PubMed Health⌕ Search

SEARCH · PubMed Health

Results for “ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY”

Explore indexed PubMed citations for clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health research. Read source abstracts and follow each citation to its original PubMed record.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 235 records · Page 13Linked to original sources
PubMed2004

Sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents: biologic, cognitive, psychologic, behavioral, and social issues.

A large and complex array of risk and protective factors influence adolescents' sexual behavior and their risk for sexually transmitted diseases. Programs designed to reduce sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents should take a focused and integrated approach that addresses the modifiable biologic, cognitive, psychologic, behavioral, and social issues affecting adolescent sexual risk.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1994

[Psychological dynamics in adolescence regarding death and suicide].

The authors try to analyse the idea of death and suicide in the adolescent and in order to face the psychological dynamics underlying these experiences. Therefore the differences between adolescential vitality and the separation-loss feelings emerge, between the need for autonomy and the search for identification patterns that are peculiar to this part of vital cycle. The autonomy and freedom search seems to pass delusively through the manipulation of the idea of death, to face a theme reserved to adults gives adolescent omnipotence feelings, assuring him at the same time against anguish. In the second part the authors report the clinical case of a boy who attempted suicide turce and who is under observation in the Department of Mental Health.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2002

Telenursing: clinical nurse consultancy for rural paediatric nurses.

Videoconferencing is increasingly being accepted as a medium for health-care. Telenursing is in its infancy in Australia but has enormous potential for nursing care in remote areas. The Child and Adolescent Psychological Telemedicine Outreach Service (CAPTOS) began in 1997 and in its first evaluation recommended more support for paediatric nurses. CAPTOS telenursing began as a new initiative in late 2001. The telenursing project aims to link ward nurses to CAPTOS and local community teams, and to provide both clinical consultancy on nursing and interdisciplinary issues and locally based professional development Telenursing supports nurses via site visits, videoconferencing sessions, an interactive Website and sabbatical opportunities. Telehealth works with existing services to enhance the nursing care of young people with a complex mixture of psychological and physical health problems.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Adolescents in custody: hidden psychological morbidity?

Seventy-eight adolescents admitted to Adelaide's youth remand centre provided social data and completed the Youth Self Report (YSR) checklist. Most came from chaotic social backgrounds and were without education or family support. Nearly 40% of remanded adolescents scored above the recommended cut-off scores of the YSR, a figure four times greater than that found among adolescents living in the community. This figure was comparable with that reported by adolescents attending child psychiatric services in Adelaide.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

The relationship between exposure to community violence and psychological distress among adolescents: a meta-analysis.

This article is concerned with the "size of the relationship" between exposure to chronic community violence and psychological symptoms among adolescents. It analyzes all relevant empirical studies in the published literature during the last 20 years; uses quantitative methods to summarize findings; and estimates the effect size using meta-analysis. The 37 independent samples (n = 17,322) were coded on 19 categories, including size and characteristics of sample, and characteristics of the independent and dependent variables. Findings indicate that there is a positive correlation between exposure to community violence and psychological distress; and that the effect size (r = .25) of this relationship is low-medium. The estimated effect size of the relationship points to new issues such as the characteristics of the psychosocial dynamics of resilience in the face of exposure to community violence and how exposure to community violence interacts with other potentially traumatic experiences in the producing of psychological distress.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

Psychological problems in adolescents from ethnic minorities.

This article reviews clinical and theoretical issues of particular importance in working with adolescents of black and white minority origin. This includes differences in definition of competence and stage-specific family tasks through the life cycle. A checklist covering basic points in an ethnocultural sensitive assessment is presented. It is argued that in order to be effective, therapeutic strategies need to mobilize strengths within an ethnocultural context.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

A twin study of genetic and environmental influences on psychological traits of eating disorders in a Japanese female sample.

The purpose of the present study was to clarify genetic and environmental origins of psychological traits of eating disorders using a Japanese female twin sample. Participants were 162 pairs of female twins consisting of 116 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) twins and 46 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) twins in their adolescence. Psychological traits of eating disorders were assessed with five subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI). As a result of using univariate twin analyses, among five subscales of EDI (maturity fears, ineffectiveness, interpersonal distrust, interoceptive awareness, and perfectionism), perfectionism showed significant additive genetic contributions and individual specific environmental effects. On the other hand, maturity fears, ineffectiveness, interoceptive awareness, and interpersonal distrust indicated significant shared environment contributions and individual specific environment effects. The results suggest the importance of both genetic and shared environmental influences on psychological traits of eating disorders in the present study.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

Acculturation and psychological problems of adolescents from Bosnia and Herzegovina during exile and repatriation.

AIM: To estimate the frequency, type, and severity of psychological trauma among Bosnian refugee adolescents during the process of repatriation after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS: A sample of 239 pupils (120 girls and 119 boys), with a mean age (+/-standard deviation) of 15.2+/-2.1 years were assessed for war traumatic events, acculturation and repatriation maladjustments, school behavioral problems, and presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The sample consisted of adolescents who were in the process of repatriation after exile in a foreign country (n=120) and internally displaced adolescents (n=119). RESULTS: Adolescents who had been exposed to severe psychological war trauma still had high level of trauma more than three years after the end of war. The level of recalling traumas they experienced (mean+/-standard deviation=3.9+/-1.2 on a scale from 0 to 5) and frequency of PTSD symptoms (1.5+/-1.0 on a scale from 0-5) were significantly lower among repatriated than internally displaced adolescents (4.4+/-0.7 and 2.2+/-1.1, respectively; P<0.001). The prevalence of PTSD did not differ between repatriated (56.7%) and internally displaced adolescents (68.1%). Returnees with more acculturation problems reported more functional and relational problems after return but less psycho-emotional dysfunctions. Those who adapted to the culture in the exile country had difficulties in adapting back to the culture in the home country. CONCLUSIONS: PTSD was still very frequent among Bosnian refugee adolescents 3.5 years after the end of war. Adolescents who had spent more than five years as refugees in foreign countries had significantly lower level of experienced trauma recall and frequency of PTSD symptoms, as well as less anxious/depressed and withdrawn/depressed behavioral problems, and somatic complaints. Returnees who had more acculturation problems in exile reported more functional and relational problems but less psycho-emotional problems after repatriation. Schools and other institutions involved in the education of adolescents should develop programs to address these issues.

Acculturation↗
PubMed2004

Revisiting Hispanic adolescents' resilience to the effects of parental problem drinking and life stress.

Two previous studies found that life stress and parental alcoholism were not as highly related to distress for Hispanic adolescents as they were for European American adolescents (M. Barrera Jr., S. A. Li, and L. Chassin, 1993, 1995). Those findings could be interpreted as evidence of Hispanic youths' resilience, but limitations of the stress measure and the homogeneity of the Hispanic sample threatened this interpretation. The present study improved on those previous studies by using a new measure of uncontrollable stressors and a more heterogeneous Mexican American sample. Participants in this study were 175 Mexican American and 59 European American adolescents and their parents. Unlike the previous studies, results did not show that Mexican American adolescents were more resilient to parental problem drinking or life stress than were European American adolescents. Overall, life stress was related to adolescents', mothers', and fathers' reports of adolescents' psychological distress above and beyond the effects of ethnicity and socioeconomic factors.

Adolescent↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Selecting child care workers for adolescents: the California Psychological Inventory.

The findings of this study suggest that the CPI can be used to identify characteristics of desirable CCWs for emotionally disturbed adolescents. They include the ability to make intelligent decisions and exert reasonable leadership (Do); to be effective in dealing with others (Cs); to be outgoing and enterprising (Sy); to be socially poised (Sp); to be assertive and self-assured (Sa); to be broad-minded and accepting of different people and values (To); and to be direct, active, and realistic (low Fe). These seven scales of the CPI showed significant difference between the most desirable (Group D) and the unacceptable (Group U) CCWs. Discriminant analysis revealed that selection of the most desirable CCWs can be achieved by using only five of the scales: high Do, Sp, Sa, To, and low Fe; this process identified the most acceptable and unacceptable employees over 85% of the time. If the CPI is used as an adjunct to interviews and adequate reference checks, this multi-evaluative process can greatly improve the likelihood of selecting the best potential CCW candidates. Since CCWs play a direct role with the young people in their charge, and the most effective treatment for disturbed youths can be carried out by the most effective CCWs, the selection process of CCWs becomes a critical factor in the development of any program for emotionally disturbed adolescents.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2005

Stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology: evidence of moderating and mediating effects.

This paper reviews studies that have tested for moderators or mediators of the relation between stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology. Many studies have tested for moderation, but results of research studying moderators have been inconclusive. There have been few theory-based studies and there have been few consistent findings. Far fewer studies have tested for mediation effects, but these studies have generally been theory-driven, have more often built upon one another in an incremental fashion, and have yielded consistent results. In particular, there is substantial evidence for the mediating role of family relationship in the relation between stressors and child and adolescent psychological symptoms. Future studies should integrate moderator and mediator research by testing for specific mediators in relation to particular moderating contexts, so that we can better understand the complex ways in which stressful life experiences affect the well-being of children and adolescents.

Adolescent↗