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Social influence in adolescence: Behavioral and neural responses to peer and expert opinion
Adolescents are highly influenced by their peers, but also respond to advice from adults. Studies show adolescents may prioritize adult advice in some decisions, challenging the idea that peer influence always outweighs other sources.
Substance use-related alterations of social decision-making in a longitudinal cohort of young adults
Problematic substance use is linked to social issues like job loss and disrupted relationships. This study explored whether social decision-making impairments cause or result from substance use in young adults.
The role of sibling aggression during childhood in decision-making during adulthood
Adverse childhood experiences, including sibling aggression, can significantly affect brain development and decision-making abilities.
Adverse childhood experiences and externalizing, internalizing, and prosocial behaviors in children and adolescents: A longitudinal study
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) profoundly impact children's long-term health and well-being. Exposure to multiple ACEs increases the likelihood of emotional and behavioral problems, with some differences observed between genders.
Longitudinal Associations Between Support and Prosocial Behavior Across Adolescence: The Roles of Fathers, Mothers, Siblings, and Friends
Adolescents learn prosocial behaviors by observing family and friends. Supportive relationships also encourage them to help others.
Trajectories of parental warmth and the role they play in explaining adolescent prosocial behavior
The study found that parental warmth during childhood and adolescence is linked to more prosocial behavior in adolescents. Different patterns of warmth through development may influence an adolescent's willingness to help others.
Introduction: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, youth justice and the law
This special issue examines how unrecognized ADHD in youth contributes to high rates of incarceration and repeat offenses. It aims to inform practitioners and policymakers about ADHD and offer solutions for the justice system.
In conversation: An inside perspective of youth justice practice and experience
This dialogue explores the challenges and strengths experienced by previously incarcerated children who become adult practitioners in the youth justice system.
Who is at risk? Applying the biopsychosocial model to explain non-violent and violent delinquency in youth
This study uses a biopsychosocial model to understand how biological, psychological, and social factors influence non-violent and violent delinquency in at-risk youth.
Levels of involvement with child protection services associated with early adolescent police contact as a victim and person of interest
Child maltreatment is linked to later criminal offending and victimization. This study examines how different levels of child protection services involvement relate to police contact for Australian children.
Adolescent risk-taking likelihood, risk perceptions, and benefit perceptions across domains
Adolescents often take more risks than children or adults, but this varies across different situations and individuals. Risk-taking levels also differ in adolescents with and without ADHD.
Adverse Impacts of Mental Health Needs Assessment on Jail Outcomes: Evidence from Transition Age Youth and Adults
Youth randomly assigned a moderate to severe mental health needs score stayed in jail longer and had more suicide attempts. This classification did not significantly affect recidivism rates for youth.
Longitudinal tracking of alcohol expectancies and their associations with impulsivity in alcohol naïve youth in the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study
Adolescence involves developmental changes and increased novelty-seeking, including alcohol experimentation. Beliefs about alcohol's effects and impulsive behaviors contribute to alcohol initiation and escalation.
Fourteen to life: Giving constitutional effect to the age-based presumption of diminished moral blameworthiness by respecting Parliament’s two-pronged test for adult sentence applications pursuant to section 72 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Canadian courts struggle to apply laws allowing adult sentences for young people, despite legal protections. A new Supreme Court of Canada review aims to provide clearer guidance on these complex cases.
Inequities in Mental Health Services: A 16-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth in the Justice System
Many youth in the justice system have enduring mental health disorders but often do not receive needed services. Disparities exist by race, gender, and age, with certain groups less likely to receive care.