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Y M Vissing

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PubMed1997

Housing distress among high school students.

The word "homelessness" is not a useful term to explain housing problems experienced by high school-aged youths. The term "housing distress" is preferable because it includes both teenagers who are homeless and those who are at risk of homelessness. Many teenagers feel that they have no place where they belong and seek alternative living arrangements for a variety of reasons. Housing distress is a problem for schools because students have difficulties achieving academic success when they have no consistent, safe place to live. To understand how much or how little housing distress is experienced by high school-aged youths, 3,676 high school-aged teenagers were surveyed in nine communities along the seacoast of New Hampshire and southwestern Maine. Between 5 percent and 10 percent of the teenagers surveyed reported that they had been homeless sometime during the past year. Up to 20 percent of the high school students lived in arrangements that could be considered to be distressing and to put them at risk of becoming homeless.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1991

Verbal aggression by parents and psychosocial problems of children.

Analyses of data on a nationally representative sample of 3,346 American parents with a child under 18 living at home found that 63% reported one or more instances of verbal aggression, such as swearing and insulting the child. Children who experienced frequent verbal aggression from parents (as measured by the Conflict Tactic Scales) exhibited higher rates of physical aggression, delinquency, and interpersonal problems than other children. This relationship is robust since it applies to preschool-, elementary school-, and high school-age children, to both boys and girls, and to children who were also physically punished as well as those who were not. Children who experienced both verbal aggression and severe physical violence exhibited the highest rates of aggression, delinquency, and interpersonal problems.

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Taking laetrile: conversion to medial deviance.

For members of the CCS, laetrile use occurs in a self-help social context where users derive substantial social and emotional support from fellow members. We are convinced that much of the appeal of laetrile results from this social context in which it is frequently used. The CCS and the extensive network of similar organizations are fulfilling unmet needs in cancer patients and those fearful of cancer. Until conventional cancer therapy deals more successfully with the social and psychological needs of cancer patients, promoters of laetrile will till fertile ground.

Amygdalin↗