Adolescents, Volume 5, Issue 4

Adolescents diagnosed with pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (POMS) face a distinct set of challenges as they cope with a chronic neuroinflammatory disease during a formative stage of life. This review examines the growing body of literature on the...

Transracial adoption (TRA) places children across racial or national borders into non-biological families, raising complex questions about the adoptee’s racial identity. Guided by the bicultural identity integration theory, integrative racial a...

Social Networking Sites (SNSs) play a central role in university students’ social and academic lives by facilitating relationship maintenance, emotional support, and the exchange of information, especially for those studying away from home. How...

Background: Performance-enhancing drug (PED) use has become increasingly prevalent among adolescents and emerging adults, not solely for athletic advantage but as a psychological and sociocultural coping mechanism. In Türkiye, where Westernized...

Media food marketing (MFM) may greatly influence adolescents’ and parents’ dietary behaviors through direct and mutual influences, yet the interplay of these dynamics is unexplored. This study investigated the impact of parents’ and...

Physical activity practice and excessive screen time affect adolescent girls’ body satisfaction and body image. This study aimed to estimate the association between screen time and physical activity in relation to body dissatisfaction and body...

Background: Adolescence is a critical period of rapid physical and psychological change, yet it is also when many health and well-being problems first emerge, often setting limits on lifelong opportunities and achievements as youth transition into ad...

Background and Objective: The availability of money to purchase food within the school setting has been identified as a factor associated with children’s nutritional status. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between spending...

Background: Former foster youth frequently experience housing instability, which hinders their transition to adulthood and affects key life outcomes including education, employment, mental health, and social connections. Objective: This scoping revie...

The contemporary world presents increasingly complex challenges for adolescents. In addition to normative developmental tasks, adolescents must now navigate epidemic health crises, armed conflicts, family dissolution, economic instability, and academ...