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Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health complaints: A multilevel latent class analysis in 45 countries
Our study evaluated the relationship between adolescent health complaints and socioeconomic position in 45 countries. Data are from the 2017/2018...
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Academic performance and social networks of adolescents in a caribbean city in Colombia
BackgroundSocial factors and networks of friends can influence an adolescent’s behavior, including academic performance (AP) in school. This study...
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A National Strategy for Preventing Substance and Opioid Use Disorders Through Evidence-Based Prevention Programming that Fosters Healthy Outcomes in Our Youth
The recently released National Drug Control Strategy (2022) from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) lays out a...
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Child Labor in Families of Rural Workers: The Issue of Intergenerationality
This article aims at understanding early labor insertion in two families of rural workers, focusing on intergenerationality in the dimension of...
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Adolescent connectedness and its impact on substance use in Jamaican adolescents
Identifying specific type(s) of connectedness (peer, parent, school, church) and their association with adolescents’ self-reported substance use can...
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Risk and Resilience among Children with Incarcerated Parents: Examining Heterogeneity in Delinquency and School Outcomes
The present study utilized latent profile analysis with 1088 children with incarcerated parents to identify heterogeneity in behavioral and social...
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Cyberbullying Roles and the Use of Psychoactive Substances: A Systematic Review
Cyberbullying and psychoactive substance use are two common risky behaviors among adolescents, and a growing body of documents observe associations...
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Suicidal Ideation and Its Correlates Among Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago
Suicide deaths, attempts, and ideation among minoritized adolescents are a global public health concern that is often inadequately addressed....
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A meta-analysis study on peer influence and adolescent substance use
The extent to which adolescents are influenced by their peers has been the focus of developmental psychological research for over 50 years. That...
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Exams-related stress and the pattern of substance use and misuse among Palestinian medical and health sciences students
Substance use among school students is a public health concern. Exam-related anxiety is one of the main motives for drug use. This research aimed to...
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LGBQ Youth’s Experiences of General and Bias-Based Bullying Victimization: the Buffering Role of Supportive School and Community Environments
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and questioning (LGBQ) adolescents experience large disparities in an array of health problems and bullying...
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Tier 2 Mental Health Interventions in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Sco** Review
Mental health problems in school-aged youth are a risk factor for poor outcomes in adulthood. Although these poor outcomes are well established, most...
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Schools Influence Adolescent E-Cigarette use, but when? Examining the Interdependent Association between School Context and Teen Va** over time
Schools are important contexts for adolescent health and health-risk behaviors, but how stable is this relationship? We develop a conceptual model...
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Transdisciplinary Approaches for the Dissemination of the SWITCH School Wellness Initiative Through a Distributed 4-H/Extension Network
BackgroundSchools provide an ideal setting for promoting healthy lifestyles in youth, but it has proven difficult to promote the adoption and...
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Promoting Kindness Through the Positive Theatrical Arts: Assessing Kuwait’s Boomerang Programme
As the field of positive psychology aims to build and strengthen the well-being of individuals, its repertoire of empirically validated strategies...
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Nicotine Dependence and Prevention in Integrated Care Settings
The US Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline recommends that physicians provide tobacco cessation interventions to their patients at...
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Predicting, Controlling, and Engineering Humans: Eugenic Sciences in American Psychology
Since its inception as a distinct academic and professional discipline in the USA, American psychology has drawn on sciences that were mired in...
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Prevention Strategies: Prevention and Promotion in Child Mental Health
Efforts to prevent mental health challenges in childhood and adolescence have the potential for far-reaching impact, given that a significant...
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Assessing the Relationship Between School Failure and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Longitudinal Studies
There is an increasing acknowledgment that suicidal behaviors are negatively affected by school failure in adolescents and young adults. However, no...
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A Strategic Plan for Strengthening America’s Families: A Brief from the Coalition of Behavioral Science Organizations
Despite significant progress in research on the treatment and prevention of psychological, behavioral, and health problems, the translation of this...
