Objectives: to analyze the associations between bullying participation profiles (victims, bullies, and bully-victims) and the risk for eating disorders in adolescents. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 491 students, aged 10 to 18 years. Data were collected through the application of the Peer Victimization and Aggression Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test, and were statistically analyzed using...
Objective: To verify whether nursing and medical students take measures regarding their cardiovascular health and the associated risk factors. Method: Cross-sectional study, online data collection with 413 students in February and March 2021, using specific and validated instruments. Kruskal-Wallis, chi-square and logistic regression were adopted for statistical analyses. Results: 73.3% self-reported that they ...
Violence between intimate partners is recurrent in the daily lives of many Brazilian women, but its characteristics are little studied in same-sex relationships. This article aims to characterize the manifestation of violence in homosexual relationships among women based on its typology and frequency and to analyze the possible associations between violence and social support. The sample consisted of 634 Brazil...
Objective: to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention program to raise awareness among adolescents about violence in intimate relationships, enabling them to build healthy relationships. Method: Quasi-experimental study with students from the 8th and 9th grade of elementary school in a public school before (n = 105), after (n = 88) and after six months (n = 82) of an intervention based on the ecolo...
Personality aspects that present a risk for criminal conducts are susceptible to changes. This study aimed to identify the profile of adolescents in conflict with the law based on the Social Maladjustment (SM) construct, to describe patterns of criminal conducts, and to verify the continuity and change on these variables, in a longitudinal prospective study. A sample of 78 adolescents answered to the ...
Bullying affects the health and development of children and adolescents. This study examined the relationships between depression and students’ profiles in regard to their involvement with bullying (as victim, bully, or bully victim), among students transitioning to middle school. A total of 408 6th grade students (54.9% girls; mean age = 11.3 years; SD = 0.62 years) from six Brazilian public schools participat...
Deficits in social skills (HS) are associated with problems in adolescence. Its relations with the infractions is not, however, clear. The objective of this study was to characterize the HS repertoire of offending adolescents and to compare proportions with deficient and satisfactory repertoires in: schooling, delinquent trajectory (Policy Records and Previous Judicial Measures) and context of recruitment. Data...