Adolescence

Elkind (1967) defined adolescent egocentrism to include the imaginary audience (i.e., adolescents' belief that those around them are as concerned and focused on their appearance as they themselves are) and the personal fable (i.e., the belief that...

INTRODUCTION On the 13th of July, 2001, under intense international competition, Beijing was awarded the honor, privilege, and responsibility of hosting the 23rd Modern Olympiad. As part of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation of the...

INTRODUCTION Because of the increasing importance and pervasiveness of technology, educators have recognized that its integration into education is one of the important issues for educational reform and innovation (AAAS, 1998; Jonassen, Peck, &...

SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY PYD theory and literature has tended to focus on outcomes such as citizenship, leadership, altruism, and initiative (Larson, 2000; Scales, Benson, Leffert, & Blyth, 2000). While these outcomes are important, it seems...

Adolescents are facing a growing array of socioemotional and mental health issues. Marsh (2004) notes, for instance, that approximately 4.5 to 6.3 million children and adolescents in the United States have a serious emotional disturbance that undermines...

INTRODUCTION Physical Dating Violence (PDV) victimization among adolescent males is as prevalent as among girls (MMWR, 2006), yet receives little research attention. Studies which have examined dating violence in the context of teen heterosexual...

Weight gain in the first few years of college is becoming an important concern affecting the likelihood that more young adults are, or will become, obese (Hoffman, Policastro, Quick, & Lee, 2006; Racette, Deusinger, Strube, Highstein, & Deusinger,...

Since the early 1980s, Teen Courts have provided youthful offenders with an alternative to the standard juvenile justice system. The substantive increase in youth courts, from fewer than 100 to over 1000, is evidence of the strong advocacy for these...