(PhysOrg.com) -- As a new mother herself, Brenda Lohman admits to being shocked by the results of a new study she co-authored. It found that among nearly 1,000 low-income families in three major cities, one in four children ...
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009
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"Where is my life going?" "Who do I want to be?" As future-thinkers, adolescents spend significant time contemplating these types of questions about their life goals. A new study from the University of Houston shows that ...
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Apr 22, 2024
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens -- especially girls who abuse marijuana -- marry later than peers, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2009
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(Phys.org)—A newly defined genre of literature, "teen sick-lit," features tear-jerking stories of ill adolescents developing romantic relationships. Although "teen sick-lit" tends to adhere to negative stereotypes of the ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2012
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Trans and gender-diverse adolescents in England are more likely to experience gender discrimination and poorer well-being than their cisgender peers. Researchers compared 20,000 young people aged 12–15 in Greater Manchester ...
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2023
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America's youth have historically been excluded from using public spaces how they want, in addition to being left out of design discussions. Including them in this process will have long-term societal benefits, according ...
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2020
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Imagine the weight of responsibility for caring for a child when you are not yet fully grown yourself, and the fear of being shamed by parents, fellow learners, and even strangers within the community?
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2023
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A new study authored by University of Calgary researchers in the Journal of Adolescence examines the pornography viewing habits of adolescents and observes the way in which religious attendance significantly tempers such ...
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2016
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After more than two years of the COVID pandemic and six months of war in Ukraine, the question arises of how young people in Germany are dealing with the world's current challenges. It turns out that war and climate change ...
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2022
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Political apathy is growing in democracies around the world. Political apathy, also known as political alienation, describes feelings of separation and disaffection, a sense of powerlessness and an indifference to politics ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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