Adolescent Psychosocial Development and Evaluation: Global Perspectives

Non-suicidal self-strangulation among adolescents in Saudi Arabia: Case series of the choking game

“…4,5,7e9 This is due to the increased exploratory behaviors that young adolescents are known to have due to their developmental changes. 1 This activity has been reported in children as young as 6 years 4,8 and has been found to be more common in rural as compared to urban areas. 7 This high risk behavior has many different names, including the Choking Game, Pass Out, Faint, and Suffocation Roulette.…”

“…Identification with peers begins in early adolescence and with that comes the impact of peer pressures. 1,2 Morbidity and mortality during this period are frequently due to preventable conditions, such as motor vehicle accidents and other causes of injury. 3 Time and again, adolescents' exploratory nature leads them to discover new risky behaviors.…”

Health related quality of life and family impact of type 1 diabetes among adolescents in Saudi Arabia

“…It is believed that this is due to parental perception of the challenges associated with lifestyle modifications for their child, as well as parents' concern for the short and long-term complications diabetes may have [42]. The known differences in parental and adolescent's cognitive development may partly explain this finding as it is well known that the areas of the brain responsible for executive functioning, including the ability to long term plan, make and understand the consequences of decisions, prioritize, evaluate risk, and regulate behavior, only develops in the mid 20's [18]. This is the first study looking at HRQoL in T1DM in adolescents in Saudi Arabia from both the parent and teen perspective and assessing the impact the disease has on the family.…”

“…Adolescence is sometimes found to be a stressful time in the life of teens and parents alike because of the major developmental, hormonal and psychological changes that occur [18]. T1DM, a disease that involves multiple lifestyle and psychosocial changes in behavior may further compound an already dynamic period.…”

“…They have been found to have more psychological problems with significant increase risk of depression [8,15,16]. Metabolic control in adolescents with diabetes tends to be poor because of the often challenging necessary lifestyle adjustments required to manage the disease in combination with hormonal and psychosocial changes that occur during this transitional period [17,18]. Knowledge of the HRQoL of adolescents based on the assessment of different domains allows health care providers to tailor their management to meet the individual needs of the adolescent patient [15].…”