Economic decisions have been shown to depend on actual outcomes as well as perceived intentions. In this paper, we examine whether and how the relative importance of outcomes or intentions for economic decisions develops with age. We report the results of ultimatum games with children, teens and students. We find that children and teens react systematically to perceived intentions, like student...

Presents findings from an online questionnaire investigating teens’ information-seeking about COVID-19.Methods. Online completed by 26 teens, ages 15 to 19 years, living in Brooklyn, New York, June 2020. Responses include quantitative data (ranking and checklists) qualitative (free writing). The explored information themes relation COVID-19, such as sources platforms, credibility disinformation...

This final recommendation statement applies to children and adolescents (teens) from birth to age 18 who do not have signs or symptoms of high blood pressure or of an underlying health problem that could cause high blood pressure. The Task Force reviewed recent research studies on screening for high blood pressure in children and teens. The final recommendation statement summarizes what the Tas...

American teenagers are spending much of their time online. Online communities offer teens perspective, acceptance, connection, and education that were once more limited by geography. However, the online world also opens teens to risks. Adults must decide how to guide teen online behavior in a space that they may not understand. We interviewed 16 experts about teen online behavior, related benef...

OBJECTIVES To identify incidence and predictors of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among postpartum adolescents. These estimates are compared to similar estimates among a cohort of non-pregnant, sexually active teens. METHODS 203 pregnant and 208 non-pregnant adolescents aged 14-19 years were recruited from 10 community based health clinics in Connecticut, United States. Struc...

Our primary research question was whether teens obtaining their intermediate-level provisional operators permit (POP) in a graduated driver licensing (GDL) environment through driver education differed in crashes and traffic violations from teens who obtained their POP by completing a supervised driving certification log without taking driver education. A descriptive epidemiological study exami...

Among pregnant youth, relationships with parents and romantic partners are correlated with overall wellbeing; however, this relationship does not exist with friends. Friends who have also experienced a pregnancy, however, may offer more effective support than friends who have not. One way that pregnant and mothering adolescents can connect is through online message boards. We hypothesized that ...

This article takes a qualitative approach to examine the role of fake news in shaping adolescent’s participation news. Instead experimental approaches that are common with similar research, current study expands our understanding teenagers’ engagement on social media using focus groups, interviews addition reviewing research reports by Norwegian Media Authority. The found is positively related ...

OBJECTIVES To compare aerobic capacity, strength, flexibility, and activity level in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) adolescents at 17 years of age with term-born control subjects. METHODS Fifty-three ELBW teens of birth weight <or=800 g were assessed at 17.3 years (16.3-19.7 years; birth weight: 720 g [520-800 g]; gestation: 26 weeks [23-29 weeks]) along with term-born control subjects (n ...