Search results for "Adolescence"

Les drogodependències, una visió actualitzada

2013

Public opinion is not worried about drug dependence and other addictive disorders anymore. The changes in consumption patterns and the lack of visible situations related to drugs consumption have removed this problem from the top of the media’s agenda; however, we are able to establish that this is not a settled problem from the past, but quite the opposite. Despite all the prevention campaigns launched so far, the drugs consumption phenomenon prevails as well as the increase of the number of admissions in detoxification clinics for drug addicts. Therefore, it would be necessary to make a review of the history of drug dependence in order to find the key of the causes thereof nowadays, putti…

Aggressive and boasting young adolescents: a comparison of their friendship

2009

Experiences of students with HIV/AIDS in rural, post-conflict Uganda

2015

The roll out of Anti-Retroviral Therapy across Sub-Saharan Africa has given rise to a new generation of adolescents that previously would not have survived into their teen years. The aim of this research is to give voice to these young people, specifically HIV positive students, in the rural, post-conflict area of Katakwi, Uganda. Through the lens of empowerment, which focuses on participation, capacity building, leadership potential, and relationships, this research examines the factors in these students’ lives that contribute to their empowerment, or the absence of these factors that then have the potential to disempower them. It considers the way the students themselves see both the prot…

Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity Prevention (ASSO) in Europe

2017

Adolescents' obesity is a major concern in our modern life that could lead to significant increase in the rate of obese future generations and consequently in the health budget. The ASSO (Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity prevention) project in Italy is tackling this new pandemic using the new e-technology through a multi facets monitoring system on life style including food consumptions, meal patterns and habits, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, fitness and sedentariness, and biological/genetic, and socio-cultural/environmental characteristics of adolescents. The project has been recently piloted in the South of the country. This chapter summarizes the design and structure of…

El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en la adolescencia temprana y media. El papel de la eficacia académica y de la crianza

2020

ABSTRACT This study examines (i) the relationships between substance use and parenting style and between substance use and perceived academic self-efficacy in early and middle adolescence, (ii) the importance of these factors in predicting adolescent substance use, and (iii) the role of academic self-efficacy in the relationship between parenting styles and adolescent substance use. The sample comprised 762 adolescents (53% boys) aged 12 to 16 years (M = 13.66, SD = 1.34). The sample was selected using probabilistic cluster sampling according to type of school (secondary, public vs. semi-private) and school location in different areas of the city of Valencia (Spain). This approach accounted…

Substance Use in Early and Middle Adolescence. The Role of Academic Efficacy and Parenting

2019

espanolLos objetivos de esta investigacion son analizar la relacion del consumo de sustancias con el estilo de crianza de los padres y la percepcion de eficacia academica por parte de los adolescentes, estudiar la diferente contribucion de estos factores a la prediccion del consumo de sustancias en la adolescencia y observar la funcion de la autoeficacia academica en la relacion entre el estilo de crianza y el consumo de sustancias en la adolescencia. Participaron 762 adolescentes (53% hombres), de edades comprendidas entre los 12 y los 16 anos (M = 13.66, DT = 1.34). La muestra se selecciono con criterios probabilisticos por conglomerados, atendiendo al tipo de centro (educacion secundaria…

Internet and technology addiction disorders in adolescence

2010

Introduction: Technology addictions are an important form of behavioral addiction because of their increasing frequency and their impact on the life of adolescents, including their social life, school performance, and intrafamily relationships. We reviewed the scientific literature on dysfunctional uses of technology among adolescents. Our analysis included the psychological features of communication technologies and their patterns of use in adolescence; the psychopathology linked to technological addictions; and general principles of treatment and outcome. Materials and methods: The addictive behaviors are examined within the framework of the changing needs and culture of adolescents, whic…

The awareness and acceptance of anti-COVID 19 vaccination in adolescence

2022

Abstract Background COVID-19 had devastating effects on children’s and adolescents’ life, including neuropsychological impairment, discontinuation of social life and education. Since June 2021, antiCOVID19 vaccination has become available to adolescents in Italy up to 12 years and since December 2021 to children aged more than 5 years. The pediatric population represents a challenging target for vaccination. Aim of the study is to perform a survey among adolescents to explore factors associated with COVID 19 immunization and their perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines. Methods Italian students aged 10–17 years were invited to participate in an anonymous online survey regarding their immunizat…

Crescere in terre di mafia

2014

Questo studio, in continuità teorica con altri che lo precedono, rappresenta un amplia-mento delle conoscenze sulla relazione tra adolescenza e mafia. La ricerca si è proposta come obiettivo l’esplorazione dell’universo adolescenziale all’interno di specifici contesti sociali in cui la presenza di organizzazioni criminali è pregnante, focalizzando l’attenzione sulle modalità at-traverso cui vengono affrontati i compiti evolutivi all’interno di contesti caratterizzati da alta densità mafiosa e spesso contraddistinti da una percezione dello spazio sociale che rende pro-blematico lo sviluppo personale, economico e politico. La ricerca ha coinvolto 93 adolescenti che vivono in regioni meridiona…

Emotional and Sexual Development in Adolescence: From Puberty to the Formation of Emotional Bonds

2014

The physiological processes, which occur during adolescence and often so abruptly, can threaten the continuity of the previously constructed sense of identity. They do this by questioning the patterns and representations that had previously governed the relations of the teenager with regards to his body and his relational systems. Although puberty is not just about sexual transformations, definitions centered mainly on this aspect can be found in literature. In fact, pubertal development is the acquisition disclosure index of the adult reproductive capacity. The aim of this task is to explore the process of increasing involvement of the adolescent in an emotional and sexual relationship wit…