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Sex differences in the adolescent brain (Lenroot & Giedd, 2010)
This article reviews the current data regarding sex differences in brain structure and function during adolescence. Adolescence is a particular period of interest because of the ‘increased divergence between males and females in physical characteristics, behavior and risk for psychopathology’ (Lenroot & Giedd, 2010, p. 46). Studies have demonstrated that:…
read more –›Effect of the internet on adolescent girls’ weight satisfaction and drive for thinness in a single-sex school (Tiggemann & Miller, 2010)
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between media exposure and body image in adolescent girls (Tiggemann & Miller, 2010, p. 79). ‘Body dissatisfaction is particularly prevalent during adolescence, a time when self-awareness, self-consciousness, introspectiveness, and preoccupation with self-image all dramatically increase’ (p. 79). The participants for…
read more –›Sleep patterns, sleep problems and behavioural problems among school children (Hoedlmoser et al., 2010)
In this study, a survey was used to investigate sleep and behaviour in 330 preadolescent Austrian children (aged 8-11 years). ‘The aim was to evaluate typical sleep patterns, estimating the prevalence of sleep problems and analysing whether they are related to behavioural problems in these children’ (Hoedlmoser et al., 2010,…
read more –›The relationship between childhood sleep problems and adolescent drug and alcohol use (Wong et al., 2010)
This study examined the relationship between childhood sleep problems, and alcohol and drug-related problems in adolescence. Previous studies have demonstrated that there is a ‘relationship between sleep problems and substance use ⁄abuse…in both adults and adolescents’ (Wong et al., 2010, p.1). Study participants were 292 American boys and 94 American…
read more –›The relationship between weight status and sleep duration in children and adolescents (Olds et al., 2010)
This study explored sleep duration in young Australians of various ‘weight classes’ (Olds, Blunden, Dollman & Maher, 2010, p. 165). Weight status classes range from underweight to obese. Interview and survey data was collected from 3884 young people aged between 9 and 18 years of age. Data for four day…
read more –›Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys? (Booth & Nolen, 2009)
The role of nurture in explaining the “stylized fact that women shy away from competition” was explored in this study. The choices made by girls from single-sex and co-educational schools was analysed when they were given the opportunity to enter a tournament in a controlled experiment. 260 British students from…
read more –›‘Rules’ for boys, ‘guidelines’ for girls: gender differences in symptom reporting during childhood and adolescence (MacLean, Sweeting & Hunt, 2010)
This study explored gender patterning of reported ill-health during childhood and adolescence. ‘A better understanding of the emergence of higher symptom reporting by females during adolescence may help explain gender differences in adult health’ (MacLean, Sweeting & Hunt, 2010, p. 598). ‘Dominant stereotypes of femininity would suggest that it is…
read more –›Understanding the declines in senior high school science enrolments (Lyons & Quinn, 2010)
This large scale study represents a ‘national attempt to understand the influences on Year 10 students’ decisions about taking science subjects in their final years’ (Lyons & Quinn, 2010, p. 1). There have been ‘significant declines in the proportions of high school students choosing to study physics, chemistry and biology…
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