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Reproductive Health of Urban Adolescents: Differences in the Behaviors, Cognitions, and Social Context of African-American and Puerto Rican Females
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Milan, Stephanie; Ethier, Kathleen; Lewis, Jessica; Kershaw, Trace; Niccolai, Linda; Ickovics, Jeannette – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Although ethnic and racial disparities exist in adolescent reproductive health, few studies have examined differences between members of different minority groups. This paper describes differences in measures of reproductive health behaviors, cognitions and social context between African-American (n=170) and Puerto Rican (n=150) adolescent females…
Descriptors: Adolescents, African Americans, Racial Differences, Health Behavior
The Emergence of Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed.; Petersen, Anne C., Ed. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1991
Twelve papers on the emergence and maintenance of severe clinical depression and depressive symptoms during adolescence are presented. Topics include parental influences, epidemiological data, depressive and negative affect, hormonal effects, preadolescent symptoms, sex differences, longitudinal studies with rhesus monkeys, suicidal ideation,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Classification, Cognitive Processes