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Adolescent-Parent Communication in a Digital World: Differences by Family Communication Patterns
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Rudi, Jessie H.; Walkner, Amy; Dworkin, Jodi – Youth & Society, 2015
We examined how family communication patterns (FCPs) are associated with frequency of adolescent-parent communication in person, over the phone, via text message, and via email. Adolescents (N = 195) aged 13 to 18 completed an online survey assessing FCPs and frequency of communication methods used with parents. The results revealed that both…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Adolescents, Interpersonal Communication
Parenting an Overweight or Obese Teen: Issues and Advice from Parents
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Boutelle, Kerri N.; Feldman, Shira; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne – Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2012
Objective: This qualitative study addresses: (1) what challenges parents of overweight adolescents face and (2) what advice parents of overweight adolescents have for other parents. Design: One-on-one interviews were conducted with parents of overweight or previously overweight adolescents. Setting: Medical clinic at the University of Minnesota.…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Anxiety
Family and Racial Factors Associated with Suicide and Emotional Distress among Latino Students
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Garcia, Carolyn; Skay, Carol; Sieving, Renee; Naughton, Sandy; Bearinger, Linda H. – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: Latino youth experience disproportionate rates of mental health problems including suicide and depression. Better understanding of underlying risk and protective factors on the part of school-based health professionals, teachers, and health care providers in their lives is warranted. The aims of this secondary analysis of 2004…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Suicide, Student Surveys, Adolescents
Longitudinal Follow-up of Adolescents with Late-Onset Antisocial Behavior: A Pathological yet Overlooked Group
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Marmorstein, Naomi R.; Iacono, William G. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005
Objective: Antisocial behavior that begins in mid- to late adolescence does not fit into commonly accepted taxonomies of antisocial behavior, yet it clearly exists. This study examined how this course of antisocial behavior compares with persisting (beginning by early adolescence and continuing through late adolescence) and desisting (stopping by…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Psychiatry, Psychological Patterns
Kids Can't Wait: Action for Minnesota's Children. A Report to the Governor and People of Minnesota from the Action for Children Commission.
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Action for Children Commission, St. Paul, MN. – 1992
The Action for Children Commission was created in 1991 to study the lives of young Minnesotans, develop a vision of what their lives should be like, and make recommendations concerning the state's role in realizing that vision. After examining the conditions experienced by Minnesota youth, the report recommends that the state help to: (1) mobilize…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Cultural Differences