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Profiles of Substance Use in Adolescents with Severe Obesity
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Becnel, Jennifer N.; Giano, Zachary; Williams, Amanda L.; Merten, Michael J. – Youth & Society, 2022
A growing body of literature suggests that youth with severe obesity are engaging in substance use. The purpose of the present study was to examine profiles of substance use among adolescents with severe obesity and examine how these profiles are associated with depressive symptomology using data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Obesity, Substance Abuse, Depression (Psychology)
Delayed Romantic Experience: Association of Romantic Relationship and Weight Change Patterns over 7 Years among Taiwanese Adolescents
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Yeh, Jih-Cheng; Chen, Duan-Rung – Youth & Society, 2022
Stigmatization of overweight and obese individuals is common in interpersonal relationships. This study investigated longitudinal weight change patterns among Taiwanese adolescents and the relationship of weight change patterns with delayed romantic experience from late adolescence to young adulthood by using a representative panel survey.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Dating (Social), Intimacy
Does Thin-Ideal Internalization Increase Adolescent Girls' Problematic Social Media Use? The Role of Selfie-Related Behaviors and Friendship Quality
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Weiyu Zeng; Yi-jun Luo; Hong Chen – Youth & Society, 2024
Eight percent of adolescent girls were found to be engaged in problematic social media use. Problematic social media use is associated with serious physical and mental consequences. This study aimed to explore the effects of thin-ideal internalization on problematic social media use and the role of selfie-related behaviors and friendship quality.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Social Media, Adolescents
Gender Differences in the Dating Experiences of African American Young Adults: The Challenge of Forming Romantic Relationships within the Context of Power Imbalance
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Simons, Leslie Gordon; Sutton, Tara E.; Landor, Antoinette M.; Barr, Ashley B.; Bryant, Chalandra M.; Granberg, Ellen M. – Youth & Society, 2021
Past research has documented that structural factors produce a skewed dating market in African American communities that advantages men over women. Using data collected from a sample of 495 African American young adults (55.8% women, M[subscript age] = 22), we tested the idea that African American men can be more selective when choosing dating…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Gender Differences, African Americans, Preferences
Longer Exposure to Obesity, Slimmer Chance of College? Body Weight Trajectories, Non-Cognitive Skills, and College Completion
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Cheng, Yen-hsin Alice – Youth & Society, 2017
The NLSY97 data were used to explore the patterns of developmental trajectories of body weight in adolescence and how they affected the likelihood of college completion in young adulthood among 2,275 youths aged 13 and 14 in Wave 1. A strong weight trajectory gradient was found for rates of college completion. The study further explored the role…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Adolescents, Young Adults, Graduation
The Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial Gaps in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
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Ryabov, Igor – Youth & Society, 2018
The present study used nationally representative data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) merged with census-track data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to model race-ethnic disparities in overweight, obesity, and obesity-related disease among children and adolescents as a function of neighborhood race-ethnic segregation,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Obesity, Racial Differences, Ethnicity