PURPOSE To examine the relationship between female adolescent self-esteem, decision making, and contraceptive behavior in multiethnic, 14- to 17-year-olds, residing on the Big Island of Hawaii. DATA SOURCES This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey design using a convenience sample of 98 female adolescents aged 14-17 who came to five different clinics on the Big Island of Hawaii for healt...

OBJECTIVE To compare the skeletal changes between female hyperdivergent adolescents and adults with Class II Division 1 malocclusion after orthodontic treatment. METHODS Thirty adolescent girls and 30 adult women both with hyperdivergent Class II Division 1 malocclusions were selected. The 2 groups were matched by both treatment period and treatment method. Cephalometric radiographs taken bef...

BACKGROUND The objective was to determine whether the pattern of environmental and genetic influences on deviant personality scores differs from that observed for the normative range of personality, comparing results in adolescent and adult female twins. METHODS A sample of 2,796 female adolescent twins ascertained from birth records provided Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire data. The...

Consistent condom use among high risk groups such as female sex workers (FSWs) remains low. Adolescent female sex workers are especially at higher risk for HIV/STI infections. However, few published studies have compared the sexual risk negotiations among adolescent, emerging adult, and older age groups or the extent a manager's advice about condom use is associated with an FSW's age. Of 1,388 ...

AIMS To determine how alcohol use differentially affects brain functioning in male and female adolescents. METHODS Adolescents with alcohol use disorders (AUDs; 7 female, 11 male) and control adolescents without AUDs (9 female, 12 male), aged 14-17 years, performed spatial working memory and vigilance tasks during functional magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS Gender, AUD and their interact...

Abstract Parent–adolescent relationships play an important role in protecting adolescents from depressive symptoms. However, there are no consistent conclusions about the extent to which fathers and mothers uniquely contribute adolescents’ The present study aimed acquire knowledge this research area two ways. First, separated potential impacts of father–child mother–child on symptoms Chinese ad...

BACKGROUND This study adds to the scarce literature on female adolescent sexual offenders by examining differences between female adolescent sexual and nonsexual violent offenders in the prevalence and impact of dynamic risk and protective factors for general recidivism. METHOD The sample consisted of female adolescents who were convicted for a sexual offense (FSOs; n = 31) or nonsexual viole...