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Pullen Sansfaçon, Annie; Medico, Denise; Riggs, Damien; Carlile, Anna; Suerich-Gulick, Frank – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2023
Trans and non-binary youth (TNBY) face high levels of interpersonal and social adversity as well as disproportionate rates of mental health issues such as depression, self-harm and suicidal ideation. Among protective factors, context plays a key role. In addition to parental support, access to gender-affirming medical care begins to emerge as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Access to Health Care, Cultural Differences
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Botfield, Jessica R.; Ratu, Sera; Turagabeci, Esiteri; Chivers, Jane; McDonald, Loren; Wilson, Eleanor G.; Cheng, Yan – Health Education Journal, 2021
Background: People with disability have the same sexual and reproductive health needs and rights as people without disability, yet experience considerable barriers in accessing information and services. The Reproductive and Family Health Association of Fiji, Family Planning Australia, and disability stakeholders implemented a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Elementary School Students, Inclusion, Barriers
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Visser, Kirsten; Greaves-Lord, Kirstin; Tick, Nouchka T.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Maras, Athanasios; van der Vegt, Esther J. M. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2017
Background: Previous research underscores the importance of psychosexual guidance for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Such guidance is provided in the Tackling Teenage Training (TTT) program, in which adolescents with ASD receive psycho-education and practice communicative skills regarding topics related to puberty, sexuality, and…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Sexuality
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Nik Farid, Nik Daliana; Mohd Arshad, Mohd Faris bin; Yakub, Nur Asyikin; Ahmad Zaki, Rafdzah; Muhamad, Haslina; Abdul Aziz, Norlaili; Dahlui, Maznah – Health Education Journal, 2018
Objective: Internet-based health promotion offers a promising approach to fostering healthy sexual behaviour among adolescents. The objective of this study was to identify the potential of an Internet-based programme to improve sexual and reproductive health (SRH) knowledge among Malaysian young people. Design: A pre-test/post-test design was used…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Sexuality, Health Behavior
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Olive, Lisa S.; Byrne, Don; Cunningham, Ross B.; Telford, Rohan M.; Telford, Richard D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Physical activity may benefit mental health, yet the potentially protective role of elementary school physical education (PE) on childhood mental health is unknown. The aim of the current study was to determine the effect of a specialist-taught PE program on indicators of childhood mental health. In this cluster-randomized controlled trial,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Suburban Schools
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Yeager, David S. – Future of Children, 2017
Adolescents may especially need social and emotional help. They are learning how to handle new demands in school and social life while dealing with new, intense emotions (both positive and negative), and they are increasingly feeling that they should do so without adult guidance. Social and emotional learning (SEL) programs are one way to help…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Adolescents, Adolescent Development
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Hinz, Arnold – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based "My Body and I" program which was designed to help girls and boys to cope better with inevitable pubertal body changes. Method: Using a pre-post treatment-control design with 25 treatment and 17 control classes from schools in Germany and France (484 boys, 485 girls;…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Composition, Gender Differences, Preadolescents
Online Submission, 2018
China boasts one of the largest adolescent populations in the world, with 165 million in total (United Nations, 2017). In recent decades, Chinese adolescents have reached sexual maturity at increasingly early ages, and more and more young people in China are open to premarital sex while at the same time they general lack sexual and reproductive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Education, Middle Schools, Sexuality