Gender differences and adolescent risks Davey, Judith A.
By: Davey, Judith A.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Wellington Ministry of Social Development 2000Description: 20 p. ; computer file : Microsoft Word format (154Kb).ISSN: 1172-4382.Subject(s): ADOLESCENTS | CHILDREN | DEMOGRAPHICS | GENDER | INTERVENTION | MENTAL HEALTH | POLICY | RISK ASSESSMENT | RISK FACTORS | RISK MANAGEMENT | SEXUAL ABUSE | SUICIDE | NEW ZEALAND | PREVENTION | CHILD ABUSEOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2000, 14: 130-147Summary: "This paper examines characteristics and behaviour that are construed as posing risks to the well-being of adolescents in New Zealand. It reviews recent New Zealand research findings on a range of risk factors, and concentrates on the differential incidence and impacts of these risks on males and females. The risk factors include: mental health and behaviour risks, ranging from behavioural and conduct problems to diagnosed clinically mental health disorders, as well as offending against the law; health risks, including smoking, cannabis, alcohol and other drug use; physical risks, including accidental and intentional injury and death, suicide, attempted suicide, sexual risk, abuse and unsafe sexual behaviour; and economic risks, including low income and unemployment. Linkages between risk factors and other characteristics show that a set of individual, social and family conditions appear to increase individual susceptibility to a wide range of adolescent disorders and adjustment problems, which are frequently correlated or "co-morbid". The paper argues that, for adolescents, gender differences in terms of susceptibility to risk are significant and relevant to policy."--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACTItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"This paper examines characteristics and behaviour that are construed as posing risks to the well-being of adolescents in New Zealand. It reviews recent New Zealand research findings on a range of risk factors, and concentrates on the differential incidence and impacts of these risks on males and females. The risk factors include: mental health and behaviour risks, ranging from behavioural and conduct problems to diagnosed clinically mental health disorders, as well as offending against the law; health risks, including smoking, cannabis, alcohol and other drug use; physical risks, including accidental and intentional injury and death, suicide, attempted suicide, sexual risk, abuse and unsafe sexual behaviour; and economic risks, including low income and unemployment. Linkages between risk factors and other characteristics show that a set of individual, social and family conditions appear to increase individual susceptibility to a wide range of adolescent disorders and adjustment problems, which are frequently correlated or "co-morbid". The paper argues that, for adolescents, gender differences in terms of susceptibility to risk are significant and relevant to policy."--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2000, 14: 130-147