The Meaning of Grandparents as Viewed by Adolescent Grandchildren: An Empirical Study in Belgium

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Van Ranst ◽  
Karine Verschueren ◽  
Alfons Marcoen
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Leading Question

Why do adolescents value their grandparents? This was the leading question of an investigation among 563 adolescents and young adults in Flanders (Belgium). The Grandparent Meaning Scale which probes eleven a priori dimensions of meaning, was completed by 147 early adolescents ( M = 12.5 years), 175 middle adolescents ( M = 15.7 years), and 241 late adolescents ( M = 18.9 years). Results show that adolescents generally find their grandparents important and feel close to them. Grandparents are valued primarily because they provide affection, reassurance of worth, and reliable alliance. Relational-affective and caregiving meanings were assigned more often to grandmothers whereas advising, teaching, and narrative roles were ascribed more frequently to grandfathers. Maternal grandparents were generally perceived as more important and closer than paternal grandparents. Early adolescents assigned more importance and meaning to their grandparents than middle and late adolescents. There were no differences between grandsons and granddaughters.

Profiles of Citizenship Orientations Among Youth

Young ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 110330882110086
Author(s):  
Iana Tzankova ◽  
Gabriele Prati ◽  
Elvira Cicognani
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Institutional Politics ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Citizenship Orientations

Prior studies revealed that low levels of youth political activity are not necessarily indicative of complete disengagement from societal affairs but could be accompanied by interest and latent involvement stemming from a standby or monitorial attitude. However, no prior study has investigated patterns of citizenship orientations including both manifest and latent engagement defined by one’s position towards institutional politics, according to different forms of participation. A questionnaire was filled out by 1,732 late adolescents and young adults in Italy (15–30 years old, M = 19.73, 60.7% female). Cluster analysis identified six profiles of citizenship orientations across different types of participatory activities (political, activist, political online and civic): active trustful, active distrustful, standby trustful, standby distrustful, unengaged trustful and unengaged distrustful. The results showed that each level of engagement—active, standby and unengaged—could be further differentiated between trustful and distrustful based on their attitude towards institutions and the electoral process.

scholarly journals Research on Stress Among the Engineering College Students in Coimbatore, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S) ◽  
pp. 73-75
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Significant Public Health

The students are generally affected by stress especially in professional courses like medical, engineering are affected by higher stress, this leads to psychological problems such as high amount of depression, nervousness, cardiac problems etc.,. Mental health among the students indicates growing concern along with opportunity, because of the large number of people who could be reached during an important period of life. College premises, by their scholarly nature, are also well positioned to develop, evaluate, and disseminate best practices. In short, colleges offer a unique opportunity to address one of the most significant public health problems among late adolescents and young adults. Busy schedules crammed with curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular activities can affect the student’s physical and mental health, especially on delayed eating and improper and less sleeping. These stressors can compound over time, leading to even greater levels of stress. College premises, by their scholarly nature, are also well positioned to develop, evaluate, and disseminate best practices. In short, colleges offer a unique opportunity to address one of the most significant public health problems among late adolescents and young adults. This study aims to analyse the stress among the engineering students from sample survey. A quantitative method was used in gathering and analysing the data by distributing questionnaires to the students. The results obtained were analysed for different factors that cause stress among students

scholarly journals Cut-off limits of the GH response to GHRH plus arginine test and IGF-I levels for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in late adolescents and young adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 157 (6) ◽  
pp. 701-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ginevra Corneli ◽  
Carolina Di Somma ◽  
Flavia Prodam ◽  
Jaele Bellone ◽  
Simonetta Bellone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Gh Deficiency ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Pituitary Hormone ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Late Adolescent ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Roc Curve Analysis ◽  
Igf I

ObjectiveTo define the appropriate diagnostic cut-off limits for the GH response to GHRH+arginine (ARG) test and IGF-I levels, using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis, in late adolescents and young adults.Design and methodsWe studied 152 patients with childhood-onset organic hypothalamic–pituitary disease (85 males, age (mean±s.e.m.): 19.2±0.2 years) and 201 normal adolescents as controls (96 males, age: 20.7±0.2 years). Patients were divided into three subgroups on the basis of the number of the other pituitary hormone deficits, excluding GH deficiency (GHD): subgroup A consisted of 35 panhypopituitary patients (17 males, age: 21.2±0.4 years), subgroup B consisted of 18 patients with only one or with no more than two pituitary hormone deficits (7 males, age: 20.2±0.9 years); and subgroup C consisted of 99 patients without any known hormonal pituitary deficits (60 males, age: 18.2±0.2 years). Both patients and controls were lean (body mass index, BMI<25 kg/m2). Patients in subgroup A were assumed to be GHD, whereas in patients belonging to subgroups B and C the presence of GHD had to be verified.ResultsFor the GHRH+ARG test, the best pair of highest sensitivity (Se; 100%) and specificity (Sp; 97%) was found choosing a peak GH of 19.0 μg/l. For IGF-I levels, the best pair of highest Se (96.6%) and Sp (74.6%) was found using a cut-off point of 160 μg/l (SDS: −1.3). Assuming 19.0 μg/l to be the cut-off point established for GHRH+ARG test, 72.2% of patients in subgroup B and 39.4% in subgroup C were defined as GHD. In patients belonging to group B and C and with a peak GH response <19 μg/l to the test, IGF-I levels were lower than 160 μg/l (or less than 1.3 SDS) in 68.7 and 41.6% of patients respectively predicting severe GHD in 85.7% of panhypopituitary patients (subgroup A).ConclusionsIn late adolescent and early adulthood patients, a GH cut-off limit using the GHRH+ARG test lower than 19.0 μg/l is able to discriminate patients with a suspicion of GHD and does not vary from infancy to early adulthood.

scholarly journals Antiretroviral therapy outcomes among adolescents and young adults in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Patrick Mburugu ◽  
Peter Muiruri ◽  
Nelly Opiyo ◽  
Justus Simba ◽  
Jane Adunda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Viral Load ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Virologic Suppression ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Cd4 Cell Count ◽  
Cd4 Cell

Background: Limited data is available on the treatment outcomes of HIV infected adolescents and young adults (AYA) in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV-infected adolescents and young adults (AYA) are at high risk of developing antiretroviral treatment failure. Objective: To determine the clinical, immunological and virologic outcomes of AYA at a tertiary hospital in Kenya. Methodology: A longitudinal study was conducted among AYA age 10-24 years attending Kenyatta National Hospital comprehensive care center. Clinical data was abstracted from electronic medical records for study participants with at least 6 months of follow-up using a structured data abstraction sheet. Results: A total of 250 AYA age 10 to 24 years were included. The median age was 16 years. The median CD4 cell count was 650.6 cells/mm3 (IQR 350.7-884.0). More than half (60.6%) of AYA had a CD4 cell count higher than 500 cells/mm3. Overall, 76.9% of AYA had achieved viral suppression (viral load <1000 copies/ml). There was a significant increase in virologic failure with higher age and late adolescents and young adults were more likely to have a viral load > 1000 copies/ ml p<0.012. Conclusion: The overall virologic suppression in this cohort of AYA was sub-optimal. Both immunological and virologic outcomes were worse among late adolescents (18-19 years) and young adults (20-24 years). Keywords: Adolescents; HIV; Kenya; virologic suppression; young adults.

The Development and Validation of an Interest and Skill Inventory on Educational Choices (ISEC)

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 817-828
Author(s):  
Evelyne E. M. Meens ◽  
Anouke W. E. A. Bakx ◽  
Joris Mulder ◽  
Jaap J. A. Denissen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Educational Choices ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Development And Validation

Abstract. This study aimed at developing and validating a new instrument to facilitate late adolescents and young adults to choose a higher education major. For the main study, the sample consisted of 6,215 late adolescents and young adults ( Mage = 19.50, SD = 1.89, 42.3% female). After rational scale construction based on the RIASEC model of Holland (1997) , several statistical analyses were conducted. In four studies, structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were examined. Our analyses showed that adequate structural validity, internal consistency, and construct validity were established. A 7-factor structure was found, in which the investigative domain split into two subscales. The overall results suggested that the new instrument is reliable and valid as an orientation instrument in applied settings in secondary and higher education.

Lost in translation: Adolescents and young adults use words of hope to express their spirituality.

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (31_suppl) ◽  
pp. 185-185
Author(s):  
Krysta S. Barton ◽  
Tyler P Tate ◽  
Abby R. Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Patients Âgés ◽  
Existential Beliefs ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Demographic Surveys ◽  
Lost In Translation ◽  
Do So

185 Background: Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer are at risk for poor psychosocial outcomes, in part because cancer may disrupt developmental processes such as spiritual questioning. Indeed, spirituality may enable hope, meaning, and purpose, in turn facilitating the adjustment to cancer. The need to address spirituality has been established among adult patients, how to do so in an AYA age-appropriate manner has not been described. We aimed to better understand the language and perspectives of AYAs regarding spirituality. Methods: AYA patients (ages 14-25 years) were eligible if they had been diagnosed with cancer within the past 60 days. Demographic surveys including self-reported spirituality and religiousness were completed at the time of enrollment. Semi-structured, 1:1 interviews were conducted at the time of enrollment, 6-12, and 12-18 months later. Verbatim transcripts were coded by three independent coders using directed content analysis for instances of spirituality, religiosity, hope, and fear. Additional deductive analyses used a priori coding themes defined from prior conceptualizations of AYA hope: forced effort, personal possibilities, expectations of a better tomorrow, and anticipation of a better tomorrow Results: Seventeen patients completed 44 interviews with > 100 hours of transcript-data. Their mean age was 17.1 (±2.7); 8 (47%) were male, their diagnoses were sarcoma (n = 8), acute leukemia (n = 6), and lymphoma (n = 3). At enrollment 10 (58%) & 6 (35%) endorsed personal spirituality and religiousness in surveys, respectively, few verbal narratives included explicit self-identification of either construct. Further, while many AYAs denied spiritual beliefs, all of them endorsed hopes, often as a source of strength, meaning, or self-expression. Longitudinal analyses suggested an evolution of spiritual beliefs and self-identities, even when patients selected other language to describe such processes. Conclusions: AYAs with cancer are trying to work-through complex existential beliefs and questions. Often, instead of defining themselves as spiritual or religious or using explicit spiritual language, they articulate their existential feelings with the language of hope.

scholarly journals Intimate Piercings Among Minority Late Adolescents and Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. S87-S88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Gomez De Jesus ◽  
Michelle M. Hospital ◽  
Lorena Siqueira
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Late Adolescents

scholarly journals Antiretroviral therapy outcomes among adolescents and young adults in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Patrick Mburugu ◽  
Peter Muiruri ◽  
Nelly Opiyo ◽  
Justus Simba ◽  
Jane Adunda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Viral Load ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Virologic Suppression ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Cd4 Cell Count ◽  
Cd4 Cell

Background: Limited data is available on the treatment outcomes of HIV infected adolescents and young adults (AYA) in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV-infected adolescents and young adults (AYA) are at high risk of developing antiretroviral treatment failure. Objective: To determine the clinical, immunological and virologic outcomes of AYA at a tertiary hospital in Kenya. Methodology: A longitudinal study was conducted among AYA age 10-24 years attending Kenyatta National Hospital comprehensive care center. Clinical data was abstracted from electronic medical records for study participants with at least 6 months of follow-up using a structured data abstraction sheet. Results: A total of 250 AYA age 10 to 24 years were included. The median age was 16 years. The median CD4 cell count was 650.6 cells/mm3 (IQR 350.7-884.0). More than half (60.6%) of AYA had a CD4 cell count higher than 500 cells/mm3. Overall, 76.9% of AYA had achieved viral suppression (viral load <1000 copies/ml). There was a significant increase in virologic failure with higher age and late adolescents and young adults were more likely to have a viral load > 1000 copies/ ml p<0.012. Conclusion: The overall virologic suppression in this cohort of AYA was sub-optimal. Both immunological and virologic outcomes were worse among late adolescents (18-19 years) and young adults (20-24 years). Keywords: Adolescents; HIV; Kenya; virologic suppression; young adults.

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