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Escalante-Mead, P. R. "Developmental mechanisms influencing decision-making." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/680.
Full textEscalante-Mead, Paul R. "Developmental mechanisms influencing decision-making /." St Andrews, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/680.
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Hoag, Jennifer M. "Adolescent loneliness and moral decision-making." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1244865.
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Burnett, S. "Decision making and social neurocognition during adolescence." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/19288/.
Full textKillackey, Eoin Joseph, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "The development of a model to explain the sexual beliefs, intentions and behaviours of adolescents and young adults." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2000. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050728.112619.
Full textSiwundla, Lundi. "Identity-related decision-making among multicultural adolescents." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/319.
Full textGrace, Marcus Matthew. "Adolescent decision-making about biological conservation issues." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419202.
Full textCurry, Laura Anne. "Affect, decision making, and adolescent risk behavior." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0007760.
Full textLauharatanahirun, Nina. "Neuroeconomic Predictors of Adolescent Risky Decision-Making." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89669.
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Andres, Shandi D. "Parental influences on adolescent sexual decision making." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6988.
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Rick J. Scheidt
This M.S. report provides an evaluative review of research on parental influences on adolescent sexual decision-making. Data show that a significant proportion of never-married female and male teens (ages 15-19) have had sexual intercourse at least once. Adolescent decisions on sexuality and possible consequences such as pregnancy or sexually-transmitted diseases may have profound personal and social impacts. Theoretical and empirical domains of parental influence are reviewed, including communication, morality, family structure and context, parental control, as well as the role of media. This review shows that adolescent sexuality has changed over time due to socio-historical factors and that parents continue to have an influence on their children’s decision-making abilities. Implications for applied professionals and researchers are discussed.
Charles, Anthony. "Young people's participation in everyday decision making." Thesis, Swansea University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.678348.
Full textRiley, Tennisha N. "Adolescent Emotion Expression, Emotion Regulation, and Decision-Making in Social Context." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5494.
Full textKaraman, Rowan. "Conduct disorder and decision-making in adolescent girls." Connect to resource, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6561.
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Raghuram, Pillai Preethi. "Decisional conflict among adolescents and parents making decisions about genomic results." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1553528736920897.
Full textMavrou, Lyons Evanthia. "Everyday decision making in adolescence : a socio-cognitive approach." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019717/.
Full textDahl, Mindy J. "Adolescent decisions in situations of uncertainty the impact of risky choice framing an decision making competency /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1044399551&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textEllermann, Caroline Rae. "Starting and stopping: Adolescents' decision-making about drug use." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/279865.
Full textBarber, Lindsay L. "Decision making styles associated with adolescent risk taking behavior." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/340.
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Rudisill, A. Caroline. "Decision-making under risk : the case of adolescent smoking." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2009. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2190/.
Full textMitchell, Dorothy J. "Parent and adolescent perceptions of adolescent participation in family decision making /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487951907957138.
Full textLuna, Bernal Alejandro César Antonio, and Arocena Francisco Augusto Vicente Laca. "Decision-making patterns and self-confidence in high school adolescents." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100530.
Full textEl presente estudio se propuso analizar la estructura factorial del Cuestionario Melbourne sobre Toma de Decisiones, y estudiar las relaciones entre los factores identificados y la Autoconfianza, con la finalidad de conceptualizar la toma de decisiones de los adolescentes en elmarco del Modelo de Conflicto de Decisión. Los participantes fueron 992 estudiantes mexicanos de bachillerato con edades entre 15 y 19 años. Se identificaron tres factores interpretados como patrones de toma de decisiones en adolescentes: a) Vigilancia, b) Procrastinación/Hipervigilancia y c) Transferencia. La Autoconfianza resultó tener un efecto positivo sobre Vigilancia, y un efecto negativo sobre los otros dos patrones. Se discuten estos y otros resultados considerando la literatura sobre toma de decisiones en la adolescencia.
Vermeulen, Sandra C. A. "Legal knowledge and decision-making in adolescents, plea decisions and competency to waive Charter cautions." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq24359.pdf.
Full textCrock, Rosemary J. "Abortion decision-making attitudes of adolescents attending Roman Catholic schools." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/379.
Full textFrisco, Michelle Lynn. "Adolescents' future opportunity : family, sexual decision-making, and academic achievement /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3031598.
Full textRoss, Jessica M. "Risky Sexual Behavior and the Role of Decision-making." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3463.
Full textOgg, Siri A. "Exploring the infant-feeding decisions of adolescent mothers." Oklahoma City : [s.n.], 2009.
Find full textHenein, Nancy S. M. Ed M. A. "Psycho-legal decision making among children and adolescents: A developmental perspective." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1383575692.
Full textLea-Wood, Sandra S. "Factors influencing the vocational decision making of high-ability adolescent girls /." Connect to thesis, 2003. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000591.
Full textRatcliffe, Mary. "Adolescent decision-making about socio-scientific issues, within the science curriculum." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242414.
Full textNg, Lily, and 伍莉莉. "Family involvment and residential care: decision making about adolescents with behavioural problems." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249905.
Full textNg, Lily. "Family involvment and residential care : decision making about adolescents with behavioural problems /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2066588X.
Full textAlbert, William Dustin. "Neurodevelopmental Substrates of Peer Influences on Adolescents' Choice Evaluation and Decision Making." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/206744.
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Prior research suggests that adolescents are drawn to the temptations of immediate rewards to a greater degree than adults, particularly when making decisions in the company of their peers. Dual-systems models of adolescent decision making posit that this immediate reward bias derives from a developmentally normative imbalance in the neural dynamics characterizing the adolescent brain. At a time when the brain's "top-down" cognitive control system is still developing the processing efficiency and functional integration thought to support mature self-regulation in adulthood, changes in "bottom-up" dopaminergic functioning imbue adolescents with heightened sensitivity to environmentally salient rewards. The resulting bias toward under-controlled, reward-driven behavior may be further accentuated by the presence of peers, who are hypothesized to prime incentive processing circuitry to respond to opportunities for immediate rewards. The present study utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine age- and context-related differences between adolescents and adults in neural activity and choice behavior corresponding to the comparative evaluation of sooner-smaller and larger-later rewards in an intertemporal choice task. Half of the participants were scanned in a standard "alone" condition, and half were scanned in a "peer" condition, wherein two same-sex, same-age peers informed the participant that they would be observing task performance from the scanner control room. Although behavioral results did not support the hypothesis that peer presence would accentuate adolescents' bias toward immediate rewards, they confirm that, even when making decisions alone, adolescents are more inclined than adults to sacrifice the added value of a larger future reward in order to receive a smaller reward immediately. Furthermore, fMRI results demonstrate at least three important differences between adolescents and adults in neural activity corresponding to the comparative evaluation of rewards. First, adolescents evince stronger activation than adults in regions implicated in incentive processing (including bilateral caudate), consistent with a bias toward reward-driven behavior. Second, adolescents show stronger functional connectivity between a region in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) whose activity is correlated with impulsive choice and a region in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) shown by prior research to represent the value of decision options. This stronger OFC-vmPFC connectivity among adolescents is consistent with greater affective (OFC) influence on choice valuation and behavior (vmPFC). Finally, adolescents show stronger deactivation of regions implicated in cognitive control (including anterior cingulate and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex) when evaluating rewards with relatively longer delays, consistent with a failure to carefully consider the value of future rewards. Together, results suggest that neurodevelopmental theories of adolescent decision making would be improved by more explicit modeling of age differences in the neural processes underlying evaluation of the temporal properties of rewards.
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Derman, Sarah Jane. "The experience of medical decision-making for adolescents with a progressive neuromuscular disease." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4085.
Full textCommendador, Kathleen. "The Relationship Between Female Adolescent Self- Esteem, Decision Making and Contraceptive Behavior." Diss., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/22050.
Full textMichero, Emily. "Master Therapists' Decision Making Process Concerning Adolescent Confidentiality: A Grounded Theory Approach." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849705/.
Full textNcitakalo, Nolusindiso. "Socio-cultural influences in decision making involving sexual behaviour among adolescents in Khayelitsha, Cape Town." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_8419_1307434451.
Full textThe aim of the study was to explore the socio-cultural influences in decision making involving sexual behaviour among adolescents in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Cultural beliefs associated with adolescents&rsquo
decision to become sexually active were explored, as well as the social norms influences involved in adolescents&rsquo
sexual behaviour. The theoretical framework used for the study was Bronfenbrenner&rsquo
s ecological systems theory of development. The results indicated that adolescent pregnancy was perceived as unacceptable behaviour although found widespread in communities. Social influences such as peer influence, low socioeconomic status, alcohol use and lack of parental supervision were found to play a role in adolescents&rsquo
risky sexual behaviour. Cultural beliefs, cultural myths and social norms were identified as socio-cultural influences that endorsed issues such as gender disparities, which made adolescent mothers vulnerable. Findings from this study suggest that female adolescents are faced with sexual behaviour complexities.
Flournoy, John. "Adolescent Social Motives: Measurement and Implications." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24216.
Full textWeiss, Virginia. "Effect of Social Peers on Risky Decision Making in Male Sprague Dawley Rats." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/78.
Full textLenders, Suzette René. "The role of family functioning in the decision-making styles of adolescents in the Overberg area." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4721.
Full textAdolescence has been regarded as a particularly important stage for the continued development of young adults as they start to make their own life’s decisions and engage in a variety of activities that will influence the rest of their lives. One of the important goals of adolescence is the development of decision-making skills as independence increases, requiring more independent decisions. When an adolescent makes decisions, it is important that s/he has the skills to make confident ones. Various studies identify factors that could affect adolescent decision-making, such as the family environment and family-member relationships, but information pertaining to this subject is still relatively limited. This study examines the role of family functioning in the decision-making styles of adolescents. The theoretical framework used for this study is based on the Family Systems Theory, of which the McMaster Model of Family Functioning (MMFF) is a component. The MMFF is one variation that underlies the family system model, be it nuclear or extended families discussed within chapter 2. A quantitative methodological approach was employed in this study with a cross-sectional correlational research design. The sample consisted of 457 Grade 9 learners from schools in the Overberg area. The data was collected using a self-reported questionnaire that included the Demographic Information, the Family Assessment Device and the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire, as part of the quantitative methodology. The data was then analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences V22 (SPSS). The results were provided using descriptive and inferential statistics. Participation in this study was voluntary after being well informed, while confidentiality and anonymity was maintained throughout the study. The main results for family functioning indicated the assumption that the participants might have ineffective functioning on all the family functioning variables. The main results for decision-making styles showed an assumption that the vigilant decision-making style was the highest and the Buck-passing decision-making style, the lowest.
Fantasia, Heidi Collins. "Late Adolescents' Perceptions Of Factors That Influenced Their Sexual Decision Making: A Narrative Inquiry." Thesis, Boston College, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/642.
Full textThe purpose of this research was to address the gap in the literature regarding the lack of first hand accounts of the factors that influence adolescent sexual decision making. Using a narrative approach, I asked a cohort of late adolescent participants to tell their stories about the events surrounding their decision to become sexually active, and how this initial decision affected subsequent decision making. The specific research questions that guided the study were: 1) What are late adolescents' perspectives of the factors that influenced their decision to become and remain sexually active? and 2) What is the effect of sexual decision making regarding coital debut on subsequent sexual activity? To accomplish my research aims I used narrative inquiry to elicit rich information, in the adolescents' own words, about what they perceive to be the most salient factors that contributed to their decisions to engage in sexual activity. I recruited a purposive sample of 11 late adolescents between the ages of 18 and 22 years from a series of family planning and sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics in the Northeastern United States. As their stories unfolded, four main components emerged. These components included the internal and external environmental context, expected social norms, implied sexual consent, and self-reflection and evaluation. The results of this study provide evidence that adolescent sexual decision making is a complex process with multiple layers of influence. Through the stories of my participants, I have constructed a more comprehensive conceptualization of adolescent sexual decision making and related sexual behaviors. This will guide the development of possible interventions to improve health care for this population. These interventions include expanding nursing knowledge to inform the development of theories, practice innovations, research, sexual health education, and policies for addressing adolescents' needs across the continuum of the adolescents' development from childhood to adulthood
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
Discipline: Nursing
Slick, Nichole. "Implementing Shared-Decision Making: Factors Present with Adolescents and Young Adults with Blood Disorders." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1619092978581083.
Full textDavids, Eugene Lee. "Factors that influence adolescents condom use decision-making in the Western Cape, South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31550.
Full textPolk, Nancy E. (Nancy Elizabeth). "The Relationship of Separation and Attachment Processes of Late Adolescence to Career Decision-Making Obstacles." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278818/.
Full textCuren, Valerie. "Coming into intensive psychotherapy for adolescents and young adults : an exploration of clinical decision-making." Thesis, University of East London, 2017. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/7132/.
Full textChandler, Rasheeta N. "Communication systems and HIV/AIDS sexual decision making in older adolescent and young adult females." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002492.
Full textChandler, Rasheeta D. MS ARNP FNP-BC. "Communication Systems and HIV/AIDS Sexual Decision Making in Older Adolescent and Young Adult Females." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/169.
Full textAllen, Bernice Balzer. "The Experience of Decision Making In Adolescent Females and Young Women With Mobility Limiting Disorders." VCU Scholars Compass, 2005. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/999.
Full textJenkins-Vulgamore, Valerie Jo. "The relationship of home economics instruction and other factors on early adolescents' decision making skill levels." Connect to resource, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1260457602.
Full textHirst, Mary Yasemin. "Non-Participation in screening for cardiac conditions among adolescents: a systematic investigation of the decision-making." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.665497.
Full textAusten, Elizabeth. "'Yelling in the face of life' : addressing the concept of risk and risky decision making in adolescence." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6076/.
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