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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Pre-adolescent girls"”.
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Understanding the pathways for pre-adolescent girls to social deviancy and possible early substance use initiation
… early substance use initiation, particularly for girls, are still not well understood. One pathway to early substance initiation among girls may be reduced capacity to regulate negative emotions, heightened relational aggression, and deviant social behaviors. The purpose of this dissertation study …
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An art therapy approach to increase the self-esteem of Latina pre-adolescent girls using narrative therapy
… the transition from childhood to adolescence (pre-adolescence) is a period of time with increased psychological problems, especially for girls (Moksnes & Espnes, 2012). Self-esteem begins to drop in girls in pre-adolescence and further declines in adolescence (Hartz & Thick, 2005). Latina …
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“S.P.L.A.S.H. Into Fitness!” An Identity-Focused Behavioral Swim Camp and Family-Oriented eHealth Intervention for Girls
… a recent plateau in the trend, childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity rates remain high in the United States. Furthermore, insufficient physical activity participation and poor dietary habits are common in girls throughout adolescence. Adolescent girls are disproportionately at risk …
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Constructing ideas of femininity: a contextual exploration of young girls’ advertising experiences
The research explores how pre-adolescent girls interact with representations of femininity in advertising messages, through an in-depth, mixed-methods and mainly qualitative approach with a purposive sample of primary school girls (age 8-11). The study evolves through three major stages: …
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Inter-generational transmission of values regarding weight, shape and appearance
… shown that dieting behaviour is popular amongst adolescent girls and there is a growing body of researchw hich suggests that similar patterns of dieting behaviour can be found in girls as young as 9 or 10. Although adolescent dieting is common relatively little is known about the reasons for its …
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Indian Preadolescent Girls: Lifestyle Patterns and Accumulated Risk Factors
… diseases. Paradoxically, there is also a high prevalence of low birth weight in this population. Throughout life, factors associated with these abnormalities reflect genetic, environmental and lifestyle patterns. World-wide, the Indian population is largely non-meat-eating which could …