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040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aDavey, Judith A. _91021
245			_aGender differences and adolescent risks _cDavey, Judith A.
260			_aWellington _bMinistry of Social Development _c2000
300			_a20 p. ; computer file : Microsoft Word format (154Kb)
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520			_a"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
650	2	7	_2FVC _aADOLESCENTS _943
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDEMOGRAPHICS _9189
650	2	7	_2FVC _aGENDER _9269
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aMENTAL HEALTH _9377
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPOLICY _9447
650	2	4	_aRISK ASSESSMENT _9504
650	2	7	_aRISK FACTORS _9505
650	2	4	_aRISK MANAGEMENT _9506
650	2	7	_2FVC _aSUICIDE _9586
651		4	_aNEW ZEALAND _92588
500			_aSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2000, 14: 130-147
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
773	0		_tSocial Policy Journal of New Zealand, July 2000, 14: 130-147
856	4		_uhttp://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/journals-and-magazines/social-policy-journal/spj14/gender-differences-and-adolescent-risks.html
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