Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 2010"

TL;DR: The purpose of this report is to review the research literature on college student mental health, while also drawing comparisons to the parallel literature on the broader adolescent and young adult populations.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that insufficient sleep and irregular sleep-wake patterns, which have been extensively documented in younger adolescents, are also present at alarming levels in the college student population.

TL;DR: Poly-Victimization is prevalent among adolescents and places youth at high risk for psychiatric impairment and for delinquency, suggesting that adolescent healthcare providers should consider poly-victimization as a risk for behavioral and legal problems even when PTSD, depression, or addiction symptoms are not clinically significant.

TL;DR: This review provides an overview as to how the social and emotional impairments involved in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder affect the quality of life of patients and their families.

TL;DR: Connectedness can be a protective factor for ASRH outcomes, and efforts to strengthen young people's pro-social relationships are a promising target for approaches to promote ASRH.

TL;DR: There are significant differences in reports of bullying victimization and perpetration between heterosexual and sexual minority youth.

TL;DR: Parent weight-related comments and dieting behaviors, and family weight-teasing, may contribute to disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls and health care providers can help parents provide a supportive home environment by discouraging weight-based comments.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that body dissatisfaction and self-esteem are strongly related among nearly all groups of adolescents, suggesting the importance of addressing body image concerns with adolescents of all backgrounds and ages.

TL;DR: The high proportion of cervical and noncervical cancers caused by HPV types 16 and 18, that is, 70%-76% for cervical cancers and 63%-95% for noncavity cancers, underscores the potential for prevention of a majority of cervical as well as non cervical HPV-related cancers through prophylactic HPV vaccination.

TL;DR: The causal effect of childhood-limited maltreatment is focused on internalizing problems, whereas adolescent maltreatment has a stronger and more pervasive effect on later adjustment.

TL;DR: A clear relationship was shown between online gaming and Compulsive Internet Use and it is argued that a subgroup of compulsive Internet users should be classified as compulsive online gamers.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that chronic vigorous exercising is positively related to adolescents' sleep and psychological functioning, and indicate that males with low exercise levels are at risk for increased sleep complaints and poorer psychological functioning.

TL;DR: PYD programs can promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health, and tested, effective PYD programs should be part of a comprehensive approach to promoting adolescent health, but more research is needed before a specific list of program characteristics can be viewed as a "recipe" for success.

TL;DR: The causes and the long-term health consequences of early puberty and the possible effect of stress and endocrine-disrupting chemicals along with the risks of reproductive cancers, metabolic syndrome, and psychosocial consequences during adolescence and beyond are examined.

TL;DR: Although the protective efficacy of HPV vaccination in men has not yet been fully established, there may be a strong rationale for vaccinating boys, similar to girls, at an early age when they have had limited or no prior sexual activity.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive and systematic search of "adolescent or youth gambling" in three diverse electronic databases (MedlineAdvanced, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts) and three peer-reviewed journals (International Journal of Gambling Studies, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, and Journal Of Gambling Issues) resulted in 137 articles (1985-2010) focusing on gambling among youth aged between 9 and 21 years: 103 quantitative, 8 qualitative, and 26 non-empirical.

TL;DR: Examination of 5-year longitudinal associations between parenting style and adolescent weight and weight-related behaviors suggests that authoritative parenting style may play a protective role related to adolescent overweight and that the dimension of warmth and/or caring in the parent-adolescent relationship may be important in relation to female adolescent healthy dietary intake.

TL;DR: Results suggest that individualized yoga therapy holds promise as adjunctive therapy to standard care and decreased EDE scores at 12 weeks, and significantly reduced food preoccupation immediately after yoga sessions.

TL;DR: Analysis of dose-response effects of cumulative violence exposure including parent-to-youth aggression, marital physical aggression, and community violence to explore whether separate interpersonal domains of exposure differentially influence adverse outcomes highlighted the importance of assessing violence exposure across multiple interpersonal domains and across time.

TL;DR: In this paper, focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers, counselors, and administrative staff at schools serving children from U.S. Army families to understand whether and how parental deployments affect behavioral, social, and emotional outcomes of youth in the school setting.

TL;DR: It is found that students get insufficient sleep and frequently use medication and alcohol as sleep aids, use stimulants as alertness aids, and fall asleep at the wheel, or have motor vehicle accidents due to sleepiness.

TL;DR: A theory-driven, multi-component, curriculum-based intervention can delay sexual initiation up to 24 months; can have impact on specific types of sexual behavior such as initiation of oral and anal sex; and may be especially effective with females.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed available published literature on acceptability among parents, health care providers, and young males of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus virus vaccine for use in males in the United States.

TL;DR: Removing as much brand information from cigarette packs as possible is likely to reduce positive cigarette brand image associations among adolescents, and positive pack perceptions of those who are at greater risk of becoming regular addicted adult smokers are most likely to be reduced.

TL;DR: An in-depth qualitative approach was used to examine the contraceptive decision-making process, with special attention to the role of the social network, among a group of young, postpartum urban minority women.

TL;DR: The prevalence of insufficient, borderline, and optimal sleep hours among U.S. high school students on an average school night is described and female and black students, and students in grades 11 and 12 are described.

TL;DR: Findings overall supported the fit of early adolescent sexual initiation as a risk behavior within a Problem Behavior Theory framework cross-nationally, suggesting that similar factors could be targeted to prevent early sexual initiation across some developed nations.

TL;DR: SBHC use was associated with academic improvements over time for a high-risk group of users and the moderating effect of type of use (medical and mental health) reinforces the importance of looking at subgroups when determining the impact of SBHC use on outcomes.

TL;DR: The authors examined screen-based leisure time sedentary behavior and physical activity and overweight in a national sample of children and found that those who engage in low physical activity were two times more likely to be overweight than more active, less sedentary children.

TL;DR: For example, this paper found that adolescents aged 15-19 years have the highest rates of unintended pregnancy, and argued for a continued focus on adolescents in efforts to reduce unintended pregnancy.