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Direct linkBeltrán-Garrayo, Lucia; Mercado-Garrido, Esther; Román, Francisco Javier; Rojo, Marta; Sepúlveda, Ana Rosa – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: "How do I perceive my own body?" is a central question during adolescence, which addresses the subjective assessment of body image, called Body Esteem. Although concern about body esteem increases during adolescence, there is a lack of psychometrically validated measures to assess it specifically among Spanish adolescents.…
Descriptors: Human Body, Self Esteem, Adolescents, Psychometrics
Lipsitt, Lewis P., Ed. – Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 1998
These 12 monthly issues from 1998 explore problems encountered by children and adolescents. Regular features include "Keep Your Eye On...," brief accounts of research into childhood and adolescent problems, "What's New in Research," summarizing research from recent publications and professional conferences;…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adoption
Elias, Marilyn – Teaching Tolerance, 2012
In one recent national survey of teenagers who had been in relationships, 29 percent reported experiencing sexual or physical abuse or receiving threats of physical violence from partners. About 10 percent of students in grades nine to 12 consistently say they've been physically hurt on purpose by a dating partner during the past year, according…
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Use, Drinking, Females
O'Dea, Jennifer A. – Health Education, 2005
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review current programmes and major issues surrounding preventive interventions for body image and obesity in schools. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review was carried out by analysing papers cited in major literature databases from the last 50 years. This review describes and summarises…
Descriptors: Obesity, Comprehensive School Health Education, Health Promotion, Self Esteem
Henningsen, Alexander; Boros, Piroska; Ingvalson, Kent; Fontana, Fabio E.; Matvienko, Oksana – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
A body mass index (BMI) report card is a tool to inform parents about their child's weight status. Body mass index notifications could curb childhood obesity by prompting parents to encourage their children to be more physically active and make better dietary choices, but they could also lower children's self-esteem and increase weight-related…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Obesity, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
Phillips, Lynn – 1998
This report reviews current statistics on the state of girls' lives in the United States at the end of the 20th century. Six chapters cover: (1) "Framing Gender, Identity, and Adolescence" (trends in research on adolescent girls, exploring identities, how girls are doing, and conditions that support or hinder girls' healthy sense of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Health Care, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescent Development
Download full textColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Prevention Initiatives Unit. – 1993
This report describes the results of a survey on out-of-school youth's health risk behaviors. The behaviors studied include unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco use; alcohol, and other drug use; sexual behaviors; dietary behaviors that cause health problems; mental well being; and physical inactivity. Seventy-eight percent of all the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Child Health
