Child Development

cive; consequently, boys may appreciate new stepfa- thers as alternative supportive parents and masculine role models. In stepfa ...

father initially forms a warm relationship with the child and supports the mother’s discipline, and later begins to provide auth ...

ratory and skin disorders, malnutrition, and anemia), emotional health problems (such as depression, anxi- ety, psychosis, and s ...

cal challenges associated with puberty, as well as social challenges such as moving into middle school and de- veloping cross-se ...

development and to help guide the design of appro- priate interventions. For example, the premise un- derlying the majority of l ...

problems. A 1993 study conducted by Denise Kandel and Kazuo Yamaguchi found that adolescents who use harder drugs, such as cocai ...

which any person is identified as an individual at risk for substance abuse. Universal prevention strategies address the entire ...

and communities can help protect young people from the harms of substance abuse. See also: ADOLESCENCE; CONFORMITY; PARENT- CHIL ...

Geographic and race/ethnicity factors play an ad- ditional role in increasing the relative risks. SIDS rates increase during col ...

those not at risk who may have similar diminished re- sponsiveness is lacking as of 2001. A third respiratory regulation control ...

in death. During adolescence, the documented preva- lence rates of suicide attempts are higher than at any other time in the hum ...

boyfriend or girlfriend. Teens who are depressed, in- volved with alcohol or other drugs, or are victims of physical, emotional, ...

adults (e.g., parents, teachers, coaches), crisis ho- tlines, or trained professionals (e.g., counselors, ther- apists, doctors) ...

imitation plays an important role in the development of symbolic thought because the child is able to imag- ine behaviors observ ...

T TABULA RASA English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704) pro- posed that the mind of the newborn infant is a tabula rasa, or bla ...

Bibliography Gravel, Roy A., Joe T. R. Clarke, Michael M. Kaback, Don Mahu- ran, Conrad Sandhoff, and Kinuko Suzuki. ‘‘The GM 2 ...

FIGURE 1 SOURCE: Figure adapted from National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Statistics of the United States, 1968, Vol 1: ...

Moore and associates compared outcomes among children of teen and nonteen mothers, using a set of standard statistical controls ...

Ventura, Stephanie J., and Mary Anne Freedman. ‘‘Teenage Child- bearing in the United States, 1960–1997.’’ American Journal of P ...

Displacement theory suggests that time spent with television leads to a decrease in more valuable activities, such as reading an ...