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          Journal Papers, Abstract, and Commentaries

 
Sexting, Risk Behavior, and Mental Health in Adolescents: An Examination of 2015 Pennsylvania Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data.
Frankel AS, Bass SB, Patterson F, Dai T, Brown D.
J Sch Health. 2018 Mar;88(3):190-199
Abstract

The role of identity and psychosomatic symptoms as mediating the relationship between discrimination and risk behaviors among first and second generation immigrant adolescents.
Walsh SD, Kolobov T, Raiz Y, et al
J Adolesc. 2018 Feb 2;64:34-47
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Nonfatal Injuries and Psychosocial Correlates among Middle School Students in Cambodia and Vietnam.
Peltzer K, Pengpid S.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Mar 8
Paper
 

Parent-Centered Prevention of Risky Behaviors Among Hispanic Youths in Florida.
Estrada Y, Lee TK, Huang S, Tapia MI,
Am J Public Health. 2017 Feb 16:e1-e7
Abstract

Randomized pilot trial of a cognitive-behavioral alcohol, self-harm, and HIV prevention program for teens in mental health treatment.
Esposito-Smythers C, Hadley W, Curby TW, Brown LK.
Behav Res Ther. 2016 Nov 12;89:49-56.
Abstract

Youth experiences with multiple types of prejudice-based harassment.
Bucchianeri MM, Gower AL, McMorris BJ, Eisenberg ME
.
Adolesc
. 2016 Aug;51:68-75.
Abstract

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 2015.
Kann L, McManus T, Harris WA, et al
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2016 Jun 10;65(6):1-174
Abstract

The influence of sensation-seeking and parental and peer influences in early adolescence on risk involvement through middle adolescence: A structural equation modeling analysis.
Wang B, Deveaux L, Lunn S, et al

Youth Soc
. 2016 Mar;48(2):220-241
Abstract,

Extreme Weight-Control Behaviors and Suicide Risk Among High School Students.
Johnson ER, Weiler RM, Barnett TE, Pealer LN.
J Sch Health. 2016 Apr;86(4):281-
Abstract

Leisure Time Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behaviour and Lifestyle Correlates among Students Aged 13-15 in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States, 2007-2013.
Peltzer K, Pengpid S.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Feb 15;13(2). pii: E217.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Assessment of exposure to sexually explicit materials and factors associated with exposure among preparatory school youths in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based surveyed survey.
Habesha T, Aderaw Z, Lakew S. et al
Reprod Health
. 2015 Sep 14;12:86.
Paper

The Association Between Weapon Carrying and Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescent Students in Bangkok, Thailand.
Saiphoklang OA, Wongboonsin K, Wongboonsin P, et al
 J Interpers Violence. 2015 Jul 30.
Abstract

A 6-Week School Curriculum Improves Boys' Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Gender-Based Violence in Kenya.
Keller J, Mboya BO, Sinclair J, et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2015 Jun 10
Abstract

Non-Parental Adults in the Social and Risk Behavior Networks of Sexual Minority Male Youth.
Sterrett EM, Birkett M, Kuhns L, Mustanski B.
Child Youth Serv Rev
. 2015 Aug 1;55:62-70.
Abstract

Associations Between Long-Term Gang Membership and Informal Social Control Processes, Drug Use, and Delinquent Behavior Among Mexican American Youth.
Cepeda A, Saint Onge JM, Nowotny KM, Valdez A.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2015 May 14.
Abstract

Mode of daily caffeine consumption among adolescents and the practice of mixing alcohol with energy drinks: relationships to drunkenness.
Kristjansson AL, Mann MJ, Sigfusdottir ID, James JE.
J Stud Alcohol Dru
gs
. 2015 May;76(3):397-405.
Abstract

Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse as a Form of "Domestic Violence": A Conceptual Review.
Holt A
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2015 May 13.
Abstract

What adolescents enrolled in genomic addiction research want to know about conflicts of interest.
Coors ME, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, et al
Drug Alcohol Depend
. 2015 Feb 1;147:272-5.

Abstract

Can clans protect adolescent players of massively multiplayer online games from violent behaviors?
Ybarra ML, Boyd D.
Int J Public Health
. 2015 Jan 14
Abstract

Adolescent gang involvement: The role of individual, family, peer, and school factors in a multilevel perspective.
Lenzi M, Sharkey J, Vieno A, et al

Aggress Behav
. 2014 Oct 6.
Abstract

Statewide Estimates of Stalking Among High School Students in Kentucky: Demographic Profile and Sex Differences.
Fisher BS, Coker AL, Garcia LS, et al
Violence Against Women
. 2014 Sep 28
Abstract

Ecological context, concentrated disadvantage, and youth reoffending: identifying the social mechanisms in a sample of serious adolescent offenders.
Wright KA, Kim B, Chassin L, et al
J Youth Adolesc
. 2014 Oct;43(10):1781-99
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 2013.
Kann L, Kinchen S, Shanklin SL, et al
MMWR Surveill Summ
. 2014 Jun 13;63(SS-04):1-168
Paper

Predictors of Co-Occurring Risk Behavior Trajectories Among Economically Disadvantaged African-American Youth: Contextual and Individual Factors.
Sterrett EM, Dymnicki AB, Henry D,  et al
J Adolesc Health. 2014 Apr 19.
Abstract

Sexual victimization using latent class analysis: exploring patterns and psycho-behavioral correlates.
French BH, Bi Y, Latimore TG, et al
J Interpers Violence
. 2014 Apr;29(6):1111-31.
Abstract

Do Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Family Functioning Increase the Risk of Hispanic Adolescent HIV Risk Behaviors?
Cordova D, Huang S, Lally M, et al
Fam Process
. 2014 Mar 11.
Abstract

Gender differences in early trauma and high-risk behaviors among street-entrenched youth in British Columbia.
Saddichha S, Torchalla I, Krausz MR.

Int J Adolesc Med Health
. 2014 Jan 22:1-5.
Abstract

An ecological analysis of infant neglect by adolescent mothers.
Bartlett JD, Raskin M, Kotake C,  et  al
Child Abuse Negl
. 2014 Jan 6.
Abstract

Youth Problem Behaviors 8 Years After Implementing the Communities That Care Prevention System: A Community-Randomized Trial.
Hawkins JD, Oesterle S, Brown EC,  et al  
JAMA Pediatr
. 2013 Dec 9.
Abstract

Intervention Effects on Health-Risking Sexual Behavior Among Girls in Foster Care: The Role of Placement Disruption and Tobacco and Marijuana Use.
Kim HK, Pears KC, Leve LD, et al 
J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2013 Nov 1;22(5):370-387.
Abstract

Does Childhood Positive Self-Perceptual Bias Mediate Adolescent Risky Behavior in Youth From the MTA Study?
Hoza B, McQuade JD, Murray-Close D,  et al

J Consult Clin Psychol
. 2013 Jul 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Methodology of the youth risk behavior surveillance system - 2013.
Brener ND, Kahn L, ShanklinS, et al
MMWR Recomm Rep
. 2013 Mar 1;62(RR-1):1-23.
Paper

Association between Adverse Life Events and Addictive Behaviors among Male and Female Adolescents.
Lee GP, Storr CL, Ialongo NS, Martins SS.
Am J Addict
. 2012 Nov;21(6):516-23.
Abstract

The impact of running away on teen girls' sexual health.
Lacoursiere T, Fontenot HB.
Nurs Womens Health
. 2012 Oct;16(5):411-7.
Abstract

Original Research: An Inpatient Program for Adolescents with Anorexia Experienced as a Metaphoric Prison.
Ramjan LM, Gill BI.
Am J Nurs
. 2012 Jul 11.
Abstract

Maternal HIV Serostatus, Mother-Daughter Sexual Risk Communication and Adolescent HIV Risk Beliefs and Intentions.
Cederbaum JA, Hutchinson MK, Duan L, Jemmott LS.
AIDS Behav. 2012 Jun 8.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2011.
Eaton DK, Kann L, Kinchen S, et al
MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Jun 8;61(4):1-162.
Paper

The Role of Acculturation and Family Functioning in Predicting HIV Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic Delinquent Youth.
Farrelly C, Cordova D, Huang S, et al
J Immigr Minor Health
. 2012 Apr 25.
Abstract

Risky Health Behavior Among Adolescents in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study Cohort.
Klosky JL, Howell CR, Li Z, et al
J Pediatr Psychol. 2012 Mar 16
Abstract

Process and Outcome Evaluation of a Community Intervention for Orphan Adolescents in Western Kenya.
Hallfors DD, Cho H, Mbai I, Milimo B, Itindi J.
J Community Health. 2012 Feb 17
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Applying Ecodevelopmental Theory and the Theory of Reasoned Action to Understand HIV Risk Behaviors Among Hispanic Adolescents.
Ortega J, Huang S, Prado G.
Hisp Health Care Int. 2012 Jan 3;10(1):42-52
Paper

Does delivering preventive services in primary care reduce adolescent risky behavior?
Ozer EM, Adams SH, Orrell-Valente JK,  et al
J Adolesc Health
. 2011 Nov;49(5):476-82.
Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Mediators of the Effect of Parental Incarceration on Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors.
Kjellstrand JM, Eddy JM.
J Community Psychol. 2011 Jul 1;39(5):551-565
Paper

Mediators of the Effect of Parental Incarceration on Adolescent Externalizing Behaviors.
Kjellstrand JM, Eddy JM.
J Community Psychol. 2011 Jul 1;39(5):551-565.
Abstract

Uses of youth risk behavior survey and school health profiles data: applications for improving adolescent and school health.
Foti K, Balaji A, Shanklin S.
J Sch Health
. 2
011 Jun;81(6):345-54
Abstract

Prevalence of health-risk behaviors among Asian American and Pacific Islander high school students in the U.S., 2001-2007.
Lowry R, Eaton DK, Brener ND, Kann L.
Public Health Rep. 2011 Jan-Feb;126(1):39-49
Abstract

Relationships between youth sport participation and selected health risk behaviors from 1999 to 2007.
Taliaferro LA, Rienzo BA, Donovan KA.
J Sch Health
. 2010 Aug;80(8):399-410.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Youth risk behavior surveillance - United States, 2009.
Eaton DK, Kann L, Kinchen S, et al
MMWR Surveill Summ
. 2010 Jun 4;59(5):1-142.
Paper

Current pediatrician practices in identifying high-risk behaviors of adolescents.
Henry-Reid LM, O'Connor KG, Klein JD, et al
Pediatrics
. 2010 Apr;125(4):e741-7
Abstract

 
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
Targeted cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions among most-at-risk adolescents in Georgia: findings and next steps
T. Kasrashvili, T. Zurashvili, A. Mitchell, et al
(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV knowledge and behaviour among adolescent girls in Russia: findings from Russia First National Reproductive Health Survey (RHS)
L. Bardakova, I. Zhukov, I. Troitskaya

(XX International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

 

HIV Risk Behaviors
 

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Combination social protection for reducing HIV-risk behavior amongst adolescents in South Africa.
Cluver LD, Orkin MF, Yakubovich AR, Sherr L.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jan 27.
Abstract

Reductions in HIV risk among runaway youth.
Rotheram-Borus MJ, Song J, et al 
Prev Sci. 2003 Sep;4(3):173-87
 

Psychosocial correlates of HIV risk behavior in adolescent girls.
Morrison-Beedy D, Carey MP, Aronowitz T.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 2003 Jan-Feb;32(1):94-101
Abstract

Gender-specific profiles of self-reported adolescent HIV risk behaviors.
Krantz SR, Lynch DA, Russell JM.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 2002 Nov-Dec;13(6):25-33
Abstract

 

Tattooing
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Piercing and tatooing in high school students of Veneto region: prevalence and perception of infectious releated risk.
Majori S, Capretta F, Baldovin T, et al
J Prev Med Hyg
. 2013 Mar;54(1):17-23.
Abstract

Tattooing and piercing in teenagers.
Perez-Cotapos S ML, Cossio T ML. 

Rev Med Chil.
2006 Oct;134(10):1322-9.
Abstract

Tattooing and High-Risk Behavior in Adolescents.
Roberts TA, Ryan SA
.
Pediatrics
2002 Dec;110(6):1058-1063
Abstract

 

Body Piercing
 

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Awareness of complications and maintenance mode of oral piercing in a group of adolescents and young Italian adults with intraoral piercing.
Vozza I, Fusco F, Corridore D, Ottolenghi L.
Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2015 Apr 10.
Paper

Piercing and tatooing in high school students of Veneto region: prevalence and perception of infectious releated risk.
Majori S, Capretta F, Baldovin T, et al
J Prev Med Hyg
. 2013 Mar;54(1):17-23.
Abstract

 

Pornography/X-Rated Movies
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Pornography, Sexual Coercion and Abuse and Sexting in Young People's Intimate Relationships: A European Study.
Stanley N, Barter C, Wood M, et al
J Interpers Violence. 2016 Mar 6.
Abstract

Exposure to Internet Pornography among Children and Adolescents: A National Survey.
Ybarra ML, Mitchell KJ. 

Cyberpsychol Behav.
2005 Oct;8(5):473-86.
Abstract

Exposure to X-rated movies and adolescents' sexual and contraceptive-related attitudes and behaviors.
Wingood GM, DiClemente RJ, Harrington K,

Pediatrics 2001 May;107(5):1116-9
Abstract

 

Internet
 

       Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

Associations between the Risk of Internet Addiction and Problem Behaviors among Korean Adolescents.
Sung J, Lee J, Noh HM,  et al
Korean J Fam Med
. 2013 Mar;34(2):115-22
Abstract

Exposure to sexually explicit Web sites and adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviors.
Braun-Courville DK, Rojas M.
J Adolesc Health. 2009 Aug;45(2):156-62.
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