Browsing by Subject "adolescence"

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    • O adolescente e suas representações sociais: apontamentos sobre a importância do contexto histórico 

      Quiroga, Fernando Lionel [UNIFESP]; Vitalle, Maria Sylvia de Souza [UNIFESP] (IMS-UERJ, 2013-09-01)
      This study aims to discuss the modes of social representation of adolescence. Scientific tradition, especially from Erikson (1976), favored the social representation according to which adolescence is a period of transition ...

    • Adolescência através dos séculos 

      Schoen-ferreira, Teresa Helena [UNIFESP]; Aznar-farias, Maria [UNIFESP]; Silvares, Edwiges Ferreira De Mattos (Instituto de Psicologia, Universidade de Brasília, 2010-06-01)
      Contemporary western society has extended the period of adolescence, which is no longer seen as a preparation for adult life, but began to make sense of itself as part of the human lifecycle. The present article aims to ...

    • Are reasons for the first use of drugs and family circumstances predictors of future use patterns? 

      De Micheli, D.; Formigoni, MLOS (Elsevier B.V., 2002-01-01)
      The objective of this study was to investigate whether the level of drug dependence in adolescents can be predicted by any of the following factors: the reasons to which the first use or non-use of drugs is attributed, ...

    • Atitudes alimentares e imagem corporal em meninas adolescentes de ascendência nipônica e caucasiana em São Paulo (SP) 

      Sampei, Miriam Akemi [UNIFESP]; Sigulem, Dirce Maria [UNIFESP]; Novo, Neil Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Juliano, Yara; Colugnati, Fernando Antonio Basile [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria, 2009-04-01)
      OBJECTIVE: Despite investigations into the rapid increase in eating disorders across diverse ethnic groups, conclusions concerning ethnicity and eating disorders are contradictory. The objective of the present study was ...

    • Ayahuasca in adolescence: A neuropsychological assessment 

      Doering-Silveira, Evelyn; Lopez, Enrique; Grob, Charles S.; Rios, Marlene Dobkin de; Alonso, Luisa K.; Tacla, Cristiane; Shirakawa, Itiro; Bertolucci, Paulo H.; Da Silveira, Dartiu X. (Haight-ashbury Publ, 2005-06-01)
      The purpose of the study was to evaluate neuropsychologically adolescents who use ayahuasca in a religious context. A battery of neuropsychological tests was administered to adolescents who use ayahuasca. These subjects ...

    • Ayahuasca in adolescence: A preliminary psychiatric assessment 

      Da Silveira, D. X.; Grob, Charles S.; Rios, Marlene Dobkin de; Lopez, Enrique; Alonso, Luisa K.; Tacla, Cristiane; Doering-Silveira, Evelyn (Haight-ashbury Publ, 2005-06-01)
      Ayahuasca is believed to be harmless for those (including adolescents) drinking it within a religious setting. Nevertheless controlled studies on the mental/ psychiatric status of ritual hallucinogenic ayahuasca concoction ...

    • Body mass index and body composition in relation to sexual maturation 

      Castilho, Silvia Diez; Cocetti, Monize; Barros Filho, Antonio de Azevedo (Freund Publishing House Ltd, 2008-02-01)
      Aim: To assess body mass index. (BMI) in relation to sexual maturation and verify how fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) contribute to its increase.Methods: 1,275 White adolescents (656 girls and 619 boys), aged 9 to ...

    • Comparação do perfil lipídico, pressão arterial e aspectos nutricionais em adolescentes, filhos de hipertensos e de normotensos 

      Elias, Maria Cristina [UNIFESP]; Bolívar, Max Samuel Mattos [UNIFESP]; Fonseca, Francisco Antonio Helfenstein [UNIFESP]; Martinez, Tania Leme Da Rocha [UNIFESP]; Angelini, Japy [UNIFESP]; Ferreira, Celso [UNIFESP]; Kasinski, Nelson [UNIFESP]; De Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo [UNIFESP]; Carvalho, Antonio Carlos [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, 2004-02-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To compare blood pressure, lipid profile, food intake, and anthropometric data of adolescents with or without a familial history of hypertension. METHODS: Forty-three adolescents from both sexes were assessed, ...

    • Competência, problemas psicológicos e comportamentos pró-sociais em adolescentes abrigados 

      Fernandes, Amanda Oliveira [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2013-02-27)
      Purpose: this study aimed to evaluate the psychological conditions of sheltered adolescents in terms of perception of their condition of sheltered, competences levels, psychological problems and prosocial behavior. Methods: ...

    • A construção da identidade em adolescentes: um estudo exploratório 

      Schoen-ferreira, Teresa Helena [UNIFESP]; Aznar-farias, Maria [UNIFESP]; Silvares, Edwiges Ferreira De Mattos (Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2003-04-01)
      According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, the most important task during adolescence is identity construction. Based on this assertion, this study, undertaken with 25 high school students (15 to 17 years old), compared ...