The linkages among childhood maltreatment, adolescent mental health, and self-compassion in child welfare adolescents.

Objectives: Childhood maltreatment is a robust risk factor for poor physical and mental health. Child welfare youths represent a high-risk group, given the greater likelihood of severe or multiple types of maltreatment. This study examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment and self-compassion - a concept of positive acceptance of self.

Prevalence and correlates of street racing among Ontario high school students.

Objectives: This study examined the prevalence and correlates of street racing among adolescents derived from the 2009 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), an epidemiological survey of students in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: The key response variable, self-reported street racing in past year, was examined in relation to grade level, rural/urban, school marks, cannabis use, drinking and driving, cannabis use and driving, and property, physical, drugs, and weapons delinquencies. All survey estimates were weighted, and variance and statistical tests were corrected for the complex sampling design.

History of Family Involvement with Child Protective Services as a Risk Factor for Bullying in Ontario Schools.

Background:   The relationship between history of family involvement with child protective services (CPS) and bullying was examined.

Method:   Data were obtained from 2,516 pupils aged 12-19 in the 2007 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey. The association between self-reported history of family involvement with CPS and bullying was estimated using negative binomial hurdle regression models.

An exploratory approach to analyzing alcohol control policy opinions held by Ontario adults.

Telephone interview data from a representative sample of 1,216 Ontario adults were analyzed using latent class analysis to determine whether distinct and homogeneous classes of individuals could be identified based on their responding patterns to 11 alcohol policy items. Five latent classes were identified and labeled as: dedicated liberalizers, moderate liberalizers, moderate controllers, dedicated controllers, and an ambivalent class. Multinomial regression analysis indicated that demographic and alcohol factors differentiated the classes.

Nonmedical use of opioid analgesics among Ontario students.

Objective: To explore the prevalence and the demographic predictors of nonmedical use of opioid analgesics in the Canadian adolescent population.

Design: Data are based on self-reports derived from the 2007 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, which is an anonymous, in-school, cross-sectional survey.

Setting: Schools in Ontario.

Adolescents' attitudes toward wheelchair users: a provincial survey.

The study aims were to examine (i) adolescents' attitudes towards family members who use a wheelchair in relation to other health problems and conditions, and (ii) the association between perceived wheelchair stigma and socio-demographic factors. Data were based on surveys from 2790 seventh to 12th grade students derived from the 2007 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey. Stigmatized attitudes towards a family member who required the use of a wheelchair (5.

Epidemiology of firesetting in adolescents: mental health and substance use correlates.

Objective: Despite high rates of firesetting among community adolescents, little is known about its correlates. This study identifies the mental health and substance use correlates of four firesetting levels in an epidemiological sample of adolescents.

Methods: Three thousand, nine hundred and sixty-five (3,965) students in grades 7 to 12 were surveyed.