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Wong, Carolyn F.; Kipke, Michele D.; Weiss, George; McDavitt, Bryce – Journal of Adolescence, 2010
Limited research has captured the wide varieties of distinct, but interrelated, life stressors that young men who have sex with men (YMSM) experience as emerging adults. We examined the way recent experiences of a diverse set of stressors predict illicit drug use, alcohol misuse, and inconsistent condom use (i.e., unprotected anal intercourse)…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Use, Adolescents, Males
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Rodway, Cathryn; Norrington-Moore, Victoria; While, David; Hunt, Isabelle M.; Flynn, Sandra; Swinson, Nicola; Roscoe, Alison; Appleby, Louis; Shaw, Jenny – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This study aimed to describe the social, behavioural and offence characteristics of all convicted perpetrators of homicide aged 17 and under; to examine their previous contact with mental health services, and to discuss strategies for homicide prevention. An eight-year (1996-2004) sample of 363 juvenile homicide perpetrators in England and Wales…
Descriptors: Health Services, Discipline Problems, Homicide, Mental Health Programs
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Gage, Anastasia J.; Suzuki, Chiho – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
This study examined risk factors associated with alcohol use in the past 3 months among young men aged 15-24 in Haiti using data from the 2000 Enquete Mortalite, Morbidite et Utilization des Services. Findings indicate that life-time smoking, multiple sexual partnerships, witnessing inter-parental conflict in childhood, disruption of parental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Males