Clueless

Abstract

To determine parental knowledge of risk behaviors of their middle-school-aged children and to compare that knowledge with behaviors reported by the students.Design: Confidential surveys were administered to 194 poor and middle-class middle school students and their parents.Intervention: None.Main Outcome Measure: Compare parental awareness and student admission of risk behaviors.Results: Students and parents agree on the prevalence of some risk behaviors, including use of a seat belt, use of a bicycle helmet, arrest by police, use of diet pills, and attempts to lose weight through dieting and exercise. Small differences in perception, which were not statistically sig-

Parental involvement in the war in Croatia 1991-1995 and suicidality in Croatian male adolescents

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Twelve-Month Suicidal Symptoms and Use of Services Among Adolescents: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey

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Family health through injury and violence prevention at home.

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