Latest Adolescence Stories
A Study of African-American Adolescents Shows Weight Loss and Improved Psychosocial Outcomes SILVER SPRING, Md., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While most parents have to compete with the videogame console to ensure their kids get enough exercise, new, groundbreaking research published in the scientific journal, Obesity, makes an argument for a certain kind of video game: active videogames, also known as exergames. These games are a form of exercise and rely on technology...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Does drinking coffee, tea, soda or energy drinks impact an individual’s cognitive performance or his or her enjoyment of certain types of foods? Those questions were examined by experts who presented their research Monday at the Experimental Biology 2013 conference in Boston, Massachusetts. In the first study, Jennifer Temple, an assistant professor at University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions, and...
MIAMI, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at FIU want to determine if a teenager's favorite form of communication - text messaging - can be used to modify risky behavior, in particular, underage drinking. Other studies have suggested that texting can be effective in reducing the consumption of alcohol among teenagers. The FIU study will test that theory and take it one step further by studying Hispanic teenagers, a group considered high-risk for alcohol use....
Menstrual problems among adolescents with learning and physical disabilities are more common compared to the general population and there is no one-size fits all solution when managing the symptoms, says a new review published today (19th April) in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG). The review looks at the behavioral and emotional changes associated with menstruation in adolescents with learning and physical disabilities and examines the advantages and limitations of therapeutic...
Concordia researcher compares development of self-esteem in Canadian and Colombian children Acquiring self-esteem is an important part of a teenager’s development. The way in which adolescents regard themselves can be instrumental in determining their achievement and social functioning. New research from Concordia University shows that the way in which adolescents think about themselves varies across cultural context. To compare how teenagers assess their self-worth, William M....
Do people get caught in the cycle of overeating and drug addiction because their brain reward centers are over-active causing them to experience greater cravings for food or drugs? In a unique prospective study Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scientist Eric Stice, Ph.D., and colleagues tested this theory, called the reward surfeit model. The results indicated that elevated responsivity of reward regions in the brain increased the risk for future substance use, which has never been...
Researchers look at ties between early social experiences and adolescent brain function Brains develop in the context of experience. Social experiences may be particularly relevant for developing neural circuits related to the experience of feeling or emotion. Factors such as negative life events and the quality of relationships may be especially influential. Adolescence is a key time to investigate how early social experiences contribute to brain development because it's a period of...
Researchers examine how new forms of media affect social skills, values, relationships Screen time has changed dramatically in the 21st century. Although most people still watch television and work on computers, social forms of media are expanding rapidly, in part due to the growth of the Internet and cellular networks. These interactive and social media include social networking sites, online video sharing, virtual worlds, mobile phones, and video chat. Starting as early as ages 1 or 2,...
Adults who resolve and recover from conflict are known to be happier in their romantic relationships but the same does not hold true for teen romances, according to research published April 17 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Thao Ha and colleagues from the Behavioural Science Institute of Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. The authors observed 14-16-year olds in romantic relationships dealing with conflicts over issues such as cheating, experiencing jealousy and parental...
Teenagers are risk-takers — they’re more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows that teenagers have the knowledge and ability to make competent decisions about risk, just like adults. So what explains their risky behavior? In a new report, psychological scientists Laurence Steinberg and Jason Chein of Temple University and Dustin Albert of Duke University argue that some teens’ risky...
