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Adolescents With Jobs Are More Likely to Begin Smoking

young woman smoking

Evidence is mounting that something happens when youth start working that compels them to smoke. With this trend in mind, it's worth exploring potential strategies to prevent smoking among youth who enter the workforce.

How Do Movie Characters' Motives for Smoking Affect Adolescents?

Research has uncovered links between the motives movie characters convey for smoking on the silver screen and real-world smoking risk among middle school students.

Journal Articles (191)

Proximity to School and Physical Activity Among Middle School Girls: The Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls Study — Jan 1, 2006

Proximity to routine destinations is an important correlate of physical activity.

Adolescent Primary Care Patients' Preferences for Depression Treatment — Jan 1, 2006

Despite efficacious treatments for depression in youth, current data indicate low rates of care.

Adolescent Predictors of Generalized Health Risk in Young Adulthood: A 10-Year Longitudinal Assessment — Jan 1, 2006

The authors conducted a prospective examination of multiple adolescent predictors of generalized health risk in early adulthood.

Socio-environmental Influences on Adolescents' Alcohol Outcome Expectancies: A Prospective Analysis — Jan 1, 2006

Investigates the prospective influence of social influence and social bonding variables on the development of alcohol outcome expectancies among adolescents with and without drinking experience.

Exposure to Degrading Versus Nondegrading Music Lyrics and Sexual Behavior Among Youth — Jan 1, 2006

Early sexual activity is a significant problem in the United States.

Hispanic Concentration and the Conditional Influence of Collective Efficacy on Adolescent Childbearing — Jan 1, 2006

Collective efficacy may help reduce adolescent childbearing in some, but not all, neighborhoods.

Are Drug Experimenters Better Adjusted Than Abstainers and Users? A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Marijuana Use — Jan 1, 2006

Results refute idea that adolescents who abstain from substance use are maladjusted, and suggest they function better than experimenters later in life

Public Parks and Physical Activity Among Adolescent Girls — Jan 1, 2006

Physical activity may be constrained or facilitated by local environments.

Nondisclosure of Sexual Orientation to a Physician Among a Sample of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth — Jan 1, 2006

Little is known about whether lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth hide their orientation from health care providers.

Adolescent Self-Selection of Service Formats: Implications for Secondary Interventions Targeting Alcohol Use — Jan 1, 2006

A motivational enhancement based secondary alcohol intervention has been shown to increase quit attempts for youth with heavier alcohol use histories

Does Solitary Substance Use Increase Adolescents' Risk for Poor Psychosocial and Behavioral Outcomes? A 9-Year Longitudinal Study Comparing Solitary and Social Users — Jan 1, 2006

Results indicate the importance of better understanding and addressing the needs of this understudied group of high-risk youth.

An Update on Adolescent Drug Use: What School Counselors Need to Know — Jan 1, 2006

School counselors need to have accurate and age-appropriate prevention education information in order to counsel teens on drug use.

Perspectives on Therapeutic Treatment from Adolescent Probationers — Jan 1, 2006

Little is known about youths' experiences in residential adolescent treatment programs.

Exploring Stress and Coping Among Urban African American Adolescents: The Shifting the Lens Study — Jan 1, 2006

Explore perceptions of stress, sources of social support, and use of coping strategies among urban African American ninth graders.

Urbanity, Rurality, and Adolescent Substance Use — Jan 1, 2006

Tests for differences between rural and urban youth in how peer pressure and family factors influence alcohol and marijuana use.

Saturated in Beer: Awareness of Beer Advertising in Late Childhood and Adolescence — Jul 1, 2005

Television beer ads result in high levels of beer advertising awareness in children as young as age 9, and even higher awareness among 14-year-olds.

Correlates of Non-Problematic and Problematic Substance Use Among Depressed Adolescents in Primary Care — Jan 1, 2005

Substance use and related problems were assessed in a sample of primary care patients ages 13-21 who screened positive for depression.

Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care Clinics: A Randomized Controlled Trial. — Jan 1, 2005

Depression is a common condition associated with significant morbidity in adolescents.

Parent-adolescent Communication About Sex in Filipino American Families: A Demonstration of Community-Based Participatory Research — Jan 1, 2005

Pregnancy rates among Filipino American adolescents exceed those of other Asian and Pacific Islander adolescents.

Sexual Orientation in Child and Adolescent Health Care — Jan 1, 2005

Book review of: Ellen C. Perrin, Sexual Orientation in Child and Adolescent Health Care (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002).

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