Adolescent Behavior - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) may affect brain development and behavior in adolescent offspring. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the involvement of the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) in mediating the relationship between PEMCS ... Read more...

Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examines differences in Chinese high school students' alcohol expectancies by drinking status (nondrinker, occasional drinker, regular drinker) and gender (male, female). METHOD: The authors administered the Chinese Adolescent ... Read more...

Long-term risk preference and suboptimal decision making following adolescent alcohol use.

19 Sep 2009 Individuals who abused alcohol at an early age show decision-making impairments. However, the question of whether maladaptive choice constitutes a predisposing factor to, or a consequence resulting from, alcohol exposure remains open. To examine ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Adolescent Behavior - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Orbitofrontal cortex and drug use during adolescence: role of prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and BDNF genotype. 30 Oct 2009
• Alcohol expectancies among high school students in Inner Mongolia, China. 29 Sep 2009
• In search of endophenotypes for suicidal behavior. 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term risk preference and suboptimal decision making following adolescent alcohol use. 19 Sep 2009
• Focus group studies on food safety knowledge, perceptions, and practices of school-going adolescent girls in South India. 30 Aug 2009
• Developmental implications of openness to experience in preschool children: gender differences in young adulthood. 30 Aug 2009
• Daily family conflict and emotional distress among adolescents from Latin American, Asian, and European backgrounds. 30 Aug 2009
• Here we go again: a dynamic systems perspective on emotional rigidity across parent-adolescent conflicts. 30 Aug 2009
• A prospective three generational study of fathers' constructive parenting: influences from family of origin, adolescent adjustment, and offspring temperament. 30 Aug 2009
• Factor structure of the Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale for studies of youths with externalizing behavior problems. 30 Aug 2009
• The structure and temporal stability of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale. 30 Aug 2009
• The Child Behavior Scale (CBS) revisited: a longitudinal evaluation of CBS subscales with children, preadolescents, and adolescents. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of individual and familial protective factors in adolescents' diet control. 30 Aug 2009
• Cross-cultural generalizability of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ). 30 Aug 2009
• Adolescent coping across time: implications for psychiatric mental health nurses. 30 Aug 2009
• Adolescent behavioral, affective, and cognitive engagement in school: relationship to dropout. 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical messages from the Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS). 30 Aug 2009
• Determinants of anabolic-androgenic steroid risk perceptions in youth populations: a multivariate analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Adolescent Behavior'

Definition: Any observable response or action of an adolescent.

Descriptor UI: D000294

Alternative terms: Adolescent Behavior; Behavior, Adolescent; Adolescent Behaviors; Behaviors, Adolescent;

Related Mesh Headings: Adolescent Development;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; ethnology; psychology;

Tree Number: F01.145.022;

History Note: 81

Technical Notes: check also tag ADOLESCENCE