High School Adolescent Girls Research Articles

PENGARUH TIPE PENGASUHAN, LINGKUNGAN SEKOLAH, DAN PERAN TEMAN SEBAYA TERHADAP KECERDASAN EMOSIONAL REMAJA

Emotional intelligent as one aspect of human resources is very important to achieve successful living of individual and society. It is a learned behavior that transferred to individual from social environment from early childhood to old ages through socialization within family and out side the family. Facts show that in Indonesia especially in urban area many adolescent high school boys and girls have limited emotional intelligent. The objective of the study is to analyze the effect of parenting, school environment, and role of peer group to adolescent emotional intelligent. The study was carried out in Bogor Municipality. Two hundred samples consisted of 100 students enrolled in senior high school and their parents, especially mother, respectively were drawn using stratified random sampling method with school performance quality as stratification criteria. Data were collected through interviews and self reporting. Descriptive statistics and multiple regressions were used to analyze the data. Results showed that father education attainment and age of mother affect emotional parenting type. Emotional parenting type, school discipline, emotional learning offered in school curriculum, and role of peer group as social comparison learning affect adolescent emotional intelligent significantly

Evaluating BMI And Waist Circumference Cutpoints To Identify Urban Female Adolescents At Risk For Metabolic Syndrome

INTRODUCTION Adolescent obesity and related metabolic syndrome are growing problems in the United States. Screening techniques are needed to identify those at risk for developing metabolic syndrome in order to initiate preventive or treatment therapies. Recent research by Katzmarzyk et al (2004) suggests age, race and gender specific body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference cutpoints to help identify those at risk for metabolic syndrome. PURPOSE To determine whether the previously-published BMI and waist circumference cutpoints are associated with multiple risk factors in a sample of urban, predominantly African American adolescent high school girls. METHODS Baseline data were collected from 190 ninth grade females, (84% African American) enrolled in a physical activity intervention trial. Seven variables associated with metabolic syndrome were ascertained and included in this analysis; blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), fasting glucose, cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides. Risk status was individually determined for each variable based on published data, current health guidelines or the 20% least favorable values determined from this sample. Participants were separated into two groups high risk (meeting the criteria for 3 or more risk measures) or not at risk (meeting the criteria for less than 3 risk measures). RESULTS 64% of participants exceeded the Katzmarzyk et al cutpoint for BMI; 59% exceeded the cutpoint for waist circumference. The sample high risk prevalence for metabolic syndrome was 17%. Participants who exceeded the BMI cutpoint and categorized as high risk was 22%. 7% exceeded the BMI cutpoint but did not have a high risk profile (p=.008). Of those classified within the high risk category, 88% also exceeded the BMI cutpoint. Participants who exceeded the waist circumference cutpoint and categorized as high risk was 23%. 9% exceeded the waist circumference cutpoint but did not have a high risk profile (p=.01). Of those classified within high risk category, 82% also exceeded the waist circumference cutpoint. CONCLUSIONS Both BMI and waist circumference cutpoints provide useful measures for screening urban adolescent females at risk of developing metabolic syndrome and can help identify those in need of additional medical and lifestyle modification. This study was supported by ROI HL63861.

Weight concern, dieting and eating behaviors. A survey of Israeli high school girls

The main goal of the present study was to explore some of the risk-factor variables for eating disorders among Israeli junior high and high school adolescent girls (12-18 years old) from different residential areas in the northern district of Israel. Additionally, this study examined and identified which group was most prone to develop disordered eating behaviors and attitudes. A representative sample of 1,316 Jewish adolescent females from five Israeli school sub-groups and from five different residential areas was selected proportionally to various school sub-groups and residential areas. The Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2) was the assessment tool used, yielding scores on 11 sub-scales. In regard to age, the 16.6-18 year-olds were found to have significantly higher total EDI-2 scores, as compared to the other age groups. Girls aged 16.6 and up were found to have the highest score in six sub-scales out of eleven. As for different types of schools in different residential settings, the secular boarding school sub-group had the significantly highest scores, while the kibbutz sub-group had the lowest scores for the total EDI-2, as well as for most subscales. The majority of scores for the other school sub-groups fell midway between the two extreme groups. The results are discussed in terms of cultural, religious, ethnic, and socioeconomic influences. The results highlight the need to conduct a systematic methodological study comparing various psychological and socioeconomic factors, including maladaptive eating behavior in different types of religious residential schools.

Adolescent girls' personal experience with Baby Think It Over infant simulator.

To explore adolescent girls' personal experience with an infant simulator that had to be cared for over a period of 1 to 2 weeks. This qualitative study employed the phenomenological approach and utilized Colaizzi's method of analysis. Participants were nine adolescent high school girls who were interviewed and audiotaped. Interview data were coded using NUD*IST 4 software. Three themes emerged from the data. They were (1) a parenting journey incorporating intellectual, emotive, and physical faculties; (2) recognizing the illusionary nature of previously held ideas about parenting an infant; and (3) offering counsel based on the BTIO experience. The new perspectives gained by the participants about parenting a newborn infant differed markedly from the romantic fantasies they held prior to the experience. The teens started thinking more seriously about the consequences of sexual activity. Used for 1 to 2 weeks, in conjunction with budgeting exercises and provocative small-group discussions, the BTIO shows promise as an effective tool in helping to modify unrealistic and idealized teen views of adolescent pregnancy and parenting.

Calcium Intake and Bone Mass Development Among Israeli Adolescent Girls

Objective: To determine the possible relationship between food and life style habits and bone health in adolescent Israeli females.Methods: 2,000 adolescent Israeli Jewish and Arab high-school girls (mean age 14.5) completed a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and a personal history questionnaire. 27 food components were calculated for each subject. Bone mineral content and density were determined for 112 subjects with calcium intake below 800 mg/day.Results: Average calcium intake was found to be 1,260 mg/day, but 20% of all girls had a calcium intake below 800 mg/day. All low-energy diets were very low in calcium, as mean calcium intake per 1,000 calories was 411±128 grams. A large percentage of diets with less than 800 mg calcium were also deficient in phosphorus (95.2%), magnesium (84.8%), iron (90.5%) and zinc (100%). Due to differences in food sources, Jewish girls had more phosphorus in their diet, but less magnesium and iron compared to Arab girls. Calcium and zinc deficiencies in Jewish and Arab diets were similar. A negative correlation was found between body mass index (BMI) and age at menarche for all girls in the study. Bone mineral density (BMD) measured for girls with calcium intake below 800 mg/day distributed normally around the average when compared to age matched controls despite their low calcium intake. There was a strong positive correlation between BMD and bone mineral content (BMC) at all sites and body weights.Conclusions: Low calcium intake, other nutritional deficiencies and delayed menarche due to low-energy diet in the growing period and in adolescence may prevent the formation of healthy bones. There is no evidence of lower bone mass among the low calcium intake group in the study population at this stage. It remains to be documented if the window of opportunity for optimal bone accretion for this group will be missed in the future, possibly leading to increased risk of osteoporosis.

Instrumentality as a life-stress moderator for early versus middle adolescents.

Used a longitudinal design to test the main and stress-buffering effects of instrumentality of measures of trait anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. Ss were early (junior high school) and middle (senior high school) adolescent boys and girls. The hypothesis that instrumentality would be negatively related to psychological distress was supported by the cross-sectional and longitudinal regression analyses of every subgroup of Ss. The hypothesized stress-buffering effect of instrumentality was found in the cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of senior high girls, specifically in the context of interpersonal negative events (relationship stress). The analyses for junior high girls revealed that instrumentality was beneficial only at a low level of relationship stress. There were no significant interaction effects in the regression analyses of boys. The findings suggest that, when experiencing relationship stress, instrumentality is helpful for middle adolescent girls but not for early adolescent girls. Therefore, future research on adolescents' life-stress adjustment should consider the roles of gender, age, personality, and type of life stress.