Altered brain function, structure, and developmental trajectory in children born late preterm J.E. Brumbaugh et al., Pediatric Research, August 2016
Attachment-based family therapy with a 13-year-old girl presenting with high risk for suicide E.S. Krauthamer Ewing et al., Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, January 2016
Attentional bias training in girls at risk for depression J. LeMoult et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 2016
Being a boy: Ages 11 and 12 E. McCarthy & A. Joyce, Washington Post, December 18, 2018
A brief measure of peer affiliation and social acceptance (PASA): Validity in an ethnically diverse sample of early adolescents T.J. Dishion et al., Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, March 2014
Children's visuospatial memory predicts mathematics achievement through early adolescence Y. Li & D.C. Geary, PLoS One, February 2017
Cumulative risk over the early life course and its relation to academic achievement in childhood and early adolescence L.D. Ragnarsdottir et al., Preventive Medicine, March 2017
Developmental trajectories of aggression, prosocial behavior, and social-cognitive problem solving in emerging adolescents with clinically elevated attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms M.J. Kofler et al., Journal of Abnormal Psychology, November 2015
Discrimination of amygdala response predicts future separation anxiety in youth with early deprivation S.A. Green et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, October 2016
Disordered neighborhood environments and risk-taking propensity in late childhood through adolescence C.D.M. Furr-Holden, Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2012
Does an evidence-based healthy relationships program for 9th graders show similar effects for 7th and 8th graders? Results from 57 schools randomized to intervention C.V. Crooks et al., Health Education Research, June 2015
Early adolescent friendship selection based on externalizing behavior: The moderating role of pubertal development. The SNARE study A. Franken et al., Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, November 2016
An ecological approach to promoting early adolescent mental health and social adaptation: Family-centered intervention in public middle schools E.A. Stormshak et al., Child Development, January 2011
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Frequent residential mobility among American Indians and early indications of sexual risk among young adolescents N.r. Tuitt et al., PLoS One, June 2019
In search of emerging same-sex sexuality: Romantic attractions at age 13 years G. Li & M. Hines, Archives of Sexual Behavior, October 2016
Integrating mindfulness with parent training: Effects of the Mindfulness-Enhanced Strengthening Families Program J.D. Coatsworth et al., Developmental Psychology, January 2015
Investigating and linking social conditions of minority children and adolescents with emotional well-being M.B. Spencer et al., Ethnicity & Disease, Spring 2006
Latent class profiles of depressive symptoms from early to middle childhood: Predictors, outcomes, and gender effects D.J. Whalen et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, July 2016
A longitudinal examination of early adolescence ethnic identity trajectories C.Y. Huang & E.A. Stormshak, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, July 2011
Middle schools enter a new era in sex ed—teaching 13-year-olds about consent S. Schmidt, Washington Post, January 14, 2020
More middle-school girls are inflicting self-pain. Experts say it might be because of smartphones M. Eltagouri, Washington Post, November 21, 2017
Neural reactivity to emotional faces may mediate the relationship between childhood empathy and adolescent prosocial behavior J.C. Flournoy et al., Child Development, November 2016
The outsize influence of your middle-school friends L. Denworth, The Atlantic, January 28, 2020
A physical activity intervention and changes in body mass index at a middle school With a large American Indian population, Oklahoma, 2004-2009 J.E. Eichner et al., Preventing Chronic Disease, December 2016
Predicting first onset of depression in young girls: Interaction of diurnal cortisol and negative life events J. LeMoult et al., Journal of Abnormal Psychology, November 2015
Promoting parent-child sexual health dialogue with an intergenerational game: Parent and youth perspectives J. D'Cruz et al., Games for Health Journal, April 2015
Proud black teens less depressed Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African American adolescents, according to this article from Futurity.org
Relationships of parental monitoring and emotion regulation with early adolescents' sexual behaviors W. Hadley et al., Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, June 2015
Self-esteem in adolescent females F.M. Biro et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, October 2006
Seven ways to teach tweens to give to others without sacrificing themselves P. Fagell, Washington Post, January 7, 2020
Suicide in elementary school-aged children and early adolescents A.H. Sheftall et al., Pediatrics, October 2016
What happened when Brooklyn tried to integrate its middle schools L. Meckler, Washington Post, November 15, 2019