Adolescent Behavior - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Estimating co-occurring behavioral trajectories within a neighborhood context: a case study of multivariate transition models for clustered data.

7 Oct 2008 Comorbidity is well-documented in psychiatric and risk behavior epidemiology. The authors present a novel application of clustered multivariate transition models to study comorbidity within a clustered context. The authors used data from the ... Read more...

HIV testing and care in Canadian Aboriginal youth: a community based mixed methods study.

5 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: HIV infection is a serious concern in the Canadian Aboriginal population, particularly among youth; however, there is limited attention to this issue in research literature. The purpose of this national study was to explore HIV testing ... Read more...

Development and psychometric evaluation of an Arab version of the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire.

29 Sep 2008 Little is known about parent and peer relationships in immigrant adolescents due to a dearth of culturally sensitive measures. We adapted the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire (FPRQ) for Arab immigrant mothers and their adolescents. Mothers ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Adolescent Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Estimating co-occurring behavioral trajectories within a neighborhood context: a case study of multivariate transition models for clustered data. 7 Oct 2008
• HIV testing and care in Canadian Aboriginal youth: a community based mixed methods study. 5 Oct 2008
• Development and psychometric evaluation of an Arab version of the Family Peer Relationship Questionnaire. 29 Sep 2008
• Increase in sexual risk behavior and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among adolescents in Northern Thailand. 29 Sep 2008
• Why has HIV stabilized in South Africa, yet not declined further? Age and sexual behavior patterns among youth. 29 Sep 2008
• HIV and sexual behavior among young people: the South African paradox. 29 Sep 2008
• Schools and neighborhoods: organizational and environmental factors associated with crime in secondary schools. 29 Sep 2008
• High school youth and suicide risk: exploring protection afforded through physical activity and sport participation. 29 Sep 2008
• Violence and drug use in rural teens: national prevalence estimates from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. 29 Sep 2008
• Human papillomavirus-related diseases: oropharynx cancers and potential implications for adolescent HPV vaccination. 29 Sep 2008
• Effect of prior stimulant treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on subsequent risk for cigarette smoking and alcohol and drug use disorders in adolescents. 29 Sep 2008
• No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented. 29 Sep 2008
• Adult mental health effects of early childhood intervention. 29 Sep 2008
• Teen girl pregnancy pact? 29 Sep 2008
• The trust model: a different feeding paradigm for managing childhood obesity. 29 Sep 2008
• Weight gain prevention: identifying theory-based targets for health behavior change in young adults. 29 Sep 2008
• Association between regular participation in sports and leisure time behaviors in Brazilian adolescents: a cross-sectional study. 21 Sep 2008
• The truth about teen girls. So you think they're having set too soon and its the media's fault. It's not that simple. 20 Sep 2008
• Factors associated with adolescent cigarette smoking in Greece: results from a cross sectional study (GYTS Study). 13 Sep 2008
• Does education really alter adolescent sexual behaviour? 8 Sep 2008

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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