (between the ages of 12 and 18) with SCD and their primary caregivers completed paper-and-pencil measures of pain...

Teen pregnancy and parenting remain important public health issues in the United States around world. A significant proportion of teen parents reside with their families origin, which may positively or negatively affect family structure. parents, defined as those 15 to 19 years age, are at high risk for repeat births. Pediatricians can play an role care adolescent children. This clinical report...

Science suggests ways to promote growth while preventing disaster Behold the American teenager, a lump in a hoodie who's capable of little more than playing "Grand Theft Auto," raiding the liquor cabinet, and denting the minivan, thanks to a brain so unformed that it's more like a kindergartner's than a grown-up's. That's the message that seemed to emerge from the past decade's neuroscientific ...