Showing papers in "Journal of Adolescent Health in 2011"

TL;DR: Disparities in suicidality and depression may be influenced by negative experiences including discrimination and victimization and Clinicians should assess sexual orientation, analyze psychosocial histories to identify associated risk factors, and promote prevention and intervention opportunities for SMY and their families.

TL;DR: An integrative model is presented that helps to understand both the appeal of e-communication technologies and their risks and opportunities for the psychosocial development of adolescents and the implications for educators and health care professionals.

TL;DR: Results indicated the importance of further study of cyber bullying because its association with depression was distinct from traditional forms of bullying.

TL;DR: The findings are consistent with the view that BD is central to the health and well-being of children and adolescents who are overweight and that distress associated with negative body image may warrant greater attention in the context of obesity prevention and treatment programs.

TL;DR: Young adults growing up with chronic illness succeed socially, but are at increased risk of poorer educational and vocational outcomes.

TL;DR: Factors associated with crash/near crash and risky driving rates among novice teenagers, including driving at night versus day, passenger presence and characteristics, and driver psychosocial factors are examined to suggest teens can drive in a less risky manner.

TL;DR: The use of chatbots within the field of health promotion has a large potential to reach a varied group of adolescents and to provide them with answers to their questions related to sex, drugs, and alcohol.

TL;DR: Genital HPV infection in men varies widely, both between and within high- and low-risk groups and by geographic region, suggesting persistent HPV infection or a higher rate of reinfection.

TL;DR: Adolescents who used violence against both peers and dates used more of each type of violence compared with those who used only one type of Violence profiles, and had more maladaptive risk and protective scores than adolescents perpetrating only peer violence or neithertype of violence, although they had few differences from those perpetratingonly dating violence.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw on existing research to delineate linkages between the risk and resilience and positive youth development literatures, and examine school-related outcomes within an integrative conceptual model.

TL;DR: Strengthening adolescents' independence and self-management competencies, combined with early preparation and repeated discussions on transition, seem to be useful strategies to increase adolescents' readiness for transfer to adult care.

TL;DR: This synthesis and framework can be used to tailor transition care and direct future research and is discussed within a theoretical transition framework that emphasizes the importance of fulfilling five conditions that will lead to successful transition.

TL;DR: Continuous attention needs to be paid on the marketing of e-cigarette on Internet sites to prevent adolescents from being exposed to unsupported claims about e-cigarettes and to provide appropriate information on health effects.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that sexual minority adolescent and young adult women underutilize routine reproductive health screenings, including Pap smears and STI tests, as well as broader healthcare access issues.

TL;DR: Levels of risk and protective factors and their associations with substance use at follow-up were mostly similar in the two states, but in many instances were weaker in Washington State.

TL;DR: Prevention and intervention should target a broader range of behaviors and experiences rather than focusing on the Internet component exclusively, as many online victims may be at risk not because they are naive about the Internet, but because they face complicated problems resulting from more pervasive experiences of victimization and adversity.

TL;DR: The most promising interventions should be scaled-up now, with careful evaluation, while exploring supplementary interventions to impact HIV incidence.

TL;DR: A parent-based intervention delivered to mothers in a pediatric clinic as they waited for their child to complete a physical examination may be an effective way to reduce sexual risk behaviors among Latino and African American middle-school young adults.

TL;DR: Having clear rules, setting limits on screen time, and not having screen-based media in the bedroom were associated with fewer hours of screen time for adolescents.

TL;DR: Adolescent synthetic cannabinoid product users report significant psychoactive effects, including a feeling of euphoria and memory changes and negative mood changes.

TL;DR: Weight-based similarities among friends were largely explained by the marginalization of overweight adolescents by their peers, rather than by the "contagion" of excess weight among friends, highlighting the importance of adequately modeling friendship selection processes when estimating social influence effects on adiposity.

TL;DR: This is the first study to show positive associations for co-playing video games between girls and their parents, even after controlling for age-inappropriate games played with parents.

TL;DR: Although all boys and girls who experience rape and loss of caregivers are generally at risk for mental health problems, boys in the sample demonstrated increased vulnerability; these findings indicate a need for more inclusive mental health services.

TL;DR: Substantial shifts in overweight and obesity occur between adolescence and young adulthood; the extent of continuity depends on both the severity and persistence of adiposity in adolescence.

TL;DR: Most of the studies showed that adolescents have a strong desire to participate in decisions related to their cancer treatment and many have concerns regarding their future fertility, although barriers often prevented these discussions.

TL;DR: Among girls from higher-income families, father absence was linked to earlier puberty, particularly true for African Americans in terms of pubic hair development, and these effects are not explained by body weight.

TL;DR: BAM appears to improve hemodynamic function and may affect sodium handling among African American adolescents who are at increased risk for development of cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: This web-based behavior program for Chinese American adolescents and their families seems feasible and effective in the short-term and can be adapted for other minority ethnic groups who are at high-risk for overweight and obesity and have limited access to programs that promote healthy lifestyles.

TL;DR: More positive school climates and better school health and welfare services are associated with fewer health risk-taking behaviors among students, however, the overall school effects were modest, especially for cigarette use and suicidal behaviors.

TL;DR: Adolescents with D/CI are more likely to be victimized than their peers, with a similar risk in both countries, and these results will guide future antibullying prevention programs.