Background Global high rates of unplanned pregnancy and abortion among young women
demonstrate the need for increased access to modern contraceptive services. In sub …

Bullying is a significant public health problem in the United States that affects youth
functioning in multiple domains. Much of the research on bullying to date has focused on …

In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense contestation--both a powerful form of
cultural currency and a target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis …

The present study was conducted with female undergraduates in the Midwestern region of
US to examine the potential positive and negative influences of the gendered depictions of …

In an age of rising impact of online communication in social network sites (SNS), emotional
interaction is neither limited nor restricted by time or space. Bereavement extends to the …

A survey was conducted with US high school students (M= 16.57 years of age) from the
Midwest to examine whether exposure to “teen mom” reality programming (eg, 16 and …

To assist scholars in designing studies that have increased validity, this chapter provides an
extensive review of measurement options and experimental manipulation of parasocial …

Health communication strategies to decrease teen pregnancies include the employment of
entertainment-education (EE), which involves embedding health messages in an …

Considering the alarming worldwide increases in eating disorders among adolescents,
thought to be linked with body image, this study uses social cognitive theory as a framework …

Through considerable efforts and investments of resources, adolescent pregnancy and birth
rates in the United States have decreased significantly over the past two decades …