Teenagers

Academic Publications

Dietary Ultra-Processing and Cardiometabolic Risk Among US Adolescents: Evidence from the HOME Study

Miranda Mergens; Joseph Braun; Rita Strakovsky

2026, dissertation thesis

Prevalence of common mental health disorders and associated factors among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Lusaka, Zambia

Kwame Shanaube; Suwilanji Simwanza; Buumba Tapisha; Dennis Ngosa; Lucheka Sigande; Isaac Mshanga; Choongo Mulungu; O’jay Mwenya; Jane Grace Mwamba; Lihlizulu Thabo Moyo; Charles Moyo; Temwani Mbambara; Gabriel Lungu; Madalitso Mbewe; Given Moonga; Brian Maila

PLOS Mental Health, 2026, journal article

HIV infections Mental health Teenagers Zambia

Adolescent Disclosure Strongly Predicts General Knowledge and Weakly Predicts Alcohol Knowledge: Revisiting How Parents Learn About Adolescent Drinking

Sophia Blyth; Savannah Boele; Robert Laird; William E. Pelham, III

2026, preprint

Drinking of alcoholic beverages Health behavior in adolescence Self-disclosure Teenagers

To whom, why, and in what contexts adolescents share information about their substance use: A scoping review

Sophia Blyth; Meghan Dontha; Tia C. Chitty; Herry Patel; Emily C. Kemp; William E. Pelham, III

2026, preprint

Health risk communication Substance abuse Teenagers

Developing a skill-based intervention to address social health needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer: an ORBIT Phase 1 Study

Kaitlyn M Fladeboe; Alison Odaffer; et al.

Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2025, journal article Cited by 1

Cancer Oncology Teenagers Young adults

Adolescent Alcohol Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Growing Public Health Concern That Merits Attention from Multiple Stakeholders

Brian Maila

Palgrave Handbook of Mental Health Practice in Sub Saharan Africa, 2025, book chapter Cited by 1

Drinking of alcoholic beverages Public health Sub-Saharan Africa Teenagers

A qualitative examination of addiction disclosure and stigma among recovering adolescents

Sophia Blyth; Agata Pietrzak; Wendy Avila Rodriguez; Mark D. Litt; John F. Kelly; Emily A. Hennessy

Addiction Research & Theory, 2025, journal article Cited by 4

Drug addiction Self-disclosure Stigma (Social psychology) Teenagers

To whom, why, and in what contexts adolescents share information about their substance use: A scoping review

Sophia Blyth; Meghan Dontha; Tia C. Chitty; Herry Patel; Emily C. Kemp; William E. Pelham, III

2025, preprint

Health risk communication Substance abuse Teenagers

Attitudes Toward School-Based Surveillance of Adolescents’ Social Media Activity: Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Survey

Colin Burke; Cynthia Triplett; Caryn Rubanovich; Melissa M Karnaze; Cinnamon S Bloss

Jmir Formative Research, 2024, journal article Cited by 9

Attitude (Psychology) Mixed methods research Social media Teenagers

Getting Schooled on Social Media and Adolescent Mental Health

Alison Odaffer

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2024, journal article Cited by 2

Mental health Social media Teenagers

Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents’ Preferences for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Social Marketing Campaigns: Qualitative Preimplementation Study (Preprint)

Kathryn Macapagal; Juan Pablo Zapata; Junye Ma; et al.

2024, preprint Cited by 10

Pre-exposure prophylaxis Sexual minorities Social marketing Teenagers

Temporal trend of the global prevalence rate of tension-type headache in children and adolescents in 1990-2021.

Ling-Zi Yao; Yao, L.-Z.; De-Nan Jiang; Jiang, D.-N.; Jing Wu; Wu, J.; Guang-Dian Shen; Shen, G.-D.; Cao, J.; Jin Cao; Cheng, S.-Q.; Si-Qing Cheng; Shan, S.-Y.; Shi-Yi Shan; Zeyu Luo; et al.

Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi = Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2024, journal article Cited by 1

Epidemiology Headache in children Teenagers Tension headache

Attitudes Toward School-Based Surveillance of Adolescents’ Social Media Activity: Convergent Parallel Mixed Methods Survey (Preprint)

Colin Burke; Cynthia Triplett; Caryn Rubanovich; Melissa M Karnaze; Cinnamon S Bloss

2023, preprint Cited by 9

Attitude (Psychology) Mixed methods research Social media Teenagers

A qualitative examination of social identity and stigma among adolescents recovering from alcohol or drug use

Sophia Blyth; Kiefer Cowie; Jordan Jurinsky; Emily A. Hennessy

Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2023, journal article Cited by 27

Alcoholism Drug abuse Stigma (Social psychology) Teenagers

Associations of food reinforcement and food- related inhibitory control with adiposity and weight gain in children and adolescents

Lucy K. Loch; Marian Tanofsky-Kraff; Megan N. Parker; Hannah E. Haynes; Jennifer A. Te-Vazquez; Bess Bloomer; et al.