Resource Tag: SEXUAL STRESSORS

This study compared prevalence rates of selected risk behaviours & age of first intercourse of Grade 8 students in Cape Town between 1997-2004. Data was derived from multistage cluster samples of 1,437 & 6,266 Grade 8 students in 1997 & 2004, respectively. There was a significant delay in first intercourse in 2004 compared with 1997. […]

This study compared 1993 & 1995 self-reported suicidal behaviour in relation to tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, school misconduct, academic difficulties, home environment, sexual activity, & violence among 7th- to 12th-grade adolescents in a medium-sized Midwest school district. Independent factors accounted for more variance in male suicidal behaviour than in female suicidal behaviour. As […]

Associations between health risk behaviours & suicide ideation & attempts in Canadian adolescents aged 12-13 years were examined. A nationally representative sample of 2090 adolescents was studied. All health risk behaviours (disruptive, sexual & substance use) were common among male & female adolescents. In unadjusted models, almost all health risk behaviours were associated with suicide […]

This study assessed differential vulnerabilities of preparatory school adolescents to psychosocial problems with reference to their living arrangements & parental attachment. A comparative cross-section study was conducted in 2004 with a sample of 557 students using a pre-tested & structured questionnaire. Four focus groups were also held. 6% of students reported having attempted suicide in […]

The relationship of childhood residential mobility to health problems during adolescence & adulthood was examined. How much these apparent relationships may result from underlying adverse childhood experiences was determined. A retrospective cohort study of 8116 adults was conducted. After adjustment for demographic variables, the risk of high residential mobility during childhood was 1.7 to 3.1-fold […]

In this book, the author shares personal & unorthodox ways to survive in what can be a cruel world. The book only has one directive & that is “don’t be mean”.

This study examined the relationship between a history of suicide attempt & a range of current sexual risk behaviours in a sample of sexually high-risk adolescents. Baseline data from 1,245 sexually active 15-21-year-olds were collected. Accounting for demographic, contextual, & substance use variables, a lifetime history of suicide attempt significantly added to multivariate regression models […]

Data on current drinking, binge drinking, & other health risk behaviours from the 2003 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey were analysed. Binge-drinking rates were similar among boys & girls. Students who binge drank were more likely than both nondrinkers & current drinkers who did not binge to report poor school performance & involvement in other […]

The author interviewed 117 street youth in Vancouver & Toronto about their experiences & what they thought would be helpful to them. In this qualitative research, interviews were tape recorded & then transcribed. Factors the youth identified as contributing to suicidality were social stigma, drug abuse & addiction, trauma due to violence on the streets, […]

The leading causes of adolescent mortality in the United States are accidents, homicide, & suicide. Additional mortality is related to substance abuse, risky sexual behaviours, poor nutrition, & inadequate physical activity. The author recommends physicians target these risk factors with preventive counselling, noting adolescents may be reluctant to initiate such discussions because of concerns related […]

This report provides a follow-up to a 2003 adolescent health survey done in British Columbia. Youth give their perspectives on the research findings & their ideas for action. Youth were not surprised to learn girls were more likely to seriously consider suicide than boys. They felt each gender faces different pressures that could lead to […]

This editorial discusses suicidal behaviour among women. The effects of various risk & protective factors are examined. Recommendations are made for future research & prevention activities. (31 refs.)

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Between 1870-1920, the suicides of 13 British Columbian women, identified as prostitutes, provoked a response out of all proportion to their numbers. This essay examines this response, focusing first on the narratives created by witnesses at the inquests & then on the interpretations of those who did not literally know the dead women. It is […]

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