adolescent behavior

• Adolescent behavior

• Parenting As a Moderator of Minority, Adolescent Victimization and Violent Behavior in High-Risk Neighborhoods

Adolescent male youth in high-crime neighborhoods are at the greatest risk for personal victimization and violent behavior. The temporal relationship between victimization and violent behavior for minority youth in high-crime neighborhoods was examined to determine whether victimization is a risk factor for or by-product of violent behavior. Whether parenting and other control factors moderated the relationship between victimization and violent behavior was also examined. Interviews with 349 urban Hispanic and African American youth revealed that victimization was strongly associated with violent behavior and violent behavior was found to precede direct victimization. Race was found to moderate the relationship between parental attachment and violent behavior. African American youth wit...

• Violence and Victims
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 3, May 2007

• Advances and challenges in preventing childhood and adolescent problem behavior.

Prevention has recently been heralded as an effective way to reduce the adverse effects associated with childhood and adolescent problem behavior. Bol...

• Social Work Research
• Vol. 30 Nbr. 3, September 2006

• Disorder attribution and clinical judgment in the assessment of adolescent antisocial behavior.

When social workers judge that an antisocially behaving adolescent has a mental disorder, what are the implications of that attribution for other clin...

• Social Work Research
• Vol. 23 Nbr. 4, December 1999

• World-Class Scholars to Use Evolutionary Theory in Search for Solutions to High-Risk Adolescent Behavior.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Evolution Institute and the University of Arizona's Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families are co-hosting...

• Business Wire
• September 17, 2009

• Underage Alcohol Use: Summary of Developmental Processes and Mechanisms: Ages 16-20

Late adolescence (i.e., the age-group between 16 and 20 years) is characterized by significant changes in neurological and cognitive processes, behavioral and social functioning, and relational and physical contexts as the individual moves toward adulthood. In this age-group, major role transitions affect almost every aspect of life. Moreover, brain development continues-and with it the development of cognitive functions, working memory, emotional and behavioral self-regulation, and decisionmaking. The adolescent's social and emotional development also continues to evolve, affecting interactions with parents, siblings, peers, and first romantic relationships. All of these changes impact drinking behavior during late adolescence, and, in fact, alcohol use, binge drinking, and heavy drink...

• Alcohol Research and Health
• Vol. 32 Nbr. 1, January 2009

• Perceived crime and informal social control in the neighborhood as a context for adolescent behavior: A risk and resilience perspective.

Greater understanding of adolescent perceptions of peer behavior can contribute to the development of effective interventions targeting adolescent pro...

• Social Work Research
• Vol. 23 Nbr. 3, September 1999

• Adolescent behavior in the context of AIDS in South Africa.

South Africa is one of the countries hardest hit by HIV. Nearly 25 percent of the women who obtain antenatal care in South Africa are infected with HI...

• Population Briefs
• Vol. 9 Nbr. 1, February 2003

• Parenting practices and adolescent drug-related knowledge, attitudes, norms and behavior.

Abstract The current study explored the relationships between parenting practices and adolescent drug use. Suburban middle school students (N = 2129...

• Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education
• Vol. 49 Nbr. 2, June 2005

• Why Is Middle School a Problem? Psychologist Talks of Adolescent Behavior

While Richmond County school officials search for answers to problem middle school pupils, local experts say biology and growing up could be sources of many problems. It's a "chemical thing" that causes middle school pupils to act out more than children in elementary or high schools, Richmond County school board member Barbara Pulliam said.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• July 26, 2005

• Understanding the predictors of violent adolescent behavior: 'if [youths] have poor anger control, distorted views about themselves or society, lack the friendships or peer interactions in which they can test their views against reality, and have access to and experience with the use of weapons, a deadly mix may be created.'.

Psychology

• USA Today Magazine
• Vol. 130 Nbr. 2684, May 2002