Developmental Stage: Adolescence Physical Psychosocial Cognitive Moral Hormonal changes trigger puberty, and it often affects behavior and moods. Puberty lasts for about four years, girls experience it earlier as compared to boys, and stops whe Continue Reading...
There are multiple stages of development that all children go through. The depth and breadth of these developmental changes ebb and flow greatly as growing children move from one stage of development to the next. Overall, there are several major deve Continue Reading...
relationship of Mark, an adolescent boy age 17, and his father. Up until his mid-teens Mark was an underachiever and was overweight. He was relatively unmotivated in school, did not asset himself, and shied from confrontations. These aspects of his Continue Reading...
Adolescence, and How They Have the Potential to Impact Your Work as an Adolescent and Family Counsellor Issue Usually Adolescents Face Adolescence is a somewhat universal period of transition where females experience physical, emotional, psycholog Continue Reading...
Studying a sample of 153 top commercial Web sites directed at children under 13, the CME found that COPPA has spurred changes in Web sites' data collection practices. Web sites had limited the amount and type of information (e.g., name, postal addre Continue Reading...
Adolescent Depression The Family and Teen Depression Treatment Options for Teen Depression Adolescent Depression and the Family Teen depression is a serous condition that has been largely ignored until recent events in the media focused more att Continue Reading...
Adolescence to Adulthood: Comparative Study of Stephen Dedalus from James Joyce's "Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man" to Felicitas Taylor from Mary Gordon's "The Company of Women" Stephen Dedalus, the hero in "Portrait of an Artist as a Young M Continue Reading...
change is inevitable over the course of any individual's life. The most basic change is physical and physiological as each person develops from infancy, to adolescence, to adulthood. In the wake of these changes, individuals interact with each other Continue Reading...
Understanding Adolescents’ Cognitive Characteristics Using Piaget Cognitive Theory Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist who focused on the study of cognitive development in human growth. From his studies, he developed the cognitive theory, whic Continue Reading...
Juvenile Justice Adolescence -- a Time of Transition Adolescences and crime: A time of transition in the juvenile justice system The juvenile justice system in America reflects a fundamentally different conception regarding the adolescent mentalit Continue Reading...
Grandparents might still cook every night for their adult sons! The extended, tight-knit family is highly valued in that culture, I can see now, and living with family is not a sign of immaturity but a cultural practice. Similarly, America's own cul Continue Reading...
Self-esteem must be combined with other components of emotional distress, such as the factors which affect perceptions of the self and of other peers. Factors should include competence, confidence, and acceptance, among others. Behaviors that are c Continue Reading...
changes taking place within the area of juvenile justice are being implemented in sporadic and inconsistent ways. There seem to be two distinct directions within the realm of juvenile criminal justice. One view presents juvenile justice as necessita Continue Reading...
(Reading for the 21st Century: Adolescent Literacy Teaching and Learning Strategies," 2004) 2. Alphabetic Principle-related Skills: This includes: "phonemic awareness, the ability to manipulate the sounds of oral language and phonics and the relati Continue Reading...
Adolescent Psychosocial Assessment SECTION I – SOCIAL HISTORY Personal In list format, cover the following: 1. Name: John Mathew 2. Age: 18 3. Sex: Male 4. Race/Ethnic: Black, African-American 5. Education/Occupation: Student 6. Health: Okay So Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, for those individuals who did not use direct coping strategies but instead used the kind of coping that distances one's thoughts, emotions, and physical presence from the stressor (e.g., denial and wishful thinking) or disengages comp Continue Reading...
Coming of age movies offer insight into the prevailing social norms related to gender, sexuality, identity development, and communication. Hardwicke’s (2003) feature film Thirteen earned its actors accolades including Golden Globe and Academy A Continue Reading...
Saudi Women's Role in Respect of Raising Family Within the Male-Dominated Culture The present study reports an interview with a Saudi woman on the changing role of women in the Saudi society in regards to raising a family within the male-dominated Continue Reading...
Psychiatric Disorders There is a high correlation between youth with substance abuse problems and youth with mental illness. Often, the substance abuse is a means of self-medicating. There are a lot of potential underlying factors for this high como Continue Reading...
bevy of information about diabetes and the many different considerations for treatment that pertain to it. In this regard I found it quite comprehensive. It provides a good deal of detail about treating this condition from administering insulin to t Continue Reading...
Policy Development: Management of Type II Diabetes in Adolescents As mentioned in the basic policy development, the burden of type II diabetes in California has risen to alarming rates. In response, the state government has instituted several policie Continue Reading...
Television's depiction of families is crucial, as it is a means to understanding family; it displays families' appearance, the ideal family, the way spouses must behave, the manner of resolution of problems within, and by, a family, and the manner in Continue Reading...
health behavior theories,' what comes to mind? When I surveyed my nursing colleagues regarding their knowledge of health behavior theories, I encountered a very diverse range of responses. Some of them were aware of specific theories pertaining to Continue Reading...
Adolescent Challenges Adolescence can be a time of upheaval, stress and extreme challenges. And how should an adolescent respond and react to challenges he or she will face during adolescence? These issues and others related to how adolescents respo Continue Reading...
Adolescent Suicide Epidemiological Approach to the Study of Male Adolescent Suicide in Idaho Throughout history suicide has remained an enigma in cultures that are far and different from each other. The act of taking one's life has been a represent Continue Reading...
Adolescent Obesity and Drug Abuse -- Literature Review Discipline I The work of Brownson, et al. (2010) states that childhood obesity "…is a serious public health problem." In fact, "obesity rates have increased threefold among U.S. children Continue Reading...
Adolescent Self-Esteem How do adolescents build self-concept and identity? During the adolescent period in an individual's life, he/she is in a constant search for identity, according to Professor David D. Witt, University of Akron. The formation o Continue Reading...
Movies on Adolescent Development View Two Movies Focusing On Adolescent Development Adolescence is a stage of physical and psychological development that occurs between puberty and adulthood. It is usually the time of the teenage years although it Continue Reading...
According to a 2002 survey conducted under the auspices of NIH, ecstasy abuse among college and university students in general is a widespread trend that impedes academic performance (Bar-on, 2002). The NIH survey targeted 66 4-year American univers Continue Reading...
Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. By following God's word we can raise children who avoid evil and serve God faithfully. Protecting Adolescents from Harm: Findings from the Natio Continue Reading...
(Harvard School of Public Health, 2013, p.1) Energy expenditure is decreased due to sleep deprivation because there is a decrease in physical activity as well as the body temperature being lowered. (Harvard School of Public Health, 2013, p.1) Summ Continue Reading...
Farris (1990) cites Glasser's Control Theory as a foundation for developing activities to motivate adolescent learners. Briefly this theory asserts humans have five basic needs: the need for survival, belonging, power, freedom and fun. Effective te Continue Reading...
Sleep Deprivation and Adolescent Obesity Sleep Deprivation the effects it has on adolescent obesity. Sleep deprivation and adolescent obesity: Literature review We have become a 24/7 society. Adolescents in particular are known for shortchanging t Continue Reading...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Hong Kong The prevalence of mental health problems in people with disabilities is estimated at between thirty and fifty percent, in Hong Kong (Vasa & Roy, 2013). Anxiety disorders are the most common mental pro Continue Reading...
Bipolar in Adolescence Child Development - Bipolar in Adolescence The early years of the life of a child is full of development and learning, which plays an integral role in building and shaping the entire personality, characteristics and the healt Continue Reading...
Leadership Training for Adolescents The focus of this work is the examination of whether early youth leadership training for adolescents could be a vehicle to address these problems among youth in rural communities. This study is quantitative in na Continue Reading...
