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Knowledge about Sex Education in Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Maria Teresa Moreira,
  • Elizabeth Rocha,
  • Andreia Lima,
  • Lúcia Pereira,
  • Sílvia Rodrigues and
  • Carla Sílvia Fernandes

(1) Background: In adolescence, the onset of physical signs of sexual maturity and early sexual contact have become increasingly common. However, most adolescents are not adequately prepared for this event, which can lead to significant negative cons...

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16 Citations
25,551 Views
22 Pages

The Impact of Internet Addiction on Mental Health: Exploring the Mediating Effects of Positive Psychological Capital in University Students

  • Girum Tareke Zewude,
  • Derib Gosim Bereded,
  • Endris Abera,
  • Goche Tegegne,
  • Solomon Goraw and
  • Tesfaye Segon

26 April 2024

Introduction: The widespread use of the internet has brought numerous benefits, but it has also raised concerns about its potential negative impact on mental health, particularly among university students. This study aims to investigate the relations...

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Sexuality and Mental Health of Pakistani-Descent Adolescent Girls living in Canada: Perceptions and Recommendations

  • Neelam Saleem Punjani,
  • Elizabeth Papathanassoglou,
  • Kathy Hegadoren,
  • Saima Hirani,
  • Zubia Mumtaz and
  • Margot Jackson

4 September 2023

In Canada, the demands of female immigrant adolescents in terms of sexual health are largely unmet and have grown significantly in recent years. According to studies, racialized immigrant adolescents are less likely than non-immigrant adolescents to...

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6 Citations
16,421 Views
13 Pages

Prevalence of Early Sexual Debut among Young Adolescents in Ten States of the United States

  • Sadandaula R. Muheriwa-Matemba,
  • Elizabeth Anson,
  • Holly A. McGregor,
  • Chen Zhang,
  • Natasha Crooks and
  • Natalie M. LeBlanc

21 September 2024

Sexual debut among young adolescents is under-investigated. In this quantitative descriptive study, we examined the 2019 Middle School Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data of 66,366 young adolescents aged 10–14 from 10 states to determine the...

  • Editorial
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3 Citations
14,923 Views
4 Pages

30 April 2024

Investigating the neurocognitive mechanisms behind implicit risk assessment and decision making in adolescents is crucial for understanding the intricate array of behaviors typical of this developmental phase [...]

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10 Citations
12,757 Views
25 Pages

Perfectionism in Children and Adolescents with Eating-Related Symptoms: A Systematic Review and a Meta-Analysis of Effect Estimates

  • Audrey Livet,
  • Xavier Navarri,
  • Philippe Pétrin Pomerleau,
  • Sébastien Champagne,
  • Fakir Md Yunus,
  • Nicholas Chadi,
  • Gail McVey and
  • Patricia Conrod

25 April 2023

Background: Over 40 years of research implicates perfectionism in eating disorders in childhood and adolescence. However, the nature of this relationship remains understudied. To address this gap, we performed a systematic review and a meta-analysis...

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8 Citations
10,824 Views
16 Pages

14 August 2023

The social and emotional health of adolescents is increasingly a concern worldwide. To date, there remains a lack of research on how school climate influences adolescents’ learning experiences and their social and emotional health. To address this ga...

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2 Citations
10,762 Views
9 Pages

Passiflora Incarnata L. Herba in the Treatment of Anxiety Symptoms and Insomnia in Children and Adolescents with Feeding and Eating Disorders

  • Angela La Tempa,
  • Giulia Ferraiuolo,
  • Beatrice Pranzetti,
  • Jacopo Pruccoli and
  • Antonia Parmeggiani

Background: Feeding and Eating Disorders (FEDs) are severe mental health conditions often emerging during childhood or adolescence, with rising prevalence. They are frequently associated with psychiatric and organic comorbidities, including anxiety s...

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1 Citations
10,428 Views
12 Pages

Abstract: Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are currently the first-line treatment for adolescents suffering from major depressive disorder, even though a black box warning concerns suicidal ideation was put forth in 2004. Numerous trials have be...

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4 Citations
10,123 Views
13 Pages

Problematic Smartphone Use and Communication in Families with Adolescents

  • Marina Merkaš,
  • Matea Bodrožić Selak and
  • Ana Žulec Ivanković

7 February 2024

Research examining the relations among adolescent’s problematic smartphone use, parent–adolescent conflicts about smartphone use, family communication, and adolescent communication skills is scarce. Thus, the study empirically examined a...

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2 Citations
9,142 Views
15 Pages

Grooming Risk Factors in Adolescents with Abuse Histories: Insights from Chilean Reparative Programs

  • Pamela Melo Laclote,
  • Jonathan Martínez-Líbano,
  • Cristian Céspedes,
  • Sergio Fuentealba-Urra,
  • Nicolás Santander Ramírez,
  • Roberto Iturra Lara and
  • María-Mercedes Yeomans-Cabrera

The increasing use of digital platforms by adolescents has brought to light critical vulnerabilities related to online grooming. This study explores the risk factors associated with grooming among adolescents aged 12 to 17 years enrolled in a Reparat...

  • Review
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4 Citations
8,643 Views
12 Pages

Parental Dieting and Correlation with Disordered Eating Behaviours in Adolescents: A Narrative Review

  • Ioanna Kontele,
  • Stella Saripanagiotou,
  • Agni Maria Papadopoulou,
  • Evangelos Zoumbaneas and
  • Tonia Vassilakou

1 September 2023

Adolescent eating disorders and disordered eating behaviours appear to be a growing public health concern. The aetiology of these conditions is complex, as many different factors contribute to their development. Among them, family factors such as par...

  • Systematic Review
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2 Citations
8,555 Views
15 Pages

School bullying is a pervasive issue with significant physical, mental, and social consequences for victims and bullies. Occupational therapy practitioners are uniquely positioned to address bullying due to their expertise in mental health, social pa...

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2 Citations
8,525 Views
15 Pages

1 February 2024

Many studies consider family communication to be one of the most important protective factors for the positive development of children and adolescents in the family environment. This paper aims to clarify whether some characteristics of the family en...

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5 Citations
8,486 Views
20 Pages

6 August 2024

Background: Cyberbullying and nighttime phone use are independently detrimental to sleep and psychological wellbeing, but whether in combination they might be more disruptive remains unknown. Methods: Students aged 7–19 years (N = 53,734) compl...

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16 Pages

Adolescents’ increasing screen time has been linked to poor sleep quality, which may, in turn, affect their academic performance. This study aimed to examine screen time patterns among Jordanian adolescents and assess their associations with sl...

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10 Citations
7,644 Views
23 Pages

The Role of Gender Norms in Shaping Adolescent Girls’ and Young Women’s Experiences of Pregnancy and Abortion in Mozambique

  • Sally Griffin,
  • Málica de Melo,
  • Joelma Joaquim Picardo,
  • Grace Sheehy,
  • Emily Madsen,
  • Jorge Matine and
  • Sally Dijkerman

Adolescents and young women in Mozambique experience high levels of unintended pregnancies, with induced abortion being a common outcome. Stigma and gender norms are likely to negatively impact experiences of pregnancy and abortion, and hamper access...

  • Systematic Review
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3 Citations
7,374 Views
20 Pages

It has been suggested that adolescents’ mental health challenges account for half of the disease burden in the world’s adolescents and young adults. In addition to psychological and medical interventions employed to prevent and treat ment...

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4 Citations
7,183 Views
9 Pages

28 October 2024

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of parental academic achievement pressure and physical activity on body image mediated by self-esteem. By examining a total of 1328 South Korean adolescents, this study yielded the following results...

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9 Citations
7,155 Views
18 Pages

17 February 2024

The aim of this study was to determine whether adolescents’ emotional problems, coping flexibility, age, and stress appraisals account for ways of coping, which include engagement and disengagement coping, with academic-, parent-, and peer-rela...

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4 Citations
7,109 Views
19 Pages

17 April 2023

Female adolescents experience exacerbated vulnerability to the effects of gender inequities in refugee settings, where there is often a lack of protective societal structures and the politicization of their access to sexual and reproductive health (S...

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7,039 Views
19 Pages

Visual Representations of Happiness in Portuguese Adolescents

  • Teresa Freire,
  • Andreia Ramos,
  • Beatriz Raposo and
  • Jenna Hartel

Background/Objectives: Happiness is a main topic of psychological research, and as a catalyst for transformative change, it is capable of inspiring growth and well-being. This study aims to identify and understand the themes that compose visual repre...

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3 Citations
6,800 Views
12 Pages

Effect of Adolescent Health Policies on Health Outcomes in India

  • Sayooj Sahadevan,
  • Maureen Dar Iang and
  • Fekri Dureab

7 October 2023

Adolescence is a crucial phase marked by significant physical, psychological, emotional, and social changes. India has the world’s largest adolescent population. Understanding and addressing their health needs is vital for the nation’s so...

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6,704 Views
12 Pages

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...

  • Editorial
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9 Citations
6,662 Views
5 Pages

The emergence of social media alongside the creation of the metaverse marks two pivotal technological evolutions of our era, significantly altering the manner in which individuals engage, communicate, and understand their environment and relationship...

  • Review
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6 Citations
6,495 Views
18 Pages

Cultivating Growth: A Review of Flourishing Students in Higher Education

  • Faizah Faizah,
  • Dewi Retno Suminar and
  • Nono Hery Yoenanto

19 December 2024

The flourishing of university students is influenced by various factors that significantly impact their well-being and academic performance, with suboptimal levels being a serious concern. Global issues of high dropout rates and low levels of flouris...

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21 Citations
6,160 Views
14 Pages

During the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have become overexposed to social media and online gaming, making them more vulnerable to online violence such as cyberbullying. The aim of this study was to determine whether social media and online gaming...

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5 Citations
6,031 Views
12 Pages

28 March 2023

Researchers from Western countries and Asia have documented that bullying victimization positively predicts juvenile delinquency. Other researchers have reported that social support considerably reduces adolescent offending. However, little is known...

  • Review
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6,003 Views
17 Pages

Background: Emotional abuse is both prevalent and underrecognized particularly in culturally complex settings like India. Adolescents, being in a critical developmental phase, are especially vulnerable to the long-lasting psychological effects of emo...

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5,960 Views
19 Pages

Adolescents’ health risk behavior may have a longstanding impact on their later adult life and health. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to report on health risk behaviors and sexual attitudes in a sample of Mongolian adolescents (N = 31...

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6 Citations
5,761 Views
10 Pages

27 August 2024

In the current information society, digital literacy has become an indispensable part of individuals’ overall literacy. Thus, investigating the factors influencing digital literacy is of theoretical and practical significance, especially for de...

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5,713 Views
14 Pages

28 August 2023

This qualitative case study explored the experiences of one Canadian adolescent with symptom-persistent Lyme disease. Lyme disease is the most prevalent vector-borne illness in North America, and infection rates are rising across Canada. Peak inciden...

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2 Citations
5,447 Views
40 Pages

This study examines the dynamics of information dissemination and opinion formation in Indonesian social media through a comprehensive analysis of a high-profile youth violence case. Using social network analysis (SNA), we analyzed 264,155 activities...

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2 Citations
5,323 Views
10 Pages

Mobile software applications (apps) have transformed how individuals oversee and maintain their own health. One way that girls can monitor their menstrual cycles is through the increasingly widespread use of mobile menstrual tracking apps. This study...

  • Systematic Review
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1 Citations
5,245 Views
19 Pages

30 March 2023

Teen pregnancy is often considered an adverse health outcome that accentuates gender inequities, diminishes opportunities, and jeopardizes the safety of adolescent and young adult birthing people. Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) have bee...

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10 Citations
5,165 Views
13 Pages

Money, Economic Abuse, and Food Insecurity: A Qualitative Study among Young Nigerian Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence

  • Elizabeth L. Frost,
  • Olufunmilayo I. Fawole,
  • Omowumi O. Okedare,
  • Mobolaji M. Salawu,
  • Susan M. Kiene,
  • Camarina Augusto and
  • Elizabeth Reed

Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs in high proportions among young women, with long-lasting adverse health and social outcomes. Recent research findings suggest that experiencing economic vulnerability may influence the ways in which young women...

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10 Citations
5,149 Views
12 Pages

How Self-Efficacy and Agency Influence Risky Sexual Behavior among Adolescents in Northern Uganda

  • Peter Kisaakye,
  • Paul Bukuluki,
  • Symon Peter Wandiembe,
  • Victor Kiwujja,
  • Christine Kajungu,
  • Wilberforce Mugwanya,
  • Shakira Nabakooza,
  • Cyprian Anyii,
  • Cinderella Anena and
  • Fiona Kaikai

Background: Risky sexual behaviors remain common among adolescents regardless of those with comprehensive knowledge of safer sex practices. Self-efficacy has been shown to have a positive relationship with safer sex practices. Thus, investigating sel...

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4 Citations
5,063 Views
15 Pages

11 October 2023

The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric and physical fitness profiles of inter-county female Gaelic football players from under-14 to under-18 age levels. A total of 156 athletes (U14, n = 33; U16, n = 64; U18, n = 59) participated...

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4 Citations
5,052 Views
17 Pages

2 February 2024

As tomorrow’s leaders, adolescents are navigating coming-of-age tasks in the context of both the fast-growing promises of technology and the burdens of overwhelming global challenges. The Climate Leaders Fellowship (CLF) is an extracurricular p...

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3 Citations
5,033 Views
15 Pages

Knowledge, Perception and Sociocultural Beliefs on Menstruation: Evidence from Adolescent High School Boys in the Volta Region, Ghana

  • Sitsofe Gbogbo,
  • Wisdom Kudzo Axame,
  • Israel Wuresah,
  • Emmanuel Gbogbo,
  • Priscilla Klutse,
  • Christopher Makam,
  • Alhassan Kwaku Owusu,
  • Ishmael Boateng,
  • Paramount Eli Nelson and
  • Fred N. Binka
  • + 5 authors

19 December 2024

This study assessed knowledge, perceptions and cultural beliefs surrounding menstruation among adolescent high school boys in the Volta region of Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 434 adolescent boys from five senior high schools. Lo...

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5,008 Views
27 Pages

Family Functionality and Dating Violence Among High School Students in Southern Peru

  • Silvia Quispe-Prieto,
  • Alberto Paucar-Cáceres,
  • Evelyn Vizcacho-Jimenez,
  • Katarzyna Werner-Masters and
  • Manuel Caipa-Ramos

Adolescence is a crucial transition stage for young people. While many physical, psychological, and social developmental changes are taking place, this may also be the time of a teenager’s first love relationship. At this stage of early romance...

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3 Citations
4,998 Views
15 Pages

The Relation Between Bullying and Cyberbullying, Emotional Intelligence, and Empathy in Portuguese Adolescents

  • Ana Paula Monteiro,
  • Filipa Marques,
  • Inês Carvalho Relva,
  • Margarida Simões,
  • Ana Isabel Sani and
  • Elisete Correia

20 December 2024

Bullying and cyberbullying share in their definition the pattern of aggressive and intentional conduct, characterized by a perceived or observed imbalance and repeated over time. Empathy and emotional intelligence are fundamental individual skills th...

  • Review
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5 Citations
4,836 Views
22 Pages

Background: Globally, approximately 65% of adolescents undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) adhered to their treatment, whereas only 55% achieved viral suppression in 2023. The low rate of viral suppression is concerning, as elevated viral loads a...

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2 Citations
4,740 Views
18 Pages

The Right to Leave: Dissolution of Child, Early, and Forced Marriages and Unions

  • Chelsea L. Ricker,
  • Seth Earn,
  • Madhumita Das and
  • Margaret E. Greene

9 August 2023

Global interest in child, early, and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU) is reflected in a large and growing body of research and interventions. Those interventions have focused on raising the minimum age of marriage, establishing laws and penalties f...

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3 Citations
4,730 Views
16 Pages

‘Now, She’s a Child and She Has a Child’—Experiences of Syrian Child Brides in Lebanon after Early Marriage

  • Amanda Collier,
  • Emily House,
  • Shaimaa Helal,
  • Saja Michael,
  • Colleen M. Davison and
  • Susan A. Bartels

25 March 2023

This study examined the lived experiences of Syrian refugee child brides to understand their needs as they navigate new social roles after marriage. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Lebanon using SenseMaker® to collect narratives from mar...

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4,685 Views
17 Pages

Internet addiction among adolescents has emerged as a significant global health issue, contributing to social isolation, academic difficulties, and emotional disorders, with excessive use of social networks further intensifying these challenges. This...

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4,634 Views
29 Pages

(1) Background: Many mental health conditions either start or become apparent in childhood or adolescence. This paper reports on aspects of a study which explored the perspectives of 12 teachers from independent secondary schools in Western Australia...

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2 Citations
4,616 Views
23 Pages

19 December 2024

Background: Intolerance of Uncertainty (IU) is a transdiagnostic factor measured using the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-Revised (IUS-R). This study evaluated the stability and change in adolescents’ IU over a three-month period using a modified v...

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