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Showing 1 to 20 of 100 for “"adolescent females"”.
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The developmental trajectory of delinquency among adolescent females
… 2004), given that the offending behaviors of females and males are not identical (e.g. Goodkind, Ng, & Sarri, 2006), and given that there are insufficient empirical studies to provide a good foundation to design effective interventions for delinquent girls (e.g. Le et al., 2003), it is crucial …
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THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF FOUR OVERWEIGHT HISPANIC ADOLESCENT FEMALES
… experiences of four overweight/obese Hispanic adolescents as individuals by utilizing Social Cognitive Theory’s (SCT) (Bandura, 1977, 1986, & 1989) reciprocal interaction of the environment, personal factors and behaviors of the participants in order to investigate the health risk behaviors of …
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Disclosure of sexual abuse: The impact on adolescent females
This study explores and describes adolescent females' experience of disclosure of sexual abuse. The goal of this study was to provide insights and theory into the experience of sexual abuse victims involved in the disclosure of that abuse.
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Disclosure of sexual abuse: The impact on adolescent females
This study explores and describes adolescent females' experience of disclosure of sexual abuse. The goal of this study was to provide insights and theory into the experience of sexual abuse victims involved in the disclosure of that abuse.
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A goal setting approach to a healthy lifestyle in adolescent females
… healthy eating and physical activity in female adolescents. Forty-two female adolescents enrolled in high school who were between 13 and 17 years of age participated in the study. Participants were split into two groups, an intervention group and a control group. Participants were educated in a …
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Cognition and self-presentation among publicly self-conscious, shy adolescent females
… and self-presentation of early to middle aged adolescent girls who were self-conscious and shy, and explore the possible qualitative differences in cognition and self-presentation between shy/self-conscious girls, self-conscious/nonshy girls, and nonshy/nonself-conscious girls in a variety of …
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Psychological benefits of sport participation and physical activity for adolescent females.
Recent research has suggested that the effects of sport on well-being are mediated by psychological characteristics such as physical self-concept, instrumentality and positive body images; in addition, sport was found to be related to these psychological benefits for high school girls. However, …
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The Relationship Between Coping Strategies and Body Image Among Adolescent Females
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Psychological characteristics related to bulimia in early and late adolescent females
… a basis for treatment planning with younger, adolescent women. While research in recent years has begun to examine those characteristics specifically related to bulimia in adolescence, there has been a relative lack of consideration of the effect of the developmental stage of the individual on …
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Comparing rates of anxiety symptoms in adolescent females with and without autism
Adolescent females experience substantially higher rates of the majority of anxiety disorder subtypes than do adolescent males. Evidence of the same gender differences might be expected in adolescent females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A sample of adolescent females with ASD were recruited …
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Vaginal microbial diversity of the genital tract of South African adolescent females
… this high risk in HIV negative, South African adolescent females. Little is known about the 'normal' microbiome of this population. As such, the aim of this substudy was to quantify specific bacterial species (L. crispatus, L. jensenii, L. gasseri, L. iners, G. vaginalis and P. bivia) by …
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Responses of four adolescent females to adolescent fiction with strong female characters
… study is an investigation of responses of four adolescent girls to the characters in two adolescent novels: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor; and Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson. The novels were chosen because the main characters are strong, independent young females, whose various …
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Evaluation of a Group Treatment of Urban Black Adolescent Females Exposed to Violence
… of GTREM, a group treatment for urban Black adolescent females exposed to violence on their symptoms of aggression, anger, and depression. Aggression was measured using the Aggression Questionnaire- AQ (Buss and Warren, 2000). Depressive symptoms were measured using the Reynolds Adolescent …
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The effect of music therapy on depression and anxiety in institutionalized adolescent females
… on the reduction of depression and anxiety in adolescent females. A literature review with a focus on music therapy is presented. In this study "music therapy" consisted of weekly group sessions in which subjects selected, listened to, and discussed pieces of music according to a particular …
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Nutritional factors associated with obesity in adolescent females in the United Arab Emirates
… of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents is increasing rapidly in developed and developing countries. This study was conducted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ascertain the extent and the nature of this problem. The UAE has undergone a rapid change in socio-economic …
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