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03-02-2024 | Empirical Research

Cumulative Genetic Scores Interact with Maternal and Paternal Parenting in Predicting Parent-Adolescent Cohesion and Conflict

Previous research concerning the interplay between genetics and parenting in the development of the parent-child relationship during adolescence has been extremely scarce, predominantly adopting single-gene designs. This limited body of work has …

Auteurs:
Pian Chen, Shan Sun, Yang Yang, Aodi Huang, Hongmei Zhang, Meiping Wang

01-02-2024 | Empirical Research

Quantifying the Importance of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Characteristics in Predicting Different Clinical Outcomes: Using Random Forest Model

Existing research on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among adolescents has primarily concentrated on general risk factors, leaving a significant gap in understanding the specific NSSI characteristics that predict diverse psychopathological …

Auteurs:
Zhenhai Wang, Yanrong Chen, Zhiyuan Tao, Maomei Yang, Dongjie Li, Liyun Jiang, Wei Zhang

Open Access 28-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Negative Emotional Reactivity and Somatic Symptoms during Adolescence Predict Adult Health and Wellbeing in Early and Middle Adulthood

Longitudinal research is lacking with respect to how negative emotional reactivity and somatic symptoms during adolescence set the stage for later health. The aim of this longitudinal study was to examine within-person associations between …

Auteurs:
Mathias Allemand, Helmut A. Fend, Patrick L. Hill

28-01-2024 | Empirical Research

The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement is Mediated and Moderated by Executive Functions

Executive function is an underlying mechanism linking family socioeconomic status (SES) and academic achievement. Previous studies mainly investigated either the mediating or moderating role of executive function within this relationship, which …

Auteurs:
Qiong Hu, Yanlin Zhou, Canmei Xu, Cihua Xu, Fengji Hu, Alexander Scott English, Martin Buschkuehl, Susanne M. Jaeggi, Qiong Zhang

28-01-2024 | Empirical Research

A Daily Diary Study of the Relation between Stress and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and the Moderating Role of Emotion Dysregulation in Emerging Adulthood

Research on exposure to stressors and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in daily life has been lacking, particularly among emerging adults (aged 18–25 years). The aim of this study was to determine whether daily stressors predicted same-day and …

Auteurs:
Sarah Kuburi, Lexi Ewing, Chloe A. Hamza, Abby L. Goldstein

Open Access 25-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Trends in Bullying Victimization and Social Unsafety for Sexually and Gender Diverse Students

Research has documented trends in bullying victimization for sexually diverse adolescents in the US, but trends regarding school social unsafety are understudied and there is a dearth of research examining these trends for gender diverse …

Auteurs:
W. J. Kiekens, R. Van der Ploeg, J. N. Fish, T. Salway, T. M. L. Kaufman, L. Baams

20-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Religion and Suicide in Black Emerging Adults: Examining Pathways Through Hope and Meaning in Life

While suicide persists as a leading cause of death for Black emerging adults in the U.S., few studies identify specific positive psychological mechanisms that can be leveraged to reduce future risk. The current study, therefore, explores whether …

Auteurs:
Janelle R. Goodwill, Meredith O. Hope

Open Access 20-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Longitudinal Associations Between Support and Prosocial Behavior Across Adolescence: The Roles of Fathers, Mothers, Siblings, and Friends

Family members and friends can play an important role in adolescents’ prosocial behavior. To better understand the relation between support and prosocial behavior in adolescence, it’s important to conduct longitudinal studies that distinguish …

Auteurs:
Marije van Meegen, Jolien Van der Graaff, Gustavo Carlo, Wim Meeus, Susan Branje

13-01-2024 | Empirical Research

A Latent Transition Analysis of Aggression Victimization Patterns During the Transition from Primary to Middle School

School transitions provide contexts for adolescents to reconstruct peer relationships and re-establish social positions. Scarce research has captured the transition of aggressor and victim roles during this period and examined associated factors.

Auteurs:
Hao Zheng, Yueyue Zhou, Lin Fu, Buzohre Eli, Ru Han, Zhengkui Liu

13-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Parent-Child Discrepancies in Perceived Parental Control and Their Associations with Children’s Prosocial Behaviors in Early Adolescence within Chinese Families

How parent-child discrepancies in perceived parental control associate with children’s prosocial behaviors remains unknown. This study examined this issue in 578 Chinese children (297 girls, Mage = 10.85, SDage = 0.72) and their mothers and …

Auteurs:
Runzhu Zhang, Zhenhong Wang

Open Access 13-01-2024 | Empirical Research

Understanding Wellbeing Profiles According to White Matter Structural Connectivity Sub-types in Early Adolescents: The First Hundred Brains Cohort from the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study

Wellbeing is protective against the emergence of psychopathology. Neurobiological markers associated with mental wellbeing during adolescence are important to understand. Limited research has examined neural networks (white matter tracts) and …

Auteurs:
Christina Driver, Amanda Boyes, Abdalla Z. Mohamed, Jacob M. Levenstein, Marcella Parker, Daniel F. Hermens

29-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Filial Piety and the Development of Independence and Interdependence During Emerging Adulthood: A Longitudinal Study of Taiwanese Adolescents

While filial piety has been widely studied in Confucian-influenced societies, little is known about how it may influence the development of emerging adults’ independence and interdependence. Using a population-based longitudinal study in Taiwan …

Auteurs:
Kuan-Ju Huang, Jen-Hao Chen

29-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Life Satisfaction Trajectories During the Transition from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood and the Role of Gender and Achievement Attribution: A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Youth

Life satisfaction is vital for a smooth transition to emerging adulthood. However, research on age and gender-related fluctuations in life satisfaction has yielded inconclusive and culture-specific results, which necessitates further investigation …

Auteurs:
Shuming Fan, Jing Zhang, Lijun Zhang

26-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Chinese Mothers’ Reactions to Adolescents’ Positive Emotions: Relations to Adolescents’ Emotional Adjustment and Mothers’ Socialization Goals

When adolescents have positive emotions, parents’ reactions that enhance or dampen the intensity or duration of adolescents’ emotions have been documented to play a critical role in adolescents’ emotional adjustment in Western societies. These …

Auteurs:
Zeyi Shi, Yang Qu, Yiyun Yan, Qian Wang

Open Access 21-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Trajectories of Loneliness During Adolescence Predict Subsequent Symptoms of Depression and Positive Wellbeing

There is a need to identify the outcomes of changes in loneliness during adolescence, and to consider this within a multidimensional framework of loneliness. This study considered the effects of different trajectories of change in Isolation …

Auteurs:
Simon C. Hunter, Rebecca Seth, Stephen Houghton, David Lawrence, Corinne Zadow, Michael Rosenberg, Lisa Wood, Pamela Qualter, Trevor Shilton

19-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Longitudinal Associations Between Reactive and Proactive Aggression and Depression in Early Adolescence: Between‐ and Within‐Person Effects

Depressive symptoms and aggression often co-occur, and previous studies have found different bidirectional links between depressive symptoms and aggression, suggesting inconsistent developmental cascades. Moreover, it is unclear whether different …

Auteurs:
Zhengqian Yang, Yuhan Luo, Fumei Chen, Rui Luo, Mengdi Qi, Zhaoyi Li, Yun Wang

Open Access 19-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Adolescent Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidality: A Latent Class Analysis and Associations with Clinical Characteristics in an At-Risk Cohort

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is frequently encountered in adolescents, but its predictive value for suicidality or other clinical characteristics is challenging due to its heterogeneous nature. This study used latent class analysis to identify …

Auteurs:
N. G. M. de Neve-Enthoven, A. P. Ringoot, J. Jongerling, N. Boersma, L. M. Berges, D. Meijnckens, W. J. G. Hoogendijk, N. H. Grootendorst-van Mil

15-12-2023 | Empirical Research

Relationship between Personality Traits and Subjective Well-Being in Emerging Adulthood: Moderating Role of Independent and Interdependent Self-Construal

During emerging adulthood, individuals’ subjective well-being declines owing to challenges regarding identity, work, and romantic relationships. Although the relationships among personality traits, self-construal, and well-being have been …

Auteurs:
Kai Hatano, Tetsuya Kawamoto, Shogo Hihara, Kazumi Sugimura, Megumi Ikeda, Satoshi Tanaka, Jun Nakahara

14-12-2023 | Empirical Research

How Important Are Parental Career Expectations? A Subtle and Long-Term Influence on Adolescents’ Career Aspirations

Perceived parental expectations of adolescents have been linked to many high school consequences, yet few studies have examined the relationship between perceived parental expectations and adolescents’ career aspirations, and potential mechanisms …

Auteurs:
Yanhao Qi, Yuan Liu, Bijuan Huang, Shaowen Xie, Jia Liu, Jiwei Si

28-11-2023 | Empirical Research

The Associations Between Parental Phubbing, Adolescent Phubbing, and Adolescents’ Adjustments: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis

A growing body of research indicates that phubbing can negatively influence adolescent development, it is not clear how perceived parental phubbing, adolescent phubbing, and adolescents’ adjustment problems concurrently relate to each other at the …

Auteurs:
Wei Tong, Jichao Jia, Pengcheng Wang, Wen He