OBJECTIVE: to identify the socioeconomic and behavioral profile of adolescents who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, transgender, and others, as well as their experiences of peer …

BackgroundMenstrual hygiene management (MHM) remains a neglected concern in Togo, despite its critical importance for the education, health, and dignity of girls and women. Neglecting MHM directly imp…

Adolescent suicide is a major public health concern. Prior research has often examined risk factors within single systems, limiting understanding of how influences intersect across contexts. This stud…

BACKGROUND: The use of music-based interventions has grown to support emotional regulation, mood improvement, stress relief, and psychological well-being in general, pediatric, and clinical population…

The adolescent developmental period is marked by increased social and academic demands, as well as biological changes that lead to profound shifts in sleep and circadian timing. Circadian misalignment…

BACKGROUND: Moderate anthropometric undernutrition is associated with developmental risks, but the emotional, behavioral, and functional profiles of children with moderate anthropometric undernutritio…

Based on OECD's Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) Asian data (n = 23560), this study examines the pathways through which school connectedness relates to students' positive development using…

BACKGROUND: Cannabis use among university students has been increasingly linked to psychological distress; however, most evidence comes from Western contexts, and little is known about how cannabis us…

OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy of psychological interventions for adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) across multiple outcome domains, including BPD symptom se…

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: With the widespread use of digital media, adolescents' screen time has increased significantly. The relationship between screen time and academic performance has become a research…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether an integrated Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (DBT + STEPPS) programme is more effective than DBT alon…

INTRODUCTION: Comorbid bipolar disorder (BD) and substance use disorder (SUD) in adolescence is associated with poor clinical outcomes, yet the independent and interactive contributions of impulsivity…