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Effects of Mobile Phones on Children's and Adolescents' Health: A Commentary
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Hardell, Lennart – Child Development, 2018
The use of digital technology has grown rapidly during the last couple of decades. During use, mobile phones and cordless phones emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation. No previous generation has been exposed during childhood and adolescence to this kind of radiation. The brain is the main target organ for RF emissions from the handheld wireless…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Children, Adolescents
Parenting, Socioeconomic Status Risk, and Later Young Adult Health: Exploration of Opposing Indirect Effects via DNA Methylation
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Beach, Steven R. H.; Lei, Man-Kit; Brody, Gene H.; Kim, Sangjin; Barton, Allen W.; Dogan, Meesha V.; Philibert, Robert A. – Child Development, 2016
A sample of 398 African American youth, residing in rural counties with high poverty and unemployment, were followed from ages 11 to 19. Protective parenting was associated with better health, whereas elevated socioeconomic status (SES) risk was associated with poorer health at age 19. Genome-wide epigenetic variation assessed in young adulthood…
Descriptors: African Americans, Youth, Poverty, Rural Areas
Disasters, Victimization, and Children's Mental Health
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Becker-Blease, Kathryn A.; Turner, Heather A.; Finkelhor, David – Child Development, 2010
In a representative sample of 2,030 U.S. children aged 2-17, 13.9% report lifetime exposure to disaster, and 4.1% report experiencing a disaster in the past year. Disaster exposure was associated with some forms of victimization and adversity. Victimization was associated with depression among 2- to 9-year-old disaster survivors, and with…
Descriptors: Child Development, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Health, Victims of Crime
Mexican-American and Anglo-American Children's Responsiveness to a Theory-Centered AIDS Education Program.
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Sigelman, Carol; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Introduced third-, fifth-, seventh-graders to an empirically based and culturally sensitive AIDS curriculum. Posttest and follow-up (11 months later) results indicated that, compared with students in control classes, subjects knew more about AIDS risk factors and AIDS generally, displayed more conceptual understanding of causes, and were more…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Child Health, Curriculum Development
Comparisons of Adopted and Nonadopted Adolescents in a Large, Nationally Representative Sample.
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Miller, Brent C.; Fan, Xitao; Christensen, Mathew; Grotevant, Harold D.; van Dulmen, Manfred – Child Development, 2000
Compared adopted and nonadopted adolescents across variety of measures. Found that adopted adolescents were at higher risk in all domains examined, including school achievement and problems, psychological well-being, and physical health. Effect sizes for group differences were larger for males, younger or older adolescents, Hispanics or Asians,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development
The Effects of a Time-Limited Welfare Program on Children: The Moderating Role of Parents' Risk of Welfare Dependency.
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Morris, Pamela; Bloom, Dan; Kemple, James; Hendra, Richard – Child Development, 2003
Examined effects of time-limited welfare on children ages 5- to 17-years at a 4-year follow-up. Found that effects were moderated by families' risk of long-term welfare dependency. Found few effects for children of parents most likely to reach the welfare time limit. Found consistent negative effects for children of parents with the largest…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons