Qualitative Assessment of Emotion Regulation Strategies for Prevention of Health Risk Behaviors in Early Adolescents.

The ability to regulate emotions has been linked to a variety of adolescent health risk behaviors, including sexual risk behaviors, especially for adolescents who are experiencing mental health symptoms. However, there is limited information available on intuitive emotion regulation strategies for early adolescents with mental health symptoms to facilitate the adaptation of emotion regulation interventions for psychopathology to health risk behavior prevention. For example, interventions to prevent sexual risk behaviors in early adolescence have yet to specifically target emotion regulation.

Supporting and retaining nephrology nurses new to the peritoneal dialysis specialty.

The use of home dialysis treatment modalities, including peritoneal dialysis, is increasing. To have a successful peritoneal dialysis program, organizations must recognize the special abilities required of the nurse practicing in the peritoneal dialysis specialty. This article identifies strategies that can be used to educate, develop, and retain these nurses.

Sexual abuse and sexual risk behavior: beyond the impact of psychiatric problems.

Objective: This study examined the association between sexual abuse (SA) and sex risk in girls and boys placed in alternative and therapeutic school settings while controlling for psychiatric problems.

Method: Adolescents were recruited from alternative and therapeutic schools. Youth completed audio computer-assisted self-interviews assessing childhood abuse, sexual behaviors, sexual attitudes, and psychiatric symptoms.

Peritoneal dialysis in microencephaly.

J.T. was able to remain home in her familiar environment and receive safe and adequate treatment for her renal disease.

Adolescent sexual risk: factors predicting condom use across the stages of change.

This study examined factors associated with high-risk adolescents' movement toward or away from adopting consistent condom use behavior using the Transtheoretical Model Stages of Change. Participants drawn from the inactive comparison condition of a randomized HIV prevention trial (Project SHIELD) responded to items assessing pros and cons of condom use, peer norms, condom communication, and perceived invulnerability to HIV. Participants were categorized based on their condom use behavior using the Transtheoretical Model.