TY  - SER
AU  - Davey, Judith A.
TI  - Gender differences and adolescent risks
SN  - 1172-4382
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Wellington
PB  - Ministry of Social Development
KW  - FVC
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - DEMOGRAPHICS
KW  - GENDER
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - POLICY
KW  - RISK ASSESSMENT
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - RISK MANAGEMENT
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - PREVENTION
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2000, 14: 130-147
N2  - "This paper examines characteristics and behaviour that are construed as posing risks to the well-being of adolescents in New Zealand. It reviews recent New Zealand research findings on a range of risk factors, and concentrates on the differential incidence and impacts of these risks on males and females. The risk factors include: mental health and behaviour risks, ranging from behavioural and conduct problems to diagnosed clinically mental health disorders, as well as offending against the law; health risks, including smoking, cannabis, alcohol and other drug use; physical risks, including accidental and intentional injury and death, suicide, attempted suicide, sexual risk, abuse and unsafe sexual behaviour; and economic risks, including low income and unemployment. Linkages between risk factors and other characteristics show that a set of individual, social and family conditions appear to increase individual susceptibility to a wide range of adolescent disorders and adjustment problems, which are frequently correlated or "co-morbid". The paper argues that, for adolescents, gender differences in terms of susceptibility to risk are significant and relevant to policy."--AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT
UR  - http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj14/gender-differences-and-adolescent-risks.html
ER  -