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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"adolescent boys"”.
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Overweight-related victimisation in pre-adolescent boys and girls
… and its psychological correlates in preadolescent boys and girls. It was hypothesised that victimised children would have lower self-esteem, more body dissatisfaction, and be more likely to report dieting to lose weight. From the sample of three hundred and eighty-three children (200 …
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Physical Activity Participation among Adolescent Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… the physical activity (PA) participation of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as they are reported to be less active than their age-related peers. Driven by Norbert Elias’ Figurational Sociology, this study explored the lives and perspectives of a group of adolescent boys with …
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Creating a Lifeline Back to Books For Adolescent Boys Through Multimedia Enhanced Read-alouds
… regarding the reading motivation levels of adolescent males, educators have been encouraged to broaden their definition of literacy beyond the traditional fiction novel. This study sought to target the reading motivation levels of unmotivated adolescent boys through the use of a …
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Cognitive Style as a Mediator between Parental Psychological Maltreatment and Depression in Adolescent Boys
… (PM) and depression (DEP) in a sample of adolescent boys. Rose and Abramson (1992) hypothesized that PM affects the development of DEP more than physical abuse (PA) or sexual abuse (SA) due to its unique characteristic of being a direct attack on an individual's self-worth (e.g., "You are …
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Exploring the views of adolescent boys in school about how they cope with their worries or concerns
… design was adopted to explore the views of adolescent male pupils (aged 16 – 17 years) in Northern Ireland, about how they cope with worries and concerns, and their views on how educational settings can help them cope. In phase one, eight participants from four post-primary schools took part …
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Exploring narratives of exclusion from school: how adolescent boys and educationalists negotiate schooling, family and gendered discourses
… and the discursive accounts provided by teenage boys, all of whom had been excluded from school, and educational practitioners working with such boys. This topic is of interest because the exclusion of boys with behavioural problems has been of significant concern to schools and policy makers for …
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Understanding the Relationship Between the Biopsychological Development of Adolescent Boys and their Behaviour in the School Context
… social cognitive function and the behaviour of adolescent boys aged between 11 and 16 in the school context. It was conducted through the quantitative analysis of secondary data taken from the United Kingdom’s Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) followed by a case study …
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'It's like a disguise': experiences of peer relationships and social camouflaging of autistic adolescent boys: an IPA analysis
… is limited research on males and specifically adolescents, this study focuses on the autistic young male presentation. Eight autistic male adolescents have been interviewed via semi-structured interviews and the results were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). All …
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The Performance of Adolescent Boys on Selected Perceptual Motor Tasks Sampling Abilities Related to Manipulative Performance in Industrial Education
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Oedipal dynamics between a male-female co-therapist dyad and a group of adolescent boys with learning difficulties : a case study exploration
… male-female co-therapist dyad in a psychotherapy adolescent group provides for the opportunity of parental transferences, including Oedipal conflicts, to occur. However, limited empirical data is available regarding male-female co-facilitation in therapeutic groups for adolescent boys with …
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"Now there are no rules" : boundary activity in a psychoanalytically run-group therapeutic intervention for adolescent boys with learning difficulties : a case study exploration
… to working in a group with severely troubled adolescents with learning difficulties. The study is located within a theoretical context of an understanding of adolescent male identity in the Cape Flats area of the Western Cape.
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Ezobudoda (manhood things) a qualitative study of HIV-positive adolescent boys and young mens health practices in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
… die while on antiretroviral therapy (ART). The adolescent HIV epidemic presents further challenges, and AIDS-related illness is the leading cause of death among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. Such deaths have tripled since 2000, while declining in all other age groups. There is a clear need …
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Why do we just do it: a study of adolescents' influences for Nike sneakers
… influences and purchase-decision behavior of adolescent boys regarding athletic footwear and apparel. Due to its supremacy in the athletic apparel and equipment industry, the author focused on Nike during this study. The researcher collected a convenience sample of fifteen adolescent boys …
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Re: Reading Ashley Smith: Critically Unpacking Government by Discursive Figures of Ashley as Girl Produced in the Smith Case
… the labeling of properly constituted adolescent girls’ noncompliance as madness and adolescent boys’ noncompliance as criminality. This analysis further calls into question the foundations of the statistical discrepancy between criminal charge rates for adolescent boys and girls. This …
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Effect of altering the number of players, the dimensions of the playing area and the playing rules on the number of selected technical skills performed, possession characteristics, physiological responses and levels of enjoyment and perceived competence during gaelic football in prepubescent and adolescent boys
… the levels of enjoyment among 10 year old boys during small sided games. Perceived competence was similar in small sided games and 15-a-side games. Conclusion Among children between the ages of 10-14 years, small sided Gaelic football games are a viable alternative to traditional 15-a-side …
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From Chaos to Calm: Understanding Anger in Urban Adolescent Males
… anger contributes to the violence committed by adolescent boys 13-17 years of age. In fact, in all countries, young males are both the principal perpetrators and victims of homicide (World Health Organization, 2002). Identifying the underlying reasons for the anger is instrumental in controlling …
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Association of physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary behaviors with positive and negative affect in children and adolescents
… and negative affect in Spanish children and adolescents. The research was carried out as part of the UP & DOWN study. 1490 healthy Spanish youths were recruited for the present study 542 children (n=272 girls; mean age 9.6 years) and 948 adolescents (n=454 girls; mean age 14.1 years). The …
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"A Boost Into Manhood" Violence and Aggression as it Relates to Sex Role Confusion
… explaining violence and aggressive behavior in adolescents in association with sex role confusion. First of all a typical psychoanalytic viewpoint will be presented which explains this struggle in a traditional since; i.e., that violence and aggression in the child's response to anxiety and …
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