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Showing 1 to 20 of 1543 for “"Adolescence"”.
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Epic Adolescence: Contemporary Adolescence in Philip Pullman’s <i>His Dark Materials</i>
… genre to reflect and re-imagine the concepts of adolescence of the late-20<sup>th</sup> and early-21<sup>st</sup> centuries. Eleven-year-old protagonist Lyra Belacqua and subsequently her cohort, Will Perry, reveal the complications and difficulties modern American and British adolescents …
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Problems of Hawaiian adolescence
<p>A discussion of problems of Hawaiian adolescence must necessarily be a broad study. This thesis offers a comprehensive view of the life of the Hawaiian child and the factors that influence him, but it does not go extensively into the biological phases. The limits of this study embrace rather a …
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Adolescence and Spiritual Gifts
… study shows the possible relations between adolescence and spiritual gifts. The study begins with the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and adolescence. The results of this study attempts to link the life stage of adolescence with adulthood. The work attempts to suggest that the …
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Positive Risk Taking in Adolescence
Adolescents evince a more heightened propensity for risk taking than children and adults. This propensity can be directed toward negative (e.g., illegal or health-compromising) or positive (e.g., socially acceptable and beneficial) risk behaviors. Much existing research on adolescent risk behavior …
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Friendship formation in early adolescence
The objectives of this study were to (a) examine temporal features of youths' peer relationships during the transition to high school and (b) examine prospectively the earliest phases of friendship formation. Students were tested six times as they moved from Grade 6 in small elementary schools into …
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Self-Evaluation as Related to Evaluations by Parents and Peers at Pre-Adolescence and Adolescence
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-03T23:51:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6104331.pdf: 3068519 bytes, checksum: 83ddd3b64591db708b7537357827f0dc (MD5) Previous issue date: 1961
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Being Alone: Social Disconnection in Adolescence
Social isolation and loneliness are increasingly prevalent worldwide, with individuals aged 16-24 years reporting particularly high levels. This vulnerability during a sensitive window of social and emotional development is concerning given that loneliness strongly predicts mental and physical …
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Being bullied in adolescence: A phenomenologic study
Bullying is a common phenomenon that involves repeated intentional infliction of harm (physical, verbal, or social) to someone less powerful. Although bullying has been accepted as a normal childhood experience, it can result in a number of negative outcomes, including psychosomatic complaints, …
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Psychological flexibility and self-compassion in adolescence
Research Portfolio<br/>Systematic Review: A Systematic review of the efficacy of Compassion-based Interventions for improving Psychological Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents<br/><br/>Overview:<br/>- There has been increasing empirical application of compassion-based interventions in Children …
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An Exploration Of Social Withdrawal In Adolescence
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The Neurobiology of Reward Processing in Adolescence
Adolescence represents a time in development when the reward system undergoes substantial changes. Several studies suggest differences in reward processing amongst adolescents compared to adults and children. Abnormalities in reward processing also underlie many psychiatric disorders, such as …
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Leisure boredom and risk behaviour in adolescence
There has been very little research investigating leisure boredom and risk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa. The purpose of the research reported in this thesis was to investigate how adolescents experience leisure and boredom in their free time, and how this is associated with risk …
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Strain, coping, and adaptation in early adolescence
Role strain, coping, and adaptational outcomes were examined for a sample of 205 eighth grade adolescents. Differences by gender and family type on amount of role strain, use of coping strategies, and levels of emotional stress and well-being in family and peer roles were identified. Results …
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Correlates of depression following romantic breakups in adolescence
… the romantic breakups that occur during adolescence. Addressing adolescents' post-breakup depression would be a prime opportunity for these professionals to demonstrate their expertise in the areas of prevention, intervention, and consultation.
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Socioeconomic status and tobacco use behavior in adolescence.
INTRODUCTION: Despite the known health problems associated with tobacco use, adolescents continue to initiate and develop regular patterns of tobacco use. Globally adult tobacco consumption is strongly associated with poverty, with those in lower socioeconomic classes using tobacco at higher rates. …
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Gender role development in early versus late adolescence
… research, a different outlook of gender roles in adolescence was investigated. This research looked at a sample of 126 middle school and high school students. The students were each given a survey comprised of the Bem Sex Role Inventory and a simple gender recognition test. Test scores were …
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Promoting emotional intelligence in adolescence through service-learning
<p>This quantitative study addresses emotional intelligence (EI) development, through the implementation of service-learning curricula, in adolescents ages 13-18. An interrupted time series with non-equivalent multi-group design was used for this study. This design included multiple pre-tests, an …
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Deliberate self-harm in adolescence : parenting and stigma
The portfolio has three parts: a systematic literature review, an empirical study and a set of Appendixes.Part one is a systematic literature review in which empirical literature relating to the experiences of parenting a young person that engages in self-harm is reviewed and critically evaluated. …
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A ceaseless becoming : narratives of adolescence across media
… connections between fiction and the discourse of adolescence in psychology, anthropology, and sociology. Adolescence narratives illuminate both the transgressive boundaries of a given culture and the normative center, and make explicit what is usually considered natural or implicit. To discover …
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