Annotated Bibliography
Biddle, B. M.
(1980). Parental and Peer Influence on Adolescents. Social Forces,
58(4), 1057-1079.
This is a study that explains how adolescents are affected by
parental and peer pressures. They are influenced by modeling of behaviors.
Adolescents may respond directly or by internalizing norms or preferences for
conduct. Pressures, norms, and preferences have different effects on adolescent
behavior. This article will be helpful for our website because it explains how
our behavior as adults has an impact on the adolescent and how they respond to
peer pressure.
Danielsson, A.
(2011). Heavy Episodic Drinking in Early Adolescence: Gender
Specific Risk and Protective Factors. Substance
Use & Misuse, 46(5), 633-643.
This is a study showing 7th grade adolescent girls are
beginning to approach or even exceed adolescent boys’ levels of heavy alcohol use.
The study examined possible gender differences regarding risk and protective
factors for heavy drinking. The factors that led to heavy drinking were peer
and parental relationships. This article will be a valuable resource because it
allows us to understand the gender differences regarding peer pressure among
adolescents.
Dunn, M. D. (2011).
Effects of Youth Assets on Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco,
Marijuana Use, and Sexual Behavior. Journal
Of Alcohol & Drug Education,
55(3), 23-40.
This study examines the associations of youth assets and adolescent
engagement in substances or sexual behavior among students 14-18 in a rural
state. A large percentage had engaged in the substances or sexual behavior.
Future aspirations, parental expectations, and positive peer influence were
associated with a lower prevalence of adolescent substance use or sexual
behavior. This article will be helpful because it explains different ways that
we can help adolescents stray from these behaviors.
Elgar, F., Phillips, N., &
Hammond, N. (2011). Trends in alcohol and drug use among
canadian adolescents, 1990-2006, 56(4),
243-247.
The authors in this article did a
longitudinal study of drug and alcohol use among students in grades 6, 8, and
10 in Canada from 1990 to 2006. The
researchers found that alcohol consumption decreased in all subgroups during
this time, but the use of cannabis had increased in all of the subgroups during
this same period. I took a couple of
things away from this article. First, that
it is important for schools and policy makers to continue to monitor the use of
alcohol and drug use amongst it students.
I also learned that adolescents use of alcohol and drugs may change when
new substances become more widely available.
It is very important that school leaders educate themselves about what
new substances are being used and to educate students to the long-term effects
of drug and alcohol use.
Gladstone, T., & Beardslee, W. (2009). The prevention of
depression in children and
adolescents: a review. Canadian journal of psychiatry, 56(4), 212-221.
This article reviewed depression
prevention programs for adolescents that are
already in place. They evidence-based
programs were well implemented and
consistent with cognitive-behavioral
and interpersonal psychotherapy traditions.
There was great hope found in these
interventions in preventing depressive disorders
in youth. This article will give us
great early prevention programs to recommend on
our informative website.
Jakobsen, I., Horwood, L., & Fergusson, D. (2012). Childhood
anxiety/withdrawal,
adolescent parent-child
attachment and later risk of depression and anxiety disorder.
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 21(2), 303-310.
The research in this
articles covered a span of 30 years and found that early
anxiety/withdrawal
was related to an increased risk for subsequent adult major
depression and
anxiety disorder. It also showed that a positive parent-child
attachment in
adolescence was related to a reduced risk of later internalizing
disorders. The
implications of these findings are that there are needed interventions
to increased
parent-child attachment to help in the children who show early
anxiety/withdrawal
symptoms. In relating to our website, this gives us a good
reminder to not
forget the importance of helping the parents be effective role models
while their children
are in the adolescent years.
Kiran-Esen, B.
(2012). ANALYZING PEER PRESSURE AND SELF-EFFICACY
EXPECTATIONS AMONG ADOLESCENTS. Social
Behavior & Personality: An
International Journal, 40(8),
1301-1309.
This is a study examining adolescents using the Self-Efficacy Scale
examining what influences adolescents to
give in to peer pressure. This study explains that one of the biggest factors
of peer pressure is how adolescents are perceived by their peers. Influences
are general and academic self-efficacy. This article will be helpful because it
identifies the factors that lead to peer pressure and how these causes can be
avoided to help adolescents make their own decisions.
Kokkevi, A., Rotsika, V., Arapaki, A., & Richardson, C. (2011).
Increasing self-reported
suicide attempts by
adolescents in greece between 1984 and 2007. Social Psychiatry &
Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47(3),
231-237.
This article is trying to find the
reason behind the trend of increasing self-reported suicide attempts within the
past 20 plus years. A few conclusions reached were the loosing of family ties,
increased drug use, and stress from schoolwork. The females have higher rates
that males but the males have quadrupled since 1984 as the female rate has only
doubled. Looking at some data on the increased rate of suicide attempts in
adolescents, even though it is in Greece, gives us information to show the
reader the importance as well as cause them to take action. Trying to put our
finger on reasons why the attempts have increased will give direction to areas
to implement interventions to start to decrease these staggering numbers.
Moses, N., Banilivy, M., &
Lifshitz, F. (1989). Fear of obesity
among adolescent girls.
Pediatrics,
83(3), 393-398.
The
article researched the topics of dieting, weight, and perceptions concerning
weight of adolescent girls. In it, the
researchers discovered that many adolescent girls have a distorted perception
of ideal body weight and that many use unhealthy measures to maintain their
desired body weight. They also found
that the highest group of girls that were dieting was the group that was
already below their optimal body weight.
Image of oneself has always been an issue amongst adolescent
females. I learned in this article that
it is important to discuss dieting habits with all students regardless if they
are overweight or not.
Pettit, J., Green, K., Grover,
K., Schatte, D., & Morgan, S. (2011).
Domains of chronic
stress and suicidal behaviors among
impatient adolescent. Journal of clinical child
and adolescent psychology, 40(3),
494-499.
The
authors of this article researched the effects of chronic stress on suicidal
thoughts and behaviors amongst adolescents.
The results of their findings suggest that stress in close relationships
is more connected to suicidal thoughts and behaviors than stress in wider peer
relationships. One of the other findings
was that there was a strong association between chronic health stress and
suicidal thoughts and actions. I learned
from this article that there are many prevention programs that target
psychopathological symptoms and recent life events, but there are few programs
that implement strategies to cope with ongoing stress.
Szumilas, M., & Kutcher, S. (2009). Teen suicide information on
the internet:
a systematic analysis of
quality. Canadian journal of psychiatry,
54(9), 596-604.
Szumilas
and Kutcher analyze the quality of the websites that are posting
information related to teen suicides.
They are looking that the statistics on this website have been evidence-based
to properly inform the readers. Not only does this article give quality
information for the accuracy of the data posted on various sites, it also gives
the importance of posting only sound, evidence-based data on our website we are
creating.
Vincent, M., Clearie, A.,
&Schluchter, M. (1987). Reducing
adolescent pregnancy
through school and community-based
education. Journal of the american medical
association, 257(24),
3382-3386.
The researchers in this article discuss
the positive effects of public health education model in lowering the pregnancy
rate among adolescents. The primary
objective of the program was to postpone voluntary sexual intercourse among
teens and preteens. The secondary
objective of the program was to promote the use of effective contraception
amongst sexually active teens and preteens.
The main components of the program included improving decision-making
skills, enhance self-esteem, and aligning personal values with those of the family,
church, and community. The key learning
for me was that the reason why this program was successful was that included
all stakeholders in the change process.
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