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As the stressed adolescents of today are the adults of tomorrow, it is important to prevent & diagnose early anxiety disorders & enhance their overall self-esteem & wellbeing. A novel intervention for Generalized Anxiety Disorders in adolescents is proposed, that incorporates current clinical guidelines & state-ofthe art ICT technology. MINDHACKER is strengthening emotional resilience...
Research Project done to find out about the existing connection between knowledge and attitude towards sexuality by using ICT strategies in adolescents from 14 to 16 years old attending two public high schools with the objective of increasing the possibilities of offering teenagers with better tools to prevent unintended pregnancy and therefore promote critical thinking in them. The method used was...
This study investigates the network characteristics of adolescent friendship networks and the interaction between network characteristics and gender. Two competing hypotheses for closure and openness are derived and tested. Adolescents might strive for network closure, because this facilitates trust and trustworthiness among their friends. However, openness can also be beneficial because it facilitates...
Teenagers make many transitions during adolescence toward adult lifestyles and responsibilities. Teens with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) have the additional burden of assuming responsibility for disease management. The findings reported in this paper represent the perspective of parents and adolescents who are coping with T1D — uncovering various tensions that interfere with the effective use of technology...
The properties of acoustic speech have previously been investigated as possible cues for depression in adults. However, these studies were restricted to small populations of patients and the speech recordings were made during patients' clinical interviews or fixed-text reading sessions. Symptoms of depression often first appear during adolescence at a time when the voice is changing, in both males...
Adolescence is a critical time for leadership development. Yet there is only a little knowledge on youth leadership have been known by researchers. The most important facts impacting on youth leadership development are not confirmed yet and no youth leadership training model is adopted by all youth leadership development programs. Studies should focus more on the conceptual model of youth leadership,...
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