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Encouraging greater empowerment for adolescents in consent procedures in social...
Samdal, Oddrun; Budin‐Ljøsne, Isabelle; Haug, Ellen; Helland, Trond; Kjostarova‐Unkovska, Lina; Bouillon, Claire; Bröer, Christian; Corell, MariaThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasizes the importance of allowing children and adolescents to influence decisions that are important to them following their age and maturity. This paper explores the principles, practices, and implications around using parental versus child/adolescent consent when participating in social science research and policy development. Experiences from two s...
Bullying, mental health, and the moderating role of supportive adults: a cross-...
Kim, Samuel Seunghan; Craig, Wendy Marion; King, Nathan; Bilz, Ludwig; Cosma, Alina; Molcho, Michal; Qirjako, Gentiana; Matos, Margarida Gaspar deObjectives: Relationships with supportive adults during adolescence may be a protective factor that lowers the risks associated with bullying. The current study aimed to examine the moderating role of supportive adults in the associations between bullying involvement (in-person and cyber) and mental health problems (psychological symptoms and low life satisfaction). Methods: Data from 45 countries and regions t...
Social media use and cyber-bullying : a cross-national analysis of young people...
Craig, Wendy; Boniel-Nissim, Meyran; King, Nathan; Walsh, Sophie D.; Boer, Maartje; Donnelly, Peter D.; Harel-Fisch, Yossi; Malinowska-Cieślik, MartaPurpose: Social media use (SMU) has become an intrinsic part of adolescent life. Negative consequences of SMU for adolescent health could include exposures to online forms of aggression. We explored age, gender, and cross-national differences in adolescents' engagement in SMU, then relationships between SMU and victimization and the perpetration of cyber-bullying. Methods: We used data on young people aged 11e1...
Prevalence of self-reported chronic pain among adolescents : evidence from 42 c...
Gobina, Inese; Villberg, Jari; Välimaa, Raili; Tynjälä, Jorma; Whitehead, Ross; Cosma, Alina; Brooks, Fiona; Cavallo, Franco; Ng, Kwok; Matos, MGBackground: Reports of the overall chronic pain prevalence and its associated demographic characteristics among adolescents vary greatly across existing studies. Using internationally comparable data, this study investigates age, sex and country‐level effects in the prevalence of chronic single‐site and multi‐site pain among adolescents during the last six months preceding the survey. Methods: Data (n = 214,283...
Sexual health questions included in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Childre...
Young, Honor; Költő, András; Reis, Marta; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Moreau, Nathalie; Burke, Lorraine; Cosma, Alina; Windlin, Béat; Gabhainn, Saoirse NicBackground: This paper describes the methodological developments of the sexual health items included in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study since their mandatory inclusion in the study in 2002. The current methodological, ethical and pedagogical challenges in measuring young people's sexual health behaviours are discussed along with the issues associated with the sexual health items introd...