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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Adolescence and young adulthood"”.
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A Developmental Cascade Model of Maltreatment, Delay Discounting, and Health Behaviors across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
… persist long after exposure subsides (Masten and Cicchetti, 2010). Maltreatment is often co-occurring, involving exposure to multiple types. Cumulative maltreatment, or exposure to multiple types of neglect and abuse, is proposed to be of critical importance for developmental psychopathology. …
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Longitudinal Associations between Peer Victimization and Positive and Negative Risk Taking in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
Adolescence is a developmental period characterized by an increase in risk taking. However, this is not always adverse, as risks can be classified as both positive and negative. Adolescence is also a period of time in which social relationships, particularly among peers, become increasingly …
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Longitudinal Interplay of Dating Anxiety and Romantic Cognitions and Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
<p>Dating is normative in adolescence and young adulthood, but can be disrupted and distressing to individuals experiencing dating anxiety. Cognitive-behavioral theories suggest dating anxiety impacts romantic cognitions and behaviors, and romantic cognitions and behaviors impact dating anxiety. …
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Patterns of Adolescent and Young Adult Sexual Behavior: Predictors & Consequences
… such as sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, sexual behavior also is a healthy part of human development. By understanding the social and cognitive processes that influence sexual behavior choices during adolescence and young adulthood, we will be better able to …
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In front of them all: a memoir in essays
… The first three essays explore the narrator's adolescence and young adulthood in Hawaii, South Korea, and online with focus placed upon the body and on terror. The second act, "Movement," details the writer's upbringing and childhood through a series of interconnected flash essays. The third …
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An investigation of the relationship between stress and body image in Australian youth
Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of rapid development associated with significant psychological stress. While this has been implicated in a number of mental health concerns, it has not been investigated in body image disturbance. Specifically, body dissatisfaction is reported to peak …
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An investigation of the relationship between stress and body image in Australian youth
Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of rapid development associated with significant psychological stress. While this has been implicated in a number of mental health concerns, it has not been investigated in body image disturbance. Specifically, body dissatisfaction is reported to peak …
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Separation-individuation and its effect on diabetes management and diabetes control in young women with Type 1 diabetes
… disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, and amputation. The incidence of Type 1 Diabetes has increased in countries world wide including Australia. During adolescence and young adulthood diabetes management and control have been found to deteriorate placing the young person at risk of …
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Living with a long-term physical health condition: Young people's perceptions of participation in everyday activities, wellbeing and support
The life stage of adolescence and young adulthood is typically characterised by increasing independence and autonomy, setting educational and vocational goals, and a focus on relationships outside immediate family. However, these trajectories may be disrupted for the estimated 20 per cent of young …
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Racial Identification Fluidity and Psychological Outcomes from Adolescence Through Young Adulthood
… in racial identification categories between adolescence and young adulthood have psychological implications in adulthood. The present study was inspired by the work of Hitlin, Brown, and Elder (2006). Although there are many models for racial/ethnic identity development models, the stability …
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Vocational interest development from adolescence to adulthood: a meta-analysis on mean-level change
… individual difference constructs in education and psychology. Despite their widespread usage, it is not known whether vocational interests undergo mean-level changes with age. If interests do change, in what direction? And do changes vary across age, kinds of interests, and gender? In the …
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How to make a girl: female sexuality in young adult literature
Young Adult literature is an important source of information for young readers, and this genre makes a distinct contribution to the cultural and social construction of femininity and female sexuality in its pages. How to Make a Girl: Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature analyzes …
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Reading difficulties and cognitive-neurophysiological impairments in ADHD: a focus on development and aetiology
… disorder (ADHD) in the context of development and co-‐occurring impairments. The first part of the thesis focuses on the co-‐occurrence between ADHD and reading difficulties, investigating underlying cognitive impairments and their possible shared aetiology. We show, in a clinically …
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Teacher Beliefs and the Instructional Practices of National Board Certified High School English Teachers.
… use in their classrooms to improve understanding of how those methods are influenced by the teachers' beliefs. A survey regarding classroom practices and beliefs was sent to 313 National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) in English Language Arts--Adolescence and Young Adulthood across the …
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Interests, personality, and career success: Two longitudinal studies
Individuals differ in their personality and vocational interests with substantial consequences for major life outcomes. This dissertation includes two studies that examine personality and interest development from adolescence to young adulthood. Study one examined three types of continuity and …
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Three essays on Informal Care, Health, and Education
… issues related to ageing, population health, and education. The use of economic modelling and econometric analyses has the potential to provide information on the consequences and effectiveness of policy interventions in these areas and enables policymakers to make better informed decisions. …
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Development of topographical orientation skills in seven to ten year old children
… task, a guided tour around a virtual museum, and a testing phase. After children were introduced to the environment, they were required to navigate from one location of the museum to a goal location as quickly as possible. Game performance was assessed by how much time and travel distance were …
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Physical Activity and Psychiatric Hospitalizations among Canadian Adolescents and Young Adults: A Longitudinal Study Utilizing Record Linkage
… evidence suggests that physical activity in adolescence promotes mental health and prevents mental illness; however, fewer studies have examined these effects in young adults. Furthermore, there is a paucity of research exploring the relationship between physical activity and utilization of …
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The Social, Relational and Political Context of Eating Disorders: A Feminist-Informed Grounded Theory Analysis
… of eating disorders often surface during adolescence and young adulthood and are far more common among females than males. Despite knowledge that the larger sociocultural context may contribute to the development of eating disorders, few studies have examined feminist-informed factors that …
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