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Thoresen, Carl E.; Eagleston, Jean R. – Theory into Practice, 1983
Chronic stress can affect the health of children and adolescents when their resources are insufficient for coping with demands placed upon them. Harmful behavior patterns can lead to poor health. Students should be taught to mobilize their physiological, cognitive, and social resources in ways that promote good health. (PP)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Childhood Needs

Millstein, Susan G. – American Psychologist, 1989
Despite the traditional view of adolescence as a healthy period, there are increasing concerns about the health status of youth. Many adolescent health needs are unmet due to misconceptions and to the organization of health care services. Behavioral science can contribute research, interventions, and health policy to benefit adolescent health. (AF)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Sciences
Read, Merrill S.; Felson, David – 1976
The problems of those children who are chronically malnourished, the cultural environment of malnutrition, and the extent to which children are temporarily or permanently handicapped in learning because of malnutrition are discussed in this booklet. It also describes hunger and its effects on child development. The topics addressed are: definition…
Descriptors: Anemia, Behavior Patterns, Child Care, Child Development