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Early Adolescence in Madagascar: Girls' Transitions through Puberty in and out of School
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Sommer, Marni; Skolnik, Ava; Ramirez, Ana; Lee, Jana; Rasoazanany, Hariniaina; Ibitoye, Mobolaji – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Evidence on girls' transitions through puberty in Madagascar and ways in which menarche influences their educational experiences and future sexual and reproductive health is limited. We conducted qualitative research involving participatory activities with girls in rural and urban Madagascar to explore their transitions through early puberty. Key…
Descriptors: Females, Puberty, Rural Areas, Urban Areas
Improving Malaysian Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: An Internet-Based Health Promotion Programme as a Potential Intervention
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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
Mother-Daughter Communication about Sexual Maturation, Abstinence and Unintended Pregnancy: Experiences from an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
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Crichton, Joanna; Ibisomi, Latifat; Gyimah, Stephen Obeng – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Parental communication and support is associated with improved developmental, health and behavioral outcomes in adolescence. This study explores the quality of mother-daughter communication about sexual maturation, abstinence and unintended pregnancy in Korogocho, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. We use data from 14 focus group…
Descriptors: Mothers, Daughters, Focus Groups, Pregnancy
Pubertal Development and Behavior: Hormonal Activation of Social and Motivational Tendencies
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Forbes, Erika E.; Dahl, Ronald E. – Brain and Cognition, 2010
Adolescence is a time of dramatic changes including rapid physical growth, the onset of sexual maturation, the activation of new drives and motivations, and a wide array of social and affective changes and challenges. This review focuses on behavioral changes in this interval and is organized by the claim that a key set of these adolescent changes…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Social Behavior, Adolescents, Social Environment
Experiment on the Education of Young People During Puberty in Shanghai Municipality.
Peikuan, Yao – Chinese Education, 1987
Reports the results of a broad-scale survey of the sexual knowledge and development of Chinese middle school youth. Includes information on sources of sexual knowledge, age of onset for specific sexual acts, psychological characteristics, and the goals of the sex education curriculum in Chinese middle schools. (JDH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Chinese Culture, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Parental Autonomy Granting during Adolescence: Exploring Gender Differences in Context.
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Bumpus, Matthew F.; Crouter, Ann C.; McHale, Susan M. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Investigated ways in which indicators of parental autonomy granting (decision-making input and parental knowledge of adolescents' daily experiences) differed as a function of context and personal qualities. Found that firstborns were granted more autonomy than second borns, especially in families with firstborn girls and second-born boys. Girls in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Birth Order