The goals of this study were to (a) examine the phenomenology and developmental correlates of problematic Internet use (PIU) in a large and diverse college student sample; (b) evaluate a developmental process model of PIU in which the expected association between child maltreatment and PIU would be explained by alexithymia; and (c) explore these relations as a function of gender and race. PIU w...

Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Departments of Orthopedics and Pediatrics, Vanderb...

Jeffrey Passel surveys demographic trends and projections in the U.S. youth population, with an emphasis on trends among immigrant youth. He traces shifts in the youth population over the past hundred years, examines population projections through 2050, and offers some observations about the likely impact of the immigrant youth population on American society. Passel provides data on the legal s...

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) estimates that 32,808 non-fatal injuries occurred to youth under 20 years of age on U.S. farms during 1998. These data, however, do not allow for the identification of the race of the farm operator. Therefore, in 2001, the Minority Farm Operator Childhood Agricultural Injury Survey (M-CAIS) was conducted to provide an overview of...

AIM The primary aim of this study was to describe the carbonated beverage (soft drink) consumption patterns of New Zealand (NZ) youth and to investigate the influence that home availability of soft drinks had on their consumption. A secondary aim was to determine if there was an association between soft drink consumption and body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference. METHODS Data from Yout...

The article examines how two Laotian American teenage girls in a multiracial California high school take divergent pathways through contrasting stereotypes of Southeast Asian Americans: model–minority nerd and the dangerous gangster. girls, both first-generation immigrants, each draw on linguistic youth-cultural practices to align themselves some degree with one these while distancing from othe...

Several facets of NIDDM have particular relevance to Asian Indians. Firstly, it is now well recognised that the overall prevalence of diabetes is very high, not only among migrant Indians but also within the Indian subcontinent [1]. Secondly, NIDDM presents at a younger age and the entity called as maturityonset diabetes of the youth (MODY) is far more common among Indians than among Europeans ...

Positive role models, social and community activities, and school support are protective social factors that promote youth health and well-being. Latino, African-American, Asian, multi-racial, and low-income adolescents are less likely to experience these protective social factors compared to other groups, which may contribute to health disparities. Adolescents who identify a role model, volunt...