scholarly journals Genetic and environmental influences on thin-ideal internalization across puberty and preadolescent, adolescent, and young adult development

2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 773-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Suisman ◽  
J. Kevin Thompson ◽  
Pamela K. Keel ◽  
S. Alexandra Burt ◽  
Michael Neale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Young Adult Development ◽  
Thin Ideal Internalization

scholarly journals Genetic and environmental influences on thin-ideal internalization

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 942-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Suisman ◽  
Shannon M. O'Connor ◽  
Steffanie Sperry ◽  
J. Kevin Thompson ◽  
Pamela K. Keel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Thin Ideal Internalization

Higher Education Transitions and Autism

2017 ◽  
pp. 281-290
Author(s):  
Scott Browning ◽  
Loren Pease
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Young Adult Development ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
Residential Living

This chapter intends to examine the segment of adolescent and young adult development; particularly, how interactions with academic establishments create difficult challenges. In the first part of the chapter we review the ASD from neurological angle. Then, we discuss the general problems with counseling of those on the spectrum. The chapter then continues by examining the decisions that individuals on the spectrum and their parents must make. Parents need to make decisions with their children on the spectrum as to level of involvement; the specific concerns needed to be addressed are examined. This chapter also looks at the specific issues that institutions of higher learning need to address if they intend to label themselves as “autism-friendly institutions.” Each office within a college needs to make some adjustments in order to properly serve students on the autism spectrum, and this chapter examines the role of the counseling center, dean's office, academics and residential living.

scholarly journals The dimensions of successful young adult development: A conceptual and measurement framework

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 150-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Scales ◽  
Peter L. Benson ◽  
Sabrina Oesterle ◽  
Karl G. Hill ◽  
J. David Hawkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Development ◽  
Young Adult Development ◽  
Measurement Framework

Sex Differences in Genetic and Environmental Influences on Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms in South Korean Adolescent and Young Adult Twins

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoon-Mi Hur ◽  
Hoe-Uk Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
South Korean

AbstractRecent molecular genetic studies provide suggestive evidence for sexual dimorphism in genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, only a few twin studies have addressed the question of sex differences in genetic and environmental contributions to variation of obsessive–compulsive symptoms. The aim of the present study was to estimate genetic and environmental influences on obsessive–compulsive symptoms in South Korean twins, with a special emphasis on sex difference. In total, 751 adolescent and young adult twin pairs (ages: 13–23 years) completed a Korean version of the 30 items of the Maudsley Obsessional — Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) through a mail survey. A sum of the answers for the 30 items was calculated to represent a total score for obsessive–compulsive symptoms (hereafter, the MOCIT). Males had significantly higher variance of the MOCIT than did females. In males, monozygotic (MZ) twin correlation was significantly higher than dizygotic (DZ) twin correlations (.56 vs. .24), whereas in females, MZ and DZ twin correlations were not significantly different from each other (.39 vs. .36). The general sex-limitation model was applied to the twin data. The results of model-fitting analyses indicated that the unstandardized genetic variance as well as heritability estimate (53% vs. 41%) for the MOCIT was higher in males than in females. However, shared environmental influences did not attain statistical significance perhaps due to insufficient statistical power.

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