Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 1995"

TL;DR: This issue contains a Position Statement defining the purview of the specialist in Adolescent Medicine as persons ages 10 to 25 years of age, broader than the traditional " 12 to 18" or "12 to 21"; and wishing that everyone could get together and accept a common definition for "adolescence".

TL;DR: Although eating disorders primarily affect adolescents and young adults, much of the recent medical and psychiatric literature fails to consider the unique physiologic, psychologic, and developmental issues relevant to younger patients, more often describing older patients with more chronic and intractable disease.

TL;DR: The papers that follow are based on an international invitational conference held at Wingspread Conference Center in September 1994 and entitled Moving On: Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care.

TL;DR: Male and female detainees report a high incidence and early onset of risky behaviors, and Natives and those of "other" races reported the highest incidence of risk behaviors.

TL;DR: Prevention of adolescent violence calls for creative approaches in school and community settings and will require long-term intervention strategies, focused on adolescent behavior change and environmental modifications.

TL;DR: In this article, the age trend of family and peer influence on adolescent smoking behavior using a national sample was studied and the peer influence, such as the smoking status of best male/female friends, proved to be the most significant and consistent predictor across all ages, while parental influence had little effect on adolescents' smoking status.

TL;DR: Despite some momentum over the past several years there has far too little progress in ensuring that adolescent and young adults with special health care needs have suitable pathways for transition to adult health care.

TL;DR: It is indicated that violence-related behaviors are frequent among high school students and that they are positively associated with certain health behaviors and that interventions designed to reduce violence should also address coexisting health-risk behaviors and target high-risk groups.

TL;DR: This sample of immigrant Latino students appeared to be vulnerable to engaging in risk-taking behaviors and did not exhibit the anticipated cultural protective factors associated with recent immigrants.

TL;DR: The word association methodology provides a useful technique for exploring adolescents' cognitions and affective reactions with regard to health-related behaviors and has implications for prevention and intervention programs, as well as for future research.

TL;DR: Female adolescents who were heavy substance users, who felt little control over their sexual behavior, and had a greater number of friends who engaged in riskySexual behavior were themselves more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior.

TL;DR: The intervention reduced self-reported aggressive behaviors among boys, but this reduction was significant only in two of the six intervention classes, and both interventions had an overall significant effect on increasing knowledge about violence and skills to reduce violence.

TL;DR: A national, self-reported behavior survey of high school students was analyzed to assess the suitability of fighting as a marker for students with multiple problem behaviors to help identify high-risk adolescents.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that the lower SES black adolescents in this sample who carried weapons were more likely to engage in violent behaviors than those who did not carry weapons is supported.

TL;DR: Providers should be aware that adolescents are influenced by their parent's opinions and that the care provider's endorsement of the vaccine may be a key factor in parental acceptance of thevaccine.

TL;DR: There was no significant difference in marital status between the two groups and a similar proportion were sexually active, yet women with CF were less likely to use contraception.

TL;DR: Existing research provides clear evidence that most adolescents, at least past age 14 or 15 years, are able to function as well as adults research participants under most circumstances.

TL;DR: Ethnic/racial and gender differences were found in risk behaviors for STDs among a sample of incarcerated adolescents and significantly more females than males reported a history of STDs.

TL;DR: Emotional factors were more frequently related to understanding of research participation than age or cognitive development and providing medical environments that decrease anxiety and increase control may enhance children's and adolescent's understanding of the research process.

TL;DR: Adolescents with mild or moderate depressive symptoms had more negative feeding interactions with their infants, reported less maternal confidence and gratification, and used more emotion-focused coping than their nondepressed counterparts.

TL;DR: Questions are raised about a causal role for substance use in STD-risk and point toward more complex relationships of these behaviors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a consensus from Adolescent Medicine specialists from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia regarding the diagnosis and management of eating disorders in adolescents is presented.

TL;DR: This paper is presented in five sections and demonstrates that current regulations may be interpreted to permit the conduct without parents or guardians permission of much more research involving adolescents than is currently being done.

TL;DR: The importance assigned to certain personality attributes in relation to adolescent health behavior shows the need for additional investigations that incorporate other variables and subject groups with different ages.

TL;DR: The preexisting relationship between the victim and the assailant may explain other elements that distinguish an adolescent rape victim from her adult counterpart.

TL;DR: Dieting may reflect a general pattern of unhealthy behaviors adopted in adolescence, rather than act as a causal factor in promoting psychologic distress, according to a prospective study of female students.

TL;DR: Investigating secondary school students' perceptions of violence in American public schools found that males, students from neighborhoods in which crime was prevalent, and students with low academic achievement were most likely to have committed acts of violence.

TL;DR: Considerable support exists for changing the guidelines for certain categories of research involving adolescents, and over one-half of IRBs supported changes in regulations that would enable minors to provide informed self-consent for seven of 10 general research categories.

TL;DR: This study suggests that adjustment and self-esteem are less than ideal in young people with CF, especially females, who were less well-adjusted than their healthy peers.

TL;DR: "Watching" was widely utilized by girls in this sample as a way to maintain weight and promote health, and analysis of food record data confirmed a trend toward higher intakes of micronutrients.