Numerous studies have asserted the prevalence of marital conflict among families of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but evidence is surprisingly less convincing regarding whether parents of youths with ADHD are more at risk for divorce than are parents of children without ADHD. Using survival analyses, the authors…

This article addresses two inconsistent findings in the literature on adolescent religious activity (RA) and substance use: whether a dose-response relationship characterizes the association of these variables, and whether the association varies by grade, gender, ethnicity, family structure, school type, and type of substance. Multinomial logistic…

We examined the predictive utility of narcissism among a community sample of children and adolescents (N=98) longitudinally. Analyses focused on the differential utility between maladaptive and adaptive narcissism for predicting later delinquency. Maladaptive narcissism significantly predicted self-reported delinquency at one-, two-, and…

Our objective was to elucidate potential causes of higher rates of suicide attempts in females compared to males in southeastern Turkey through a 1-year survey. Gender-related differences observed in 96 subjects who attempted suicide by poisoning for the first time were as follows: in comparison to male, females were predominantly within the age…

Objective: This study tests the hypothesis that information typically collected during a maltreatment investigation can be used to screen children for mental health problems. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Cumulative risk scores were created for 3,022 children and compared to reports of clinical-level…

This project studied the effects of personality, motivation, and reward on the learning process in two main ways: (1) a long term study, which examined school achievement and gain in school achievement over a 1-year period, utilizing four major representative areas of school study; and (2) a short term study, which utilized a single lesson period…

Examined the characteristics and interpersonal relations of 13 adolescents who identified themselves as members of a revived "mod movement." Results suggest that adolescents who joined this unique and somewhat extreme group were more similar than disssimiliar to their contemporaries in their efforts to establish an identitiy and be accepted as…

Age at which sexual molestation starts has implications for prevention education and theories regarding etiology of child sexual abuse. For a sample of 365 adults molested as children, average age of onset was 7.5; average age at end of molestation was 13; duration was usually one year or more. (Author/JW)

Results show that self-disclosure varies with the development of age in urban female adolescents of India. (Author)

An examination was made of the differential use of mentally retarded client characteristics for prediction of rehabilitation outcome as a function of experts' initial outcome hypothesis. (Author)

Among Black adolescents in Chicago, Illinois, gang recruiting was more prevalent in depressed communities and was targeted primarily at veteran delinquents. Gang members exhibited higher interpersonal self-confidence but lower societal self-confidence than gang recruits, and members appeared to be less attached to school and have less parental…

A mid-1970s study of the characteristics of pregnant unmarried mothers who keep their children and those who surrender them for adoption discloses some differences from the characteristics of such mothers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (CM)

Discusses teenage pregnancy, parenthood, and intervention programs in Canada. Focuses on the issues facing young women from severely disorganized backgrounds whose children are at-risk for developmental delay, emotional disturbance, maltreatment, and neglect. (RJC)

Compared internationally mobile adolescents with peers who lived in United States throughout their lives (total n=1,076). Findings support impression that U.S. internationally mobile adolescents have more interest in travel and learning languages and that they rate themselves more culturally accepting and more oriented to international lifestyle…