Risk factors associated with date rape and sexual assault of adolescent
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The four-year study of unwanted sexual activity by dates or boyfriends' risk factors and prevalence reveals that 23% of the 112 rural teenage girls had such experiences and 15% of those were the victims of date rape. Remarkable predictors were: earlier age of menarche, sexual activity, sexually active same sex friends, poor peer relationships and poor emotional status while family situation had little impact. Parents, teachers, counselors and the legal system should be more sensible about the seriousness of the problem. The effort has to come from the community.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1995
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One hundred girls in care referred to an adolescent forensic mental health service
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A review was conducted on 100 adolescent females who were referred to an adolescent forensic mental health service. Seventy-six girls were found to have deliberately harmed themselves while 68 had assaulted at least one person. Ninety exhibited behavior that was against the law and 42 were charged with an offence. Of the violent girls, 50% suffered from substance abuse. A significant percentage of the deliberately self-harming girls had mental illness, misused substances and had been sexually abused.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 1998
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"I would rather be size 10 than have straight A's": a focus group study of adolescent girls' wish to be thinner
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A new study investigates the sociocultural pressures facing adolescent girls who wish to be thin and analyses their thoughts about their bodies.
Publication Name: Journal of Adolescence
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0140-1971
Year: 2000
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