Dysphoric adolescents' causal explanations and expectancies for approach and avoidance goals

Article Abstract:

The personal goal systems associated with dysphoria in late adolescence is presented. Dysphoric adolescents, relative to controls, generated a combination of more avoidance goals and fewer approach goals, and thought of more reasons that explain why goals would not be achieved and fewer reasons that explain why goals would be achieved and they anticipated less personal control in implementing their goals than controls.

Science & research, Research, Affective disorders, Mood disorders

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Retrospective and prospective cognitions in adolescents: Anxiety, depression, and positive and negative affect

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An examination is conducted among 123 school-aged adolescents to find whether they showed same pattern on anxiety and depression. Adolescents with higher levels of depression and those with higher levels of anxiety reported significantly more negative events relative to controls.

Risk factors, Anxiety

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After school activities, overweight, and obesity among city youth

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Among 5489 inner city youth 28.5 percent of males and 33.7 percent of females were overweight and 15.9 percent of boys and 16.4 percent of girls were obese. It is stated that after school sports are a potential opportunity for prevention of obesity in adolescents.

Evaluation, Health surveys, Obesity in adolescence, Adolescent obesity

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