Social Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14(5), P. 267 - 267
Published: April 26, 2025
This
study
aimed
to
investigate
the
association
between
protective
factors,
marijuana
use,
and
suicidal
behavior
among
Black
LGBQ
U.S.
adolescents.
Methods:
A
subsample
of
991
adolescents
was
derived
from
2019
Combined
High
School
YRBSS
dataset.
Suicidal
measured
as
planning
and/or
previous
suicide
attempts.
Marijuana
usage
gauged
lifetime
consumption.
The
factors
included
sports
team
participation,
physical
activity,
eating
breakfast,
hours
sleep,
academic
performance.
Age
sex
were
entered
covariates.
Multiple
imputation
by
chained
equations
(MICE)
used
address
missing
data,
pooled
binary
logistic
regression
analyses
conducted.
Results:
Academic
performance
sleep
significantly
associated
with
lower
odds
use.
Sports
participation
higher
Being
female
linked
while
older
age
odds.
Discussion:
For
youth,
sufficient
may
function
factors.
Participating
in
greater
risk
behaviors,
highlighting
need
assess
experiences
youth
sports.
Implications
Contributions:
Our
findings
inform
school
programming,
policy,
practice
identifying
support
health
intervention
areas.
Brain Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 569 - 569
Published: March 28, 2023
Sleep
changes
significantly
throughout
the
human
lifespan.
Physiological
modifications
in
sleep
regulation,
common
with
many
mammals
(especially
circadian
rhythms),
predispose
adolescents
to
loss
until
early
adulthood.
Adolescents
are
one-sixth
of
all
beings
and
at
high
risk
for
mental
diseases
(particularly
mood
disorders)
self-injury.
This
has
been
attributed
incredible
number
occurring
a
limited
time
window
that
encompasses
rapid
biological
psychosocial
modifications,
which
teens
at-risk
behaviors.
Adolescents’
patterns
have
investigated
as
biunivocal
cause
potential
damaging
conditions,
insufficient
may
be
both
consequence
health
problems.
The
recent
COVID-19
pandemic
particular
made
detrimental
contribution
adolescents’
quality.
In
this
review,
we
aim
summarize
knowledge
field
explore
implications
(and
future
adults’)
physical
health,
well
outline
strategies
prevention.
SLEEP,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
46(7)
Published: March 6, 2023
This
White
Paper
addresses
the
current
gaps
in
knowledge,
as
well
opportunities
for
future
studies
pediatric
sleep.
The
Sleep
Research
Society's
Pipeline
Development
Committee
assembled
a
panel
of
experts
tasked
to
provide
information
those
interested
learning
more
about
field
sleep,
including
trainees.
We
cover
scope
epidemiological
and
development
sleep
circadian
rhythms
early
childhood
adolescence.
Additionally,
we
discuss
knowledge
insufficient
disruption,
addressing
neuropsychological
impact
(affective
functioning)
cardiometabolic
consequences.
A
significant
portion
this
explores
disorders
(including
rhythm
disorders,
insomnia,
restless
leg
periodic
limb
movement
disorder,
narcolepsy,
apnea),
neurodevelopment
(e.g.
autism
attention
deficit
hyperactivity
disorder).
Finally,
end
with
discussion
on
public
health
policy.
Although
have
made
strides
our
it
is
imperative
that
address
best
pitfalls
methodologies.
For
example,
work
needs
be
done
assess
using
objective
methodologies
(i.e.
actigraphy
polysomnography),
explore
disparities,
improve
accessibility
evidence-based
treatments,
identify
potential
risks
protective
markers
children.
Expanding
trainee
exposure
elucidating
directions
study
will
significantly
field.
Brain Sciences,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
11(5), P. 552 - 552
Published: April 27, 2021
The
COVID-19
pandemic
has
had
a
negative
impact
on
education.
restrictions
imposed
have
undoubtedly
led
to
impairment
of
the
psychological
well-being
both
teachers
and
students,
way
they
experience
interpersonal
relationships.
As
reported
previously
in
literature,
adverse
effects
such
as
loneliness,
anxiety,
stress
resulted
decrease
cognitive
performance
school
higher
education
students.
Therefore,
objective
this
work
is
present
general
overview
which
may
potentially
influence
learning
Some
neuroscientific
findings
related
memory
cognition,
neuroplasticity
long-term
potentiation,
are
also
shown.
We
discuss
positive
practice
mindfulness,
well
other
simple
recommendations
based
restful
sleep,
physical
activity,
nutrition,
can
act
cognition.
Finally,
we
propose
some
practical
how
achieve
more
effective
student
context
pandemic.
aim
review
provide
assistance
changing
uncertain
situation
all
find
ourselves,
hope
that
information
could
serve
starting
point
for
hypotheses
be
tested
educational
research
their
association
with
neuroscience.
Progress in Neurobiology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
218, P. 102338 - 102338
Published: Aug. 10, 2022
Modern
life
poses
many
threats
to
good-quality
sleep,
challenging
brain
health
across
the
lifespan.
Curtailed
or
fragmented
sleep
may
be
particularly
damaging
during
adolescence,
when
disruption
by
delayed
chronotypes
and
societal
pressures
coincides
with
our
brains
preparing
for
adult
via
intense
refinement
of
neural
connectivity.
These
vulnerabilities
converge
on
prefrontal
cortex,
one
last
regions
mature
a
central
hub
limbic-cortical
circuits
underpinning
decision-making,
reward
processing,
social
interactions
emotion.
Even
subtle
cortical
development
adolescence
therefore
have
enduring
impact.
In
this
review,
we
integrate
synaptic
circuit
mechanisms,
glial
biology,
neurophysiology
epidemiology,
frame
hypothesis
highlighting
implications
adolescent
circuitry
cortex.
Convergent
evidence
underscores
importance
acknowledging,
quantifying
optimizing
sleep's
contributions
normative
lifelong
mental
health.
