News tagged with girls
UK children need more volunteer male befrienders
Many boys say they would prefer a male befriender according to early findings, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Yet, less than a quarter of UK volunteer child befrienders are men.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Bridging the gender-gap in maths
(Phys.org) -- A concerning gender-gap exists in career aspirations among Australian youth across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, a new study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 15, 2012 |
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Violent teenage girls fail to spot anger or disgust in others' faces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Girls appear to be "protected" from showing antisocial behaviour until their teenage years, new research from the University of Cambridge has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 06, 2010 |
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Why a short run is better than a long walk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Girls face 'sexting' threat from peers
A report commissioned by the NSPCC, conducted in collaboration with King’s College London, reveals the level that ‘sexting’ has reached among teenagers, with schoolgirls facing increasing pressure ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Clothing firms 'sexualise' pre-teen girls: study
Some clothing firms in the United States are marketing sexy garments for pre-teen girls, reinforcing a destructive stereotype of female attractiveness, research released on Monday said.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 09, 2011 |
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Study: Some moms 'doppelgang' their daughters' style
How much do our children influence our consumption behavior? Much more than we thought.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
In childhood, boys and girls tend to form friendships almost exclusively with same-sex peers. Around early adolescence, they gradually begin to include other-sex friends in their network. A new study published in Journal of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2011 |
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My fair physicist? Feminine math, science role models do not motivate girls
(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
Girls in homes without a biological father are more likely to hit puberty at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health.
Sep 17, 2010 |
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Study suggests boys and girls not as different as previously thought
Although girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys, this difference vanishes by the time children reach the eighth grade, according to a new study by a Michigan State University psychologist.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2010 |
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HPV vaccine makes girls more cautious about sex
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 80% of girls say that having the HPV vaccine makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, according to a University of Manchester study published in the British Journal of ...
Oct 27, 2009 |
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High meat diet may lead to early puberty for girls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Increased amounts of meat in children's diets may be part of the reason why girls go through puberty at a much younger age than they did 100 years ago, new research using the Children of the ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Deep Voices Scare Adolescent Girls but Turn on Teens
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of St. Andrews in Scotland has discovered that teenage girls are attracted by deep male voices, while younger girls feel intimidated by them.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Elementary school women teachers transfer their fear of doing math to girls
Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then do worse at math, research at the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Girl
A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.
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