Teenagers
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Study: Stress In College Hurts Motivation
Findings from a newly released study say college students are more stressed out than ever and the added stress is leading to serious consequences. Most students in U.S. colleges are just plain stressed out, from everyday worries about grades and relationships to darker thoughts of suicide, according to a poll of undergraduates from coast to coast. The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and mtvU, a television network available at many colleges and universities. Four in 10 students say they endure stress often. Nearly 50 percent say they feel it all or most of the time.
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
How to help kids keep test anxiety in check
You can’t dismiss the fear of test-taking, says Dr. Robert Rees, director of education and humanities for HeartMath, a nonprofit institute that has developed a program to help people manage test and other anxiety. “Test anxiety is an almost universal experience,” Rees says. Even students who are well-prepared, he says, sometimes “have so much anxiety that they can’t function cognitively.”
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Teen Aggression May Really Be a State of Mind
For parents of emotionally combative teens, new research offers a powerful biological reason for all the family feuding—adolescent brain size. A team of Australian scientists has found that when key regions of the brain known for controlling emotions are bigger, boys and girls tend to be more aggressive and more persistent during their fights with Mom and Dad.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
New Study Raises Concerns about Current Test-Taking Requirements
There’s no doubt that today students are under intense pressure to perform academically, but at what cost? The Institute of HeartMath and Claremont Graduate University released a new study that depicts the high levels of anxiety students are shouldering due to the pressure to excel intellectually. Nearly two-thirds of the high school students who participated in the study reported being affected by test anxiety. The study underscores the detrimental impact of test anxiety on academic performance. Based on their findings, researchers say that students’ high levels of anxiety may jeopardize NCLB assessment validity and could be compromising testing results.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Suicide in Youth and Young Adults Spiked in 2003–2004: CDC Report
A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a decline in suicide among youth and young adults between 10 and 24 years of age of almost 29% between 1990 and 2003, followed by a sharp 8% increase between 2003 and 2004, the largest single-year increase in 15 years. Significant increase in suicide rates was limited to girls between 10 and 14 years, followed by those between 15 and 19, rising by 75.9% and 32.3% respectively, and among males aged 15 to 19, a 9% increase. Prior to 2003, rates in all 3 groups had generally trended downward.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Teens’ biggest stress? School
Stressed out by your high-pressured job? Don’t assume your kid is any less stressed out by school. Especially if she’s a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows. A similar divide exists in terms of fears and safety: Girls and young women are less likely to feel safe in their neighborhoods, in schools, or from terror attacks.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
Poll: Family Ties Key to Youth Happiness
So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real answer is quite different. Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Girl talk linked to depression, anxiety
Constant venting over crushes, popularity or other personal problems may lead to anxiety and depression in girls — but not in boys, according to new research. A study of 813 students ages 8 to 15 found that excessive discussions and rumination about problems strengthened friendships for both sexes, but those tighter bonds came at a cost for girls.
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Thursday, July 05, 2007
Most middle-school boys and many girls play violent video games
Many children are playing video games to manage their feelings, including anger and stress. Children who play violent games are more likely to play to get their anger out.
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
HeartMath’s emWave Personal Stress Reliever
Our emWave Personal Stress Reliever is on sale until the end of the April for $20.00 off. If you’re interested in realtime stress reduction and peak performance, please take a look at the two-minute demo.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Mental illness strains school counselors
Across America, college counseling centers are strained by rising numbers of mentally ill students and surging demand for mental health services — a challenging trend as campus officials try to identify potential threats like the unstable Virginia Tech gunman. And even when serious emotional problems are detected, university officials often feel constrained in how they respond due to an array of laws and policies protecting students’ rights and privacy.
Family turmoil and violence results in stress-induced physical problems in young
Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise, poor housing or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs and tissues than other young people. However, when they have responsive, supportive mothers, they do not experience these negative physiological changes, reports a new study from Cornell. But the research group also found that the cardiovascular systems of youths who are exposed to chronic and multiple risk factors are compromised, regardless of their mothers’ responsiveness.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Demand Rising for Mental Health Services on Campus
College students across the country are needing and using mental health services in increasing numbers, according to a new study released today by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA). Most schools offer a wide variety of mental health services, however, many schools do not offer specific services to treat anxiety disorders, the most frequently diagnosed mental illness in children and teens, and do not have the staff to respond to the growing demand for services.
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Study: Half Of College Students Feel Depression
A study found nearly half of all college students reported feeling, at some point, so depressed they were unable to function normally. New research shows one out of four young adults will experience clinical depression by age 24.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Scientists Find Hormone Activity Explains Adolescent Mood Swings
The “raging hormones” of puberty are known to produce mood swings and stress for most teenagers, making it difficult to cope with this period of life. Until now, the specific causes of pubertal anxiety have not been identified, making it harder to understand and treat adolescent angst. Researchers report findings demonstrating that a hormone normally released in response to stress, THP, actually reverses its effect at puberty, when it increases anxiety. This hormone normally acts like a tranquilizer, acting at sites in the brain that “calm” brain activity. In the adult, this stress hormone helps the individual adapt to stress, with a calming effect produced half an hour after the event.