Many psychologists have attempted different explanations of criminal behaviour. One of these explanations is upbringing in a disrupted family. Juby & Farrington conducted a study which aimed to disentangle the links between family disruption and delinquency. The participants and data which were used were from Farrington’‛s large longitudinal ‘Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development’‛, which f...

Due to a number of radical changes in society, the role of parents in the upbringing of their children has been redefined. In this essay, Paul Smeyers argues that "risk" thinking, and the technologization that goes with it in the context of child rearing, naturally leads to the rights discourse, but that thinking about the relation between parents and children in terms of rights confronts one w...

In last decade suicide attempts and suicides among youngsters are increasing greatly and are one of the leading causes of mortality in this age group. Epidemiological data are pointing on more frequent trend of self-destructive behavior among youngsters in the world as well as in our country. Risk factors which influence on increasing number of suicide attempts and suicides in this age are diff...

On August 24, 2014, Ralph M. Reitan, PhD, passed away in his home in Mesa, Arizona. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Wolfson, and his five children, Ellen, Jon, Richard, Ann, and Erik. Ralph was born in Beresford, South Dakota, on August 29, 1922. He was the third of five children; his father was a clergyman, and his mother was trained as a teacher. His parents were of Norwegian descent, and...

This study is based on the assumption that subjectification through sexuality driven by gender ideologies during childhood and adolescence is closely related to the dominant discourse that interdicts sexuality and influences the construction of nurses’ professional identities. This study’s objective was to identify in the nurses’ testimonies aspects of the process of subjectification through se...

BACKGROUND The use and abuse of psychoactive substances is very rampant, even in our secondary schools. In recent times, there has been a growing concern about negative effects of these substances on youths. The high incidence of school dropouts and other nefarious activities are the resultant impacts on the students. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the study were: (1) To determine the prevalenc...