Journal of Adolescent and Family Health
Due to funding restrictions, the Journal of Adolescent and Family Health is no longer accepting new submissions for editorial and publication consideration. Previously accepted manuscripts will continue to be available on this website.
An interdisciplinary journal publishing a range of articles from the biological and behavioral to social and applied sciences, intended to improve the lives of adolescents and families.
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Recent Content
Friendship and Informant Characteristics Associated with the Agreement among Adolescent and Friend Ratings of Behavior Problems
Brea-Anne Lauer and Kimberly Renk
FACTORS RELATED TO SUBSEQUENT ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Christopher J. Fay, Kathryn E. Fay, Luz A. Messina, Mina Halpern, and Samantha B. Stonbraker
It’s Not All About the Healthy Sibling: Sibling Relationships from the Perspective of Children and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis
Katrin Boß and Gerolf Renner
A pilot study exploring the viability of focus groups as a brief social media literacy intervention for substance use prevention among adolescents
Hailee K. Dunn, Deborah N. Pearlman, and Paul Florin
Why do Adolescents Seek Online Mental Health Information?
Daniel G. Lannin, Jeremy B. Kanter, Luke Russell, Leandra Parris, and Ani Yazedjian
Foundational Curriculum for the African American Student Network: Synthesis of Discussion Topics and Themes
Tabitha Grier-Reed, Alex Ajayi, Robert Wilson, and Danielle Cotton
Parental Deployment and Healthcare Utilization in Adolescents with Migraines and Other Somatic Symptoms
Charles Zimbrick-Rogers, Ashleigh R. Drake, Anne Peruski, Samuel Stinnette, and Brian Adams
A Review of Teen and Adolescent Attitudes Regarding E-cigarettes and Their Relevance to Education
Maury Grebenau
Preliminary Data on the Relation between Acculturation, Weight, and Sleep in Recently Immigrated Adolescents from Central America
Aleyda Arreola and Amanda Venta
More Than Simply “Letting Go”: Stakeholder Perspectives on Parental Roles in Health Care Transition
Brooke Allemang, Gina Dimitropoulos, Susan Samuel, Andrew Mackie, Elizabeth Morgan-Maver, and Jorge L. Pinzon
Primary Care Management of Children and Adolescents with ADHD: An Integrated Behavioral Health Solution?
Jeffrey D. Shahidullah PhD
Bullying Among Pregnant Teens: A Pilot Study
S. Alexandra Marshall, Bettina Knight, Mary Devine, Cristina Coker, and Zachary Stowe
Students’ Perspectives Regarding the Quality and Effectiveness of Nurse Practitioner Care in a University Health Center Setting
Rebecca Farina and Marketa Rejtar
Experiences of health communication within the family: Parent and adolescent perspectives
Traci L. Alberti, Sarah Benes, and Danielle Miles
Utilizing mHealth technology to increase HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine uptake in adolescents: A qualitative study
Gabrielle C. Darville, Charkarra Anderson-Lewis, Rebeccah Mercado, Jessica Ma, and Jann MacInnes
Racial Differences in the Impact of Adolescent Depression on Families in TADS
ALFIEE M. BRELAND-NOBLE, Camelia A. Harb, Kepher H. Makambi, and Michele J. Wong
A systematic review of the effect of habitual breakfast for adolescents aged 11-19 years on academic performance
Lena Yaslam Babaeer and Darren Wraith
Non-medical use of prescription drugs and sexual risk behaviors among depressed adolescents
Michael S. Dunn and John F. Yannessa
The role of stressors and academic competence in adolescent depression by race
Ishani R. Deo and Hazel M. Prelow
A meta-analysis of interventions to reduce repeat pregnancy and birth among teenagers
Lee SmithBattle, Chutima Chantamit-o-pas, and Joanne Schneider
The evolution of challenges for adoptive families: the impact of age as a framework for differentiation
Nancy Rolock, Joan M. Blakey, Megan Wahl, and Amy Devine
Family-centered approach to teen-driving program: program evaluation of parental behavioral outcomes
Karen K. Melton, Beth Lanning, and Naomi Abel
Adolescent - perceived maternal relationship during adolescence and pap smears during young adulthood
Tiffany B. Kindratt and Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez
Adversity and academic performance among adolescent youth: a community-based participatory research study
Sukhdip Purewal Boparai, Tiffani Marie, Eduardo Aguayo, Jordan Brooks, Estefany Juarez, Sheana Soriano, Alasia Waters, Jaquez Donaldson, Joseph Reagans, Gracee Anguiano, and Allison Ipsen
Individual-level and socio-contextual influences on body mass index and achievement in adolescence to young adulthood
Mellissa S. Gordon
Defining adolescence
Alexa C. Curtis
Implicit and explicit self-esteem as predictors of reactive and proactive aggression in adolescent boys and girls
Maya Suter, Sebastien Urben, Sandrine Pihet, Cybele Bertoni, Jill De Ridder, and Philippe Stephan
Food insecurity challenge to families in the greater Chattanooga area: the case of the food bank
Samantha K. Elliott, irina Khmelko, and Richard Beeland
Play it safe!®: a school-based childhood physical and sexual abuse prevention program
Joan M. Blakey and Jeffry W. Thigpen
Increasing the use of trauma-sensitive lens for school case managers: a training assessment
Breanne Thomas, Becky Scott, and David K. Pooler
Evaluating voices of youth: a violence prevention program
Jeannette B. Wyatt and Trisha A. Hicks
Does wilderness therapy reduce recidivism in delinquent adolescents?: A narrative review
Jamie M. Clem, Stephanie Grace Prost, and Bruce A. Thyer
A missed opportunity for shared responsibility in adolescent contraception
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh
Culturally-appropriate, family- and community-based physical activity and healthy eating Intervention for african-american middle school-aged girls: A feasibility pilot
Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Alexis W. Adams-Wynn, Sofiya Alhassan, and Melicia C. Whitt-Glover
Exploring and utilizing the concept of setting conditions in the functional assessment process
Linda Aldridge, Richard Harrison, Kimberly Harrison, and Cherie Blanchat
Epidemiology of adolescent and young adult hospital utilization for alcohol and drug use, poisoning, and suicide attempts in the United States
Marie Barnard Ph.D. and Michele Kelly Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Parental involvement during adolescence and contraceptive use in college
Caroline Payne Purvis, Rosemary V. Barnett, and Larry Forthun
An innovative approach to improving father-child relationships for fathers who are noncompliant with child support payments: a mixed methods evaluation
John R. Gallagher, Joan R. Rycraft, and Tommy Jordan
Strategies for recruitment and retention of teen mothers in a program to prevent repeat pregnancy
Jeannette E. South-Paul, Collette N. Ncube, Chyongchiou J. Lin, Mary Patricia Nowalk, Ruth N. Kagwima, Emily A. Wheeler, Annamore Matambanadzo, and Ayotunde Adeyeye
Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy an effective treatment for autism? A review
Daniel Dunleavy and Bruce A. Thyer
An assessment of supervisory well-being in a statewide guardian ad litem program
David K. Pooler and Johnny Jones
Life on point youth development program outcomes
Christopher S. Horne
Introduction to volume 6
Michael Sherr