Browsing by Subject "Adolescents"
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(2011-02-22)The current study was designed to examine the influence of cultural orientation on alcohol involvement among Mexican-American adolescents. Also, this study assessed whether cultural orientation predicted positive and ...
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(2011-08-08)Researchers have identified numerous risk and protective factors that might provide insight into the academic difficulties and success that Hispanic adolescents experience. Maladjusted outcomes cannot be attributed to a ...
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(2013-12-06)The relationship between adolescents and their parents has a significant impact on their positive development into adulthood. This study analyzes data from the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) in order to determine ...
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(2012-07-16)The main goal of this study is to examine the relationship between weight control expectancies, weight concerns, smoking rate and perceived likelihood of smoking in the future among Spanish adolescents. Specifically, I ...
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(2023-04-10)Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from 2010 to 2020, this doctoral dissertation studies the national mental health (MH) crisis and disparities among US adolescents and young adults. Chapter one ...
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(2022-05-24)Epilepsy is a neurological disorder, known for the brain’s predisposition to generate seizures, that affects children and adults of all ages. Epilepsy is recognized as one of the most prevalent neurological disorders found ...
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(2014-08-29)This dissertation consists of two articles investigating the relationships among motivation, self-regulated learning (SRL), and academic achievement for adolescents: (a) a meta-analytic review of the literature, and (b) ...
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(2017-02-27)Anxiety and depressive disorders are the two most common types of mood disorders in the United States. These disorders are more likely to affect women than men. Animal models do not cover key aspects of mood disorders well, ...
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(2009-05-15)Adolescent sex research, historically, has suffered from 4 limitations: a lack of theoretical grounding to guide the development of hypotheses (in individual studies); the absence of a multidimensional theoretical model ...