Objective: To investigate age-related differences in health risk behaviors in 11-12-, 13-14-, and 15-16-year-old adolescents with physical disabilities. Methods: Health survey data from 319 adolescents with physical disabilities were compared with the same data from 7,020 adolescents in a national sample. Results: Significant age-related differences were found for having tried smoking, smoking, having tasted an… Read More »»
Adolescents
Comparative research on substance abuse and self-perception among adolescents with physical handicap.
December 1, 2003
The research on substance (alcohol, tobacco and drug) abuse and on self-perception was done by comparing a test group of physically disabled adolescents and a test group of non-disabled adolescents. The respondents of the experimental group were students of the only special high school for physically handicapped persons in Croatia , Zagreb . The respondents… Read More »»
Quality of life of adolescents with perceived disabilities.
June 2, 2003
Objective: To compare the self-perceived quality of life (QoL) of adolescents with and without disabilities. Methods: A school-based survey was conducted with 2801 7th to 12th grade students in a rural area of the United States. The Youth Quality of Life Instrument-Surveillance Module and the Youth Quality of Life Group-Disability Screener were completed. Results: Twenty-one… Read More »»
Jurors’ perceptions of adolescent sexual assault victims who have intellectual disabilities.
April 27, 2003
Children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities are especially likely to be sexually abused. Even so, their claims are not likely to be heard in court, possibly because people assume that jurors will not believe them. We tested this assumption in a mock-trial study in which 160 men and women watched videotaped excerpts from an actual… Read More »»
Adolescent sexuality and disability.
November 1, 2002
Regardless of what our beliefs about sex and disability may be, as health care providers we can promote the health and well being of our patients with disabilities in several ways. First and perhaps foremost, physical and programmatic barriers to accessing general health care including routine gynecologic care must be dramatically reduced. The promise of… Read More »»
Needs Assessment Research: Youth
September 1, 2002
A qualitative study of the transition to adulthood for youth with physical disabilities. Stewart DA, Law MC, Rosenbaum P, Willms DG. School of Rehabilitation Science, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 2001;21(4):3-21 The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences, perceptions, and needs of… Read More »»
Sexual behaviors of physically disabled adolescents in the United States.
July 1, 2002
PURPOSE: To examine differences in some aspects of sexual behavior between physically disabled and nondisabled adolescents in the United States. METHODS: The 1994-1995 Wave I data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a stratified, multistage cluster, school-based sample of 7th to 12th graders, were used. Physical disabilities were measured in terms… Read More »»
Substance use, substance abuse, and LD among adolescents with a childhood history of ADHD.
August 1, 2001
A clinic-referred sample of 109 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was followed into adolescence for the ascertainment of alcohol and other drug use and abuse. Learning disability (reading or math) in childhood was examined as a predictor of adolescent substance use and substance use disorder for alcohol and marijuana. No statistically significant group differences for… Read More »»
Risk factors for adolescent substance abuse.
August 1, 2001
Reviews research on risk factors for adolescent substance use disorders (SUD) and discusses possible relationships between SUDs and learning disabilities (LD). Individual level factors (genetic, biologic, other familial, and psychiatric) emerge as very important in the risk equation, as well as the interaction between individual risk and environmental conditions. Commonalities between SUD risk and LD… Read More »»
Risk and resilience for substance abuse among adolescents and adults with LD.
August 1, 2001
Substance abuse is a major problem affecting the health and well-being of many people in our society. Although anecdotal evidence concerning linkages between learning disabilities (LD) and substance abuse has been common, this association is not well documented or understood. This article reviews the current research on substance abuse for adolescents and adults with LD,… Read More »»
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