This review examines the evidence for longitudinal predictors of substance use and abuse
in emerging adulthood. Nationally representative data from the 2007 National Survey on …

This paper provides a concise but comprehensive review of research on religion/spirituality
(R/S) and both mental health and physical health. It is based on a systematic review of …

Abstract The Ecological Systems theory represents a convergence of biological,
psychological, and social sciences. Through the study of the ecology of human …

PURPOSE: To compare the relative influence of risk and protective factors across several
domains on adolescent substance use in a large sample of youth. METHODS: Cross …

Children and adolescents worldwide experience a variety of adversities that have the
potential to disrupt typical development. However, some of these individuals exhibit …

The aim of the research was to investigate the influence of gender, exposure to community
violence, and parental monitoring upon antisocial behavior and anxiety/depression in …

In this paper we comprehensively review published quantitative research on the relationship
between religion, spirituality (R/S), and cardiovascular (CV) disease, discuss mechanisms …

Children living in homes where intimate partner violence occurs are often exposed to such
violence through witnessing, seeing its effects, hearing about it, or otherwise being made …

This article describes the development and validation of a six-scale survey to assess school
climate in terms of students' perceptions of the degree to which they feel welcome and …

Background In many developing countries, adolescents have become increasingly prone to
engage in habitual risky sexual behavior such as early sexual initiation and unprotected sex …