Robust findings have been reported regarding the importance of behavioural confirmation in a wide array of situations (e.g. when experimenting with risky behaviours such as smoking, drinking, using drugs, engaging in unprotected sex, being physically aggressive and becoming involved in gang activities)...
Table 1 Descriptive Statistics (n = 9872) Full size table About 25 percent engaged in binge drinking in early adulthood (Wave III), about 24 percent engaged in marijuana use, about 4 percent engaged in cocaine use, one percent in crystal methamphetamine use, and about 5 percent in other dru...
Age at drinking onset and alcohol dependence: age at onset, duration, and severity. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160(7):739-746. doi:10.1001/archpedi.160.7.739PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 54. Dutra LM, Glantz SA. E-cigarettes and national adolescent cigarette use: 2004-2014. Pediatrics...
Similarly, a study among public high school students in North Los Angeles County found that 50.1 % were drinking two Soda glasses or more per day during the past 1 year [19]. Adolescents are well known for exploring new tastes and trends in what they eat and drink. As a result, they ...
These situations are situations that are physically dangerous; situations related to meet psycho- biological needs such as eating, drinking and sleeping; and situations related to socialization with others. If the family is functioning well, its members may learn and understand what behaviors are most...
The tested mediation model demonstrated that selfie-expectancies were both directly and indirectly (via body image control in photos) positively associated with photo manipulation. Previous studies have shown the influence of expectations on decisions and risky behaviors such as drinking alcohol, sexual ac...
2Faculty of Education, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Received: 14 January 2016 Accepted: 28 April 2016 References 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Children's participation in cultural and leisure activities, Australia, 2012, cat no. 4901.0. Canberra: ABS; 2012. 2. ...
An additional factor that may be associated with social casino gaming among adolescents is binge-drinking—the tendency to engage in the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time with the intention of becoming intoxicated [51]. Binge-drinking has been show to increase during adolesc...
0.29% 0.57 0.12 0.76% 2.74% 1.91% 1.57% 0.63% 0.45% 0.66% 0.84% 0.65% 0.45% 1.09% 1.26% 0.47% 0.40% 0.72% 0.97% Outcome Variables, Wave III Binge Drinking Marijuana Use Cocaine Use Crystal Methamphetamine Use Other Drug Use Descriptive statistics are weighted, cluster and strata corrected....
Children who avoid drinking cow milk have low dietary calcium intakes and poor bone health. Am J Clin Nutr, 2002; 76, 675-80. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/76.3.675 [9] Lee WT, Leung SS, Leung DM, et al. A randomized double-blind controlled calcium supplementation trial, and bone and height ...