Make the best use of Researched information from 700+ peer reviewed, Open Access Journals operated by 50,000+ Editorial Board Members and esteemed reviewers and 1000+ Scientific associations in Medical, Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Technology and Management Fields.
Meet Inspiring Speakers and Experts at our 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events with over 600+ Conferences, 1200+ Symposiums and 1200+ Workshops on Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology and Business
Multiproblem or Multirisk Families? A Broad Review of the Literature
Numerous psychosocial factors, as they occur in multiproblem families, make psychopathology more probable in developing children. This is important because assistance for these families generally focuses on the social side only. The aim of this study is to review these psychosocial risk factors by means of a literature review an.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Testing a Model of Suicidality in Community Adolescents: A Brief Report
We tested a theory-based model of suicidality in adolescents that included the variables: self-criticism, dependency, anger-temperament, depression and anger-in. A sample of 263 adolescents, 107 boys and 156 girls, aged between 15 and 19 years (M=16.8 , SD=1.26), from two high schools in the district of Évora, Portugal, r.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Epidemiological Pattern of Bullying among School Children in Mazandaran Province-Iran
Background and Objective: School bullying, the most common type of school violence, comprises a spectrum of aggressive behaviors that involve both perpetrators and victims. The purpose of this study was to investigate extent and nature of school bullying among middle school pupils in North of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional stu.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Accuracy of Self-reported Height and Weight in low-income, Rural African American Children
Objective: To validate self-report anthropometric data in a sample of low-income, rural African American youth. Methods: Ninety-two youth, 10.16 ± 0.85 years of age, were recruited from one school in a rural area of the southeast U.S. Youth were asked to self-report height and weight prior to having their height and weigh.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Children, Adolescents, and Media in the U.S.: What are the Next Steps to Take?
Children and adolescents in the United States now spend >7 hours per day with a variety of different media. Little attention is paid by many parents, educators, and government officials to media effects on young people. This commentary suggests 10 different ways that American society can deal with the impact of media on child.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
A Case of Profound Weight Loss Secondary to use of Reboxetine
Reboxetine is a selective norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor used in the treatment of depression. The studies testing the effects of reboxetine on body weight have demonstrated that reboxetine reduces body weight and reboxetine found to be superior to placebo in reducing antipsychotic-induced weight gain. To date there are only .. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
A Systematic Review of Central Coherence in Young People with Anorexia Nervosa
Objectives: It is hypothesised that Weak Central Coherence (superior attention to detail with poorer bigger picture thinking) is a possible endophenotype for Anorexia Nervosa (AN). Currently the neuropsychological profile of children and adolescents with AN in unclear. The present review aimed to summarise the available literatu.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Social Isolation and the “Sheltered” Profile in Adolescents with Internet Addiction
Background: Demand for treatment for Internet-related troubles in adolescents is rising. The profiles of patients in a clinical population are not accurately known and we hypothesize motivation could be useful for characterization. We describe a sample of outpatients, differentiate between two groups based on their motivation, a.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Childhood cancer may radically change the daily lives of young survivors, particularly in school. Depending on the sense they derive from the experience of illness, survivors may go through profound transformations in the way they approach life. Using a mixed methods approach, this exploratory study reports on school engagement .. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Purpose: To assess the cross-cultural clinical utility of the Visual Motor Integration (VMI) standardized U.S. norms for typically developing Palestinian, Israeli, and American kindergarten children. The cross-cultural comparisons tested the extent to which the VMI standardized U.S. norms for all three tests (a) are appropriate .. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Major Depressive Disorder: A Case of an Adolescent Female with Russell-Silver Syndrome
RSS is a congenital genetic disorder characterized by discrete aberrations in genes that account for growth and development. A number of genetic configurations may play a formative role in the development of RSS. The syndrome may result from: (1) Maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7 (matUPD7) - the child essentially inher.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
The purpose of this study was to determine whether pre-adolescents interacted more similarly and more positively in best friend pairs than those in acquaintance pairs and whether same-sex dyads interacted more similarly and more positively than opposite-sex dyads. Archival videotapes were coded for the face-to-face interaction b.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
The prevalence, correlates, comorbidity and service use of three anxiety disorders in a broad sample of Chilean children and adolescents is reported in this study. The disorders studied were Separation anxiety (SAD), Generalized anxiety (GAD) and Social anxiety. Data were obtained from an extensive epidemiological study of psych.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Objective: Social influences play an important role in shaping adolescents’ dietary and physical activity behaviors. We examined the role of perceived modeling and perceived social support from family and friends on diet and physical activity behaviors among overweight and obese adolescents participating in a weight manage.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Background: Human development is a highly complex, environment-dependent process including mental health and psychopathology among its outcomes. Thus, it needs to be studied comprehensively in order to identify correlations and interactions among different biological, economical and psychosocial variables across time and generat.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Increased Attentional Bias towards Food Pictures in Overweight and Obese Children
Objective: Childhood overweight is related to higher sensitivity for external food cues and less responsiveness towards internal satiety signals. Thus, cognitive psychological models assume an enhanced food attention bias underlying overeating behavior. Nevertheless, this question has only been sparsely investigated so far in yo.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
Objective: Salivary alpha amylase (sAA) has been shown to be a sensitive and reliable marker of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) response to stress. A link between sAA, cortisol, and social/evaluative stress has been established in youth, but little is known about these relationships in response to other stressors in children,.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
The aim of the present study was to examine whether there is a relation between a negative/aggressive interpretation bias, different types of aggression, and callous-unemotional traits in (delinquent) juveniles. We examined this research question in 2 different studies. The first study examines the relationship between a social .. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
This study describes the development and immediate effects of a school-based, cross-age (high school), peerled, targeted intervention to reduce and prevent the onset of major depression among girls ages 13-15 attending a rural middle school in Northern Florida. The intervention, Talk ‘n’ Time, is based on cognitive.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article
The Maine Nutrition and Physical Activity Self Assessment for Childcare (NAP SACC) Experience
Background: More than half of all children in the U.S. aged 3 to 6 years are enrolled in childcare centers. In Maine, there are over 2,000 licensed centers. Maine received funds from the federal department of health and human services’ Communities Putting Prevention to Work to promote the adoption of Nutrition and Physic.. Read More
To read the full article Visit Full Article | Download Full Article