Adverse childhood experience and persistent insomnia during emerging adulthood: do positive childhood experiences matter?

Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have been documented to have long-term impacts on sleep disturbances. However, less is known about how ACE co-occurs with positive childhood experiences (PCE) and modulate their effects on adult sleep disturbances, particularly in the context of persistent insomnia. Building on resilience theory, this study aims to examine the interplay between ACE and PCE and their effects on persistent insomnia during emerging adulthood.

Adverse childhood experience and young adult's problematic Internet use: The role of hostility and loneliness.

Background: Few studies have explored the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and problematic Internet use (PIU) during young adulthood. Moreover, even fewer studies have explored the roles of loneliness (social and emotional) and hostility in this relationship.

Methods: This study used data from the Taiwan Youth Project (2011-2017).

Associations between forced non-consensual first-sex and HIV among sexually active women in the Kingdom of Eswatini.

Studies continue to underscore the profound impact of sexual violence on women's health. Yet, little is known about the impact, via a complex matrix of behavioural and social factors, of first intercourse, namely forced non-consensual on HIV status, particularly among sexually active women (SAW) in low-income countries where HIV prevalence remains high. Using a national sample from Eswatini, we employed multivariate logistic regression modelling to estimate the associations between forced first-sex (FFS), subsequent sexual behaviour and HIV status among 3555 SAW aged from 15 years to 49 years.

Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and problematic internet use among young adults: The role of the feeling of loneliness trajectory.

Backgrounds And Aims: Given problematic Internet usage's (PIU) negative impact on individual health, this study evaluates how adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) affect young adults' PIU and the possible underlying mechanism of the "feeling of loneliness" (FOL) trajectory.

Methods: Analyzing a retrospective cohort sample from the Taiwan Youth Project, 2,393 adolescents were interviewed from the average ages of 14-28. We constructed ACE in 2000 using six categories (e.

Loneliness in older parents: marital transitions, family and social connections, and separate bedrooms for sleep.

Objectives: This research innovatively analyzed the marital transitions (i.e., divorce and widowhood) of older Taiwanese parents, their sleep problems and spousal specific characteristics (i.

The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experience and Heavy Smoking in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Not in Education, Employment, or Training Status.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in early adolescence and heavy smoking in emerging adulthood, focusing on the mediating role of individuals' not in education, employment, or training (NEET) status.

Methods: Using a retrospective cohort sample from the Taiwan Youth Project, 2,903 participants from the age of 14 years until the age of 22 years were surveyed. Respondents' ACEs were assessed at the age of 14 years, their NEET status was assessed at the age of 20 years, and heavy smoking was measured at the age of 22 years.

Adolescents' Physical Activity and the Association With Perceived Social Support of Parents and Peers in Indonesia.

This study examined the trends of adolescents' physical activity (PA) and its association with parental and peer support, based on the Indonesia Global School-Based Health Survey. Between 2007 and 2015, prevalence of PA in adolescents declined from 24.4% to 16.

Education tracking and adolescent smoking: a counterfactual and prospective cohort study.

Background And Aims: Adolescent smoking is a health issue and a potential health inequality issue. Education tracking, which is the placement of students into different school types and curricula based on their learning needs or abilities, is an indicator of inequality and risk factor of adolescent smoking. We examined the effect of educational tracking, dividing students into vocational and academic high school tracks, on adolescent smoking in Taiwan.

Adverse adolescence experiences, feeling lonely across life stages and loneliness in adulthood.

Unlabelled: Loneliness is a mental health issue emerging over the life course. This study examines the latent structure of adult loneliness in a non-Western society and its association with adverse adolescence experiences (AAEs) as well as feeling lonely during middle school, high school, and college.

Method: A cohort sample living in Northern Taiwan ( = 2,289) was analyzed from adolescence to adulthood.

Exposure to sexually explicit media in early adolescence is related to risky sexual behavior in emerging adulthood.

Background: Sexually explicit media exposure during early adolescence has been found to be associated with risky sexual behavior. However, previous study suffered from methodological issue, such as selection bias. Furthermore, little is known about the effect of multi-modality sexually explicit media exposure on risky sexual behavior, and how this relationship can be applied to non-western societies.

"Happiness in the air?" the effects of air pollution on adolescent happiness.

Background: We aimed to examine the effect of ambient air pollution at the district level on adolescents' happiness and their change in happiness over time in a cohort sample from Taiwan.

Method: A cohort from the Taiwan Youth Project was evaluated. The adolescents (n = 2571) were in the 7th grade (mean age = 14.

Strain, Negative Emotions, and Level of Criminality Among Chinese Incarcerated Women.

General strain theory (GST) has been one of the most frequently tested criminological theories. According to GST, strain tends to generate negative emotions, which create pressures for corrective action, such as crime and delinquency. Although GST has received strong empirical support, one under-addressed issue is the lack of diversity in sampling population in assessing the generalizability of the theory.

Educational Tracking and Juvenile Deviance in Taiwan: Direct Effect, Indirect Effect, or Both.

Educational tracking in Chinese society is quite different from that in Western society, in that the allocation to either the vocational or academic track is based on a national entrance examination, which happens at ninth grade (age 14-15). Hence, students in many Asian countries (e.g.

Unhealthy sleep practices, conduct problems, and daytime functioning during adolescence.

Although sleep has been linked to activities in various domains of life, one under-studied link is the relationship between unhealthy sleep practices and conduct problems among adolescents. The present study investigates the influence of adolescents' unhealthy sleep practices-short sleep (e.g.

Strain, negative emotions, and juvenile delinquency: the United States versus taiwan.

General strain theory (GST) is an established criminological theory. Although the theory has been examined by many and enjoys empirical support, some limitations of previous studies need to be addressed. Many previous studies rely heavily on samples from Western countries, mostly the United States; thus, possible cultural influences are ignored.

Direct and vicarious violent victimization and juvenile delinquency: an application of general strain theory.

Using a national probability sample of adolescents (12–17), this study applies general strain theory to how violent victimization, vicarious violent victimization, and dual violent victimization affect juvenile violent/property crime and drug use. In addition, the mediating effect and moderating effect of depression, low social control, and delinquent peer association on the victimization–delinquency relationship is also examined. Based on SEM analyses and contingency tables, the results indicate that all three types of violent victimization have significant and positive direct effects on violent/property crime and drug use.