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Adolescent Risk (adolescent + risk)

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  • adolescent risk behavior
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    Selected Abstracts

    An Epidemiologic Study of Aboriginal Adolescent Risk in Canada: The Meaning of Suicide

    JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, Issue 1 2008
    Melanie S. MacNeil RN
    BACKGROUND:,Current rates of Aboriginal youth suicide suggest that an epidemiologic review is needed to understand the impact of culture, community, and environment specific to suicide within this population. PURPOSE:,This paper aims to (a) examine the literature on the incidence of suicide with special attention to that of adolescents in Aboriginal communities in Canada, (b) review factors hypothesized to place Aboriginals at risk, and (c) explore research directions that would contribute to our understanding of an Aboriginal perspective of suicide. CONCLUSION:,A clear description of the meaning of adolescent Aboriginal suicide and an understanding of the factors that create risk is needed. [source]

    Adolescent risk: The costs of affluence

    NEW DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, Issue 95 2002
    Suniya S. Luthar
    Within the context of a developmental psychopathology model emphasizing person-context transactions across the life span, adjustment disturbances among youth in upper-class suburbia are discussed. Potential reasons for these problems, involving achievement pressure and disconnection from parents, are explored. [source]

    Psychobiological models of adolescent risk: Implications for prevention and intervention

    DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY, Issue 3 2010
    Susan D. Calkins
    Abstract The papers in this special section address the phenomena of observed increases in risky behavior during the adolescent period of development. Authors provide well-documented evidence that adolescents are at greater risk for a range of psychological and behavioral problems during this period than at any other time in development. The papers share a developmental and psychobiological perspective on this period, noting that biological, social, and contextual factors interact to produce heightened risk for problematic behavior during this period. This perspective suggests several points of entry for intervention and prevention efforts aimed at reducing both mental and behavioral health problems. Gaps in current research efforts are noted, as is the need for more research focusing on mechanisms of change prior to and during adolescence. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 52: 213,215, 2010 [source]

    Psychobiological models of adolescent risk: Implications for prevention and intervention

    DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY, Issue 3 2010
    Julia Jackson-Newsom
    Abstract Psychobiological models of risk have much to contribute to the prevention of and intervention with risky behavior among adolescents. Emerging research is beginning to provide better information about mechanisms underlying individual differences in risky behavior (e.g., differences in self-regulation) and providing insight into unique vulnerabilities that occur during adolescence (e.g., increases in reward seeking). This work suggests ways in which prevention programming can be designed to be sensitive to both individual differences and developmental timing. Psychobiological models of risk also have practical implications for the manner and methods of conducting prevention and intervention work. Future work in both the etiology and prevention of risky behavior can benefit from ongoing dialogue and has the potential to result in a more sophisticated understanding of the mechanisms of change related to risky behavior. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Dev Psychobiol 52: 295,297, 2010 [source]

    Predicting life-time and regular cannabis use during adolescence; the roles of temperament and peer substance use: the TRAILS study

    ADDICTION, Issue 4 2010
    Hanneke E. Creemers
    ABSTRACT Aims The aim of the present study was to determine the mediating role of affiliation with cannabis-using peers in the pathways from various dimensions of temperament to life-time cannabis use, and to determine if these associations also contributed to the development of regular cannabis use. Methods Objectives were studied using data from 1300 participants of the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS), a large, general population study of Dutch adolescents. We used parent-reports on the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire to assess the dimensions of high-intensity pleasure, shyness, fearfulness, frustration and effortful control at age 10,12 years. By means of self-reports, life-time and regular cannabis use were determined at age 15,18 years, and proportion of substance-using peers was determined at ages 12,15 and 15,18 years. Models were adjusted for age, sex, intelligence and parental cannabis use. Results High-intensity pleasure [odds ratio (OR) = 1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.05,1.13] and effortful control (OR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.89,0.96) affected the risk for life-time cannabis use through their influence on affiliation with cannabis-using peers. Shyness affected this risk independently from peer cannabis use. Only the pathway from effortful control was associated additionally with the development of regular cannabis use (OR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.89,0.98). Conclusions Peer cannabis use and, to a lesser extent, certain temperamental characteristics affect an adolescent's risk of cannabis use, and should be considered in prevention programmes. We recommend future research to focus upon factors that potentially modify the association between temperament, affiliation with cannabis-using peers and cannabis use. [source]

    Responding to the crisis: RALLY's developmental and relational approach

    NEW DIRECTIONS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, Issue 120 2008
    Gil G. Noam
    The authors introduce the RALLY (Responsive Advocacy for Life and Learning in Youth) approach. RALLY is a school- and afterschool-based approach addressing academic success, youth development, and mental health for youth. Based on developmental and relational principles, RALLY's main goals are to promote students' resiliency, development, and academic functioning, as well as to reduce the typical adolescent's risks. By implementing a new professional role of RALLY practitioners, who are developmental specialists and interconnect the different social worlds of students, RALLY creates the resources to provide social opportunities and quality practices to meet students' needs and facilitate their growth. A three-tiered system helps to implement mental health and educational practice, thus providing differential support for students with different needs. Early identification of risks and resiliencies helps to avoid chronicity and pinpoint adequate treatments as soon as possible. [source]