Sociological theory and research point to the importance of social relationships in affecting
health behavior. This work tends to focus on specific stages of the life course, with a division …

Adolescent suicide is a major public health concern. Stressing the need for public health–
based solutions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified “connectedness” …

Background Because COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020, nearly 93% of
US students engaged in some distance learning. These school disruptions may negatively …

Purpose To examine longitudinal associations of intuitive eating (IE), defined as eating
according to internal hunger and satiety cues, with psychological health outcomes and …

The focus of this study was social (ie, family and peer) influences on substance use from
early adolescence to early adulthood. A large, ethnically diverse sample of early …

Abstract This 4-year, multi-informant longitudinal study (N= 480, initial age: 15) investigated
the interplay between parental support, behavioral and psychological control, and …

This paper examines the role of parenting behaviors in influencing children's Internet
addiction and the consequences of children's Internet addiction on parents' job outcomes …

Body dissatisfaction is common in adolescence and associated with negative outcomes (eg,
eating disorders). We identified common individual trajectories of body dissatisfaction from …

The middle school years are a period of increased risk for youths' engagement in antisocial
behaviors, substance use, and affiliation with deviant peers (Dishion & Patterson,). This …

The current work aims to study both the peer group and family influence on adolescent
behaviour. In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, an explanatory model based …