Aims and scope The usage of mobile phones and the internet by young people has
increased rapidly in the past decade, approaching saturation by middle childhood in …

BACKGROUND: The prevalence and severity of obesity have increased among children
and adolescents. Although the medical and psychosocial consequences of youth obesity …

This article reports new findings on the incidence of risk and the associated experience of
harm reported by children and adolescents aged 11–16, regarding receipt of sexual …

Among the suggested problems and harms associated with widespread pornography use
among young people, risky sexual behaviors have been frequently mentioned. To further …

PURPOSE: To present a conceptual framework which accounts for the relationship between
community violence exposures (CVEs) and youth HIV risk behaviors. METHODS: This article …

Aims Though public health researchers are more aware of behavioral health concerns
among African American youth, few studies have explored how exposure to community …

The authors tested a theoretical model of how exposure to alcohol cues in movies predicts
level of alcohol use (ever use plus ever and recent binge drinking) and alcohol-related …

Objective: This study examined the relationship between violence exposure and sexual risk-
taking among low-income, urban African American adolescent girls, considering overlap …

Background Childhood maltreatment, particularly sexual abuse, has been found to be
associated with sexual risk behaviors later in life. We aimed to evaluate associations …

Objective: This study examined whether uncontrollable stressful life events were associated
with sexual risk taking among adolescents across a 1-year period, and whether supportive …