An HPV vaccination intervention that was implemented in schools modestly improved psychosocial vaccine-related outcomes like decision-making in adolescents, according to findings published in JAMA ...

Adolescent risk-taking behaviour and decision making remain pivotal topics in developmental science, as this period is marked by a dynamic interplay between neural maturation, environmental influences ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers analyzed 34 adolescents with and without concussion in a distracted-driver simulation. Those with ...

Adolescents in Panama face multiple challenges to their sexual health, rights and well-being such as high rates of teenage pregnancy (~30% of all pregnancies), increased HIV infections and sexual ...

This study is about what adolescents with cancer think about their life situation, the support they get, and the information they receive about their illness. The data for this qualitative and ...

The question was: “Why is decision-making so agonizing for our teenager? Why can’t she just make up her mind and stick to what she’s decided instead of going back and forth or looking for something ...

How often have you said or heard another parent comment, “I just want my kids to be happy"? The other side of that wish is a fear that they won’t be. That fear results in our desire to make sure our ...

Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 44, No. 9 (September 2018), pp. 585-588 (4 pages) Since USA constitutional precedent established in 1976, adolescents have increasingly been afforded the right to ...

Age-dependent decreases in sub-optimal and ‘noisy’ decisions associated with improved higher-level cognitive and planning skills. Created with Adobe Illustrator. Adults exhibit a general tendency to ...

Covid-19 vaccination for adolescents (for these purposes, children 12 to 17 years of age) is important, both for their own mental and physical health and for public health; the benefits of vaccination ...

When a child is critically ill, families often face one of the most heartbreaking questions imaginable: how should a medical team intervene when a patient's heart stops beating or they are unable to ...