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Does this make me look fat?
The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure.   view more (2008-07-02)

Status of adolescent peer groups plays role in understanding groups influence on early teen behavior
Children who are part of the cool group are more likely to be influenced by their friends than children who are friends with peers who are kind, nice, and well-liked.   view more (2007-07-20)

Peer exclusion among children results in reduced classroom participation and academic achievement
Children who are excluded from activities by their peers are more likely to withdraw from classroom activities and suffer academically.   view more (2006-03-06)

Center for Digital Business explores mobile Napster
Center for Digital Business, CDA, at Ume'å University, is presenting new research at a conference in Pisa, Italy. This research deals with the prototype system FolkMusic, which is a mobile platform for distributing music in wireless networks. The work is being presented at a conference titled... view more (2002-09-23)

Resisting peer pressure: new findings shed light on adolescent decision-making
The capacity to resist peer pressure in early adolescence may depend on the strength of connections between certain areas of the brain.   view more (2007-07-26)

Strength of connections between brain regions may affect an adolescent's response to peer influence
Brain regions that regulate different aspects of behavior are more interconnected in children with high resistance to peer influence than those with low resistance, according to a new study published in the July 25 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.   view more (2007-07-27)

Mixed Results For Study Assesing Effectiveness Of Peer-Led Sex Education
Results of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest a modest benefit for the use of peers (older pupils) to deliver sex-education classes rather than teachers. However the study does not show any effect of such peer-led sex education in reducing the incidence of unprotected first... view more (2004-07-21)

New Study Explores Social Comparison in Early Childhood
It has been shown (and probably experienced by all of us) that performing worse than our peers on a particular task results in negative self-esteem and poorer subsequent performance on the same task.   view more (2008-10-31)

Promoting breastfeeding by peer counselling in Bangladesh
Peer counselling is highly effective in promoting exclusive breastfeeding in less-developed countries, and should be incorporated in mother and child health programmes, concludes research published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Most mothers breastfeed in Bangladesh, but they rarely... view more (2000-11-08)

Sex Education Taught By Pupils - A New Approach To Tackling Pregnancy And Infection.
Researchers carrying out a major new Medical Research Council study said today (23 July 2004), that sex education delivered by teenagers for teenagers could be a promising way forward if we are to tackle some of the major sexual health problems facing the UK today. The MRC study known as RIPPLE (A... view more (2004-07-22)

Children who blow their own trumpet
Young children are unaware of the concept of modesty. As they get older, they start to understand the benefits and social importance of keeping quiet about their own achievements.   view more (2002-02-27)

The 160-mile download diet: Local file-sharing drastically cuts network load
Peer-to-peer networking, or P2P, has become the method of choice for sharing music and videos. While initially used to share pirated material, the system is now used by NBC, BBC and others to deliver legal video content and by Hollywood studios to distribute movies online. Experts estimate that... view more (2008-08-20)

Colonoscopy fears overcome when patients support patients
Patients who have had a colonoscopy can play a life-saving role by encouraging other patients to follow through with their own colorectal cancer screenings, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.   view more (2008-01-08)

Bullying in middle school may lead to increased substance abuse in high school
Over the past decade, parents, educators and policy makers have become increasingly concerned about verbal and physical harassment in schools and the subsequent effects of peer victimization on teens.   view more (2005-12-30)

NDRI researchers evaluate prison Hepatitis program
In an article published in the Journal of Correctional Health Care, researchers from the National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) reported on an evaluation of an intervention program within a prison system addressing Hepatitis C virus (HCV).   view more (2006-03-03)

Help for victims of bullying
Psychologists have found that children who get bullied at school act in ways which mark them out as victims, behaving submissively and having poor social skills. This is one of the key findings from research presented to The British Psychological Society's Developmental Section Conference in... view more (2000-09-12)

Peer-to-peer broadband services for grandmothers
Heidelberg. A high-level panel of decision-makers in European communications technology discussed the business perspectives of broadband services at the Eurescom Summit 2002 on Thursday, 24 October. For Scott Robinson, Director of Carrier Service Market Development at Alcatel, broadband is already... view more (2002-10-24)

Research Europe 4 July issue: stories on FP6 ethics, research ministers, FP6 cost models, products for 2010, and DFG peer review.
Governments still split over FP6 ethics EU member states are still at odds over the way in which bioethical issues are to be handled in Framework 6. While both the Commission and the incoming Danish presidency of the EU are adamant that the disagreement will not delay the programme, there is no... view more (2002-07-04)

Living in a material world
Material goods are seen by many as a central life goal; the main route to identity, success and happiness; and the yardstick for evaluating self and others.   view more (2004-08-23)

Problems of deaf children
Professor Terezinha Nunes and Dr Ursula Pretzlik of the Institute of Education, London, interviewed parents of deaf children. They found that the birth of a deaf child to hearing parents provokes a crisis in communication. This is discussed in the context of the development of communication at home... view more (1999-08-23)

Research Fortnight 21 November issue: stories on lobbying, peer review, CCLRC, evidence and ESRC
No better time to win funds, academics told British universities must step up their campaign for extra funds from government, according to senior politicians and funding chiefs. This is despite concerns that university funding is not high on the Treasury's list of priorities. "British universities... view more (2001-11-21)

The politics of the playground: lack of athletic skill often means loneliness and peer rejection
In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown was never able to kick the football, fly a kite properly or lead a baseball team. He was also sad and often the target of ridicule from his peers. A new Canadian study looking at the connections between athletic skill and social acceptance among school... view more (2007-10-22)

Your mom was wrong: Horseplay is an important part of development
Playground roughhousing has long been a tradition of children and adolescents, much to the chagrin of several generations of parents who worry that their child will be hurt or worse, become accustom to violence and aggression. But animal research may paint a different portrait of rough and tumble... view more (2007-03-20)

Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers
Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers.   view more (2008-10-02)

Students with disabilities encourage others to continue learning
Students with disabilities and learning difficulties are taking part in a unique University of Liverpool training scheme that enables them to educate those with similar disabilities to themselves.   view more (2005-11-15)
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