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Peer sexual harassment, appearance esteem, and emotional problems: Testing a mediation model across early adolescence Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Kristina Holmqvist Gattario, Emily G. Vira, Carolina Lunde, Therése Skoog
This study used a longitudinal sample of early adolescent boys and girls (ages 10–12; N = 1113) to test a theoretically and empirically informed model suggesting that exposure to peer sexual harassment (age 10) predicts more emotional problems (age 12), and that lower appearance esteem (age 11) mediates this relation. On the within‐person level, which is the level on which the processes theoretically
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Exploring adolescent‐adult connections, coping, and safety among minoritized youth in neighborhoods impacted by community violence Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Maxine Fenner, Tyia Wilson, Alexander Riley, Alison J. Culyba
Dyadic interviews were conducted with 32 youth ages 13–21 and their self‐identified key adult supports to illuminate how adult supports help protect youth in communities impacted by high levels of violence. Interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Youth described choosing social interactions carefully, avoiding high‐violence areas, and keeping busy with activities. Many
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Mother–child dynamics: Examining reciprocal relations between parental knowledge, child disclosure, parental legitimacy beliefs, and adolescent alcohol use Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Nilofar Fallah‐Sohy, Elisa M. Trucco
Early adolescent alcohol use is associated with adverse developmental and health outcomes. Parental knowledge can prevent or delay substance use, while youth behaviors may concurrently influence parenting. More research is needed to examine the role of youth's perceptions of legitimacy of parental authority. This multi‐informant study examined prospective bidirectional effects between parental knowledge
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Parent‐child conflict in Mexican‐origin families: Charting development from adolescence to young adulthood Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Daye Son, Kimberly A. Updegraff, Adriana J. Umaña‐Taylor
Grounded in developmental and cultural‐ecological perspectives, the current study examined trajectories of parent‐youth conflict regarding everyday issues across adolescence and into young adulthood. Data came from 246 Mexican‐origin families in the southwestern United States with younger siblings (51% female, Mage = 12.8, SD = 0.58), older siblings (Mage = 15.5, SD = 1.57), mothers (Mage = 39.0; SD
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The contribution of community service during the transition to adulthood to health in adulthood Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Laura Wray‐Lake, Danielle Dunn, Valerie Freund, Deborah D. Kloska
Prior studies have linked young people's community service to indicators of health, yet little research takes the long view by connecting youth's community service to health in the next decade of life. Using a lifespan developmental lens, this study examined community service over the transition to adulthood and uses change over time in community service to predict indicators of behavioral, physical
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Adolescents' belonging in post‐divorce families: Examining residential and digital contact with mothers and fathers Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Zoë Rejaän, Inge E. van der Valk, Susan Branje
Using data of 166 adolescents from divorced families, this study examined longitudinal associations between the quantity and quality of adolescents’ residential contact and digital contact with parents, and their sense of family belonging. Cross‐lagged panel models showed concurrent associations among adolescents’ residential and digital contact with each parent, yet positively for fathers and negatively
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Directionality explored: Black Adolescents' awareness of systemic racism and race‐based experiences Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Natasha C. Johnson, Stephanie J. Rowley, Beth Kurtz‐Costes
Increases in conversations about race and racial discrimination experiences during adolescence make this a critical developmental period to investigate adolescents' awareness of racism. We examined bidirectional associations between race‐based experiences and awareness of systemic racism—operationalized as understanding systemic causes of racial disparities in education. Adolescents who self‐identified
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Peer sexual harassment among 10-year-olds: Roles, genders, classroom occurrence, and associations with emotional problems Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Andrea Valik, Carolina Lunde, Therése Skoog, Kristina Holmqvist Gattario
This is the first study examining peer sexual harassment among 10-year-olds (N = 985), studying how being a victim, perpetrator, or witness relates to emotional problems, and how these associations are moderated by gender and class occurrence of sexual harassment. Results showed that 45% of the participants reported victimization, 17% perpetration, and 60% witnessing sexual harassment, with vast overlaps
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Taking the long view of adolescent work quality Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Jeremy Staff, Jeylan T. Mortimer
Following Schulenberg's research on teenage employment and vocational development, we ask to what extent do job dimensions reflecting the quality of work experience during mid-adolescence (e.g., work stress, autonomy, learning and advancement opportunities, hourly pay, wage satisfaction, and work hours) predict the same work experiences during the ensuing occupational career? Using longitudinal data
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Microaggression and discrimination experiences among diverse youth with LGBTQ+ parents in the United States Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Rachel H. Farr, Krystal K. Cashen, Kelsey A. Siebenthaler, Kay A. Simon
Family-based microaggressions and discrimination experienced by youth with LGBTQ+ parents are important to understand from their perspectives. Using mixed methods, we examined such experiences among 12- to 25-year-old youth (N = 51) with at least one LGBTQ+ parent in the United States. Youth were diverse in race/ethnicity, family structure, gender and sexual identities, socioeconomic status, and geographic
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Out-of-school time use in Pakistan: A qualitative study featuring youth's voices Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Salima Kerai, Marium Ibrahim, Tonje M. Molyneux, Uzma Hussain, Anne Gadermann, Rosemin Kassam, Almina Pardhan, Eva Oberle
The current study addresses the lack of out-of-school time (OST) research in low- and middle-income countries by exploring OST use in the context of Pakistan and incorporating youth's voices. Using a qualitative descriptive design with focus-group discussions, we conducted a study in three middle schools set in low- to middle-income neighborhoods in urban and rural areas of Karachi, Pakistan. We engaged
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Still worried? Parental control and academic competence as antecedents of middle school students' post-transition worries Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Ana-Maria Țepordei, Alexandra S. Zancu, Loredana R. Diaconu-Gherasim, Laura E. Brumariu
This study examined whether parental psychological control reported by children before the transition to middle school, in the second semester of the fourth grade, is associated with children's worries after the transition to middle school, in the first semester of the fifth grade. We also evaluated the mediating role of children's post-transition perceived academic competence and the moderating role
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Time-varying associations between parental closeness, self-esteem, and sexual behavior across adolescence and emerging adulthood Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Linghua Jiang, Xiafei Wang, Shuangyue Cui, Sara A. Vasilenko
This study applied the time-varying effect model (TVEM) to data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to explore how self-esteem mediated age-varying associations of closeness to mother and father and their child's sexual behavior through adolescence and emerging adulthood. Paternal closeness is associated with lesser odds of sexual behaviors for both female and male adolescents
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Gender differences in Russian adolescent mental health from 1999 to 2021 Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Evgeniya Yu Privodnova, Nadezhda B. Semenova, Olga S. Kornienko, Aleksandra V. Varshal, Helena R. Slobodskaya
This study examined secular trends in Russian adolescent mental health, the specific effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and associations with country-level indicators. A cross-sectional survey of 12,882 adolescents aged 11–18 years was carried out between 1999 and 2021 using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. The results showed an incline in girls' internalizing problems with a two-fold increase
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Stress of being outed to parents, LGBTQ family support, and depressive symptoms among sexual and gender diverse youth Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Peter S. McCauley, Alexander J. Del Farno, Antonia E. Caba, Benton M. Renley, Shaylynne Shuler, Lisa A. Eaton, Ryan J. Watson
Limited scholarship has explored how a lack of agency in identity disclosure (being “outed”) to parents is associated with mental health experiences of sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY). With a national sample of SGDY (N = 9272; 66.8% White non-Hispanic) aged 13–17 (Mage = 15.63, SD = 1.24), this study first compared social position differences between SGDY who were outed to their parents compared
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Self-esteem and self-concept as correlates of life satisfaction and attitudes toward school among Ghanaian girls Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Ozge Sensoy Bahar, William Byansi, Portia Buernarkie Nartey, Abdallah Ibrahim, Alice Boateng, Kingsley Kumbelim, Proscovia Nabunya, Mary M. McKay, Fred M. Ssewamala
During adolescence, youth experience several physical, psychosocial, and cognitive changes. Self-esteem and self-concept are identified as protective factors for adolescents in high-income countries, but studies are limited in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the associations of self-esteem and self-concept with life satisfaction and attitudes toward school using baseline data from 97 Ghanaian adolescent
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The subjective well-being in Peruvian adolescence: Identifying domains and evaluations in a non-WEIRD context Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2024-01-07 Henry Raúl Guillén Zambrano, Rafaella Andrea de la Puente Ronceros, María Angélica Pease Dreibelbis
The present qualitative study examined how a group of Peruvian adolescents (N = 32) from different cultural contexts conceive their well-being. The goal was to identify the domains that structure their conception of well-being and how they evaluate it based on their elaboration. For this objective, 32 in-depth interviews were carried out with adolescents from different cultural contexts in Perú. Elements
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School climate, attitude toward school violence, and violent behaviors among high school students in Vietnam Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Minh Thanh Bui, Trang Thu Nguyen
This study aimed to examine the relationship between Vietnamese high school students' violent behaviors and their violence exposure (observing and being victimized by school violence), and attitude, and perceived school climate. The results from 496 Vietnamese high school students show that students' acceptance of school violence and their experience of being the victim of school violence have a significant
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Coping strategies in response to peer victimization: Comparing adolescents in the United States and Korea Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Joo Young Yang, Kristina L. McDonald, Sunmi Seo
We examined cultural specificity in how adolescents' coping strategies in response to peer victimization are associated with adjustment with a sample of 7th–8th graders from the United States (n = 292, 60% female, Mage = 13.6, SD = 0.65) and South Korea (n = 462, 50.2% female, Mage = 13.7, SD = 0.58). Participants read scenarios describing victimization and rated the likelihood of utilizing different
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Justice for me and for all: Longitudinal analysis of justice perceptions across demographic indicators Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Kendra J. Thomas, Herbert Rodrigues, André V. Komatsu
Most research on justice perceptions stems from high-income contexts, even though most youth grow up in contexts of inequality and injustice. This study examines the development of justice perceptions in 659 Brazilian adolescents (51.3% male; 45.2% White) in São Paulo across 3 years, ages 12, 13, and 14. Perceptions of justice of the world declined with age and perceived justice in one's personal life
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Among risks, protection, and lessons learned: Perspectives of Brazilian rural families about work in adolescence Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Ramiro Rodrigues Coni Santana, Marilena Ristum
Adolescents working in the Brazilian rural contexts were investigated through participant observation and interviews, aiming at understanding the role played by work in the nurturing of adolescent in these contexts. The qualitative and longitudinal survey involved six participants who were members of two different families, as follows: four female adolescents, one adult woman, and one adult man. It
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Everyday discrimination, emotion, and daily interactions during adolescence Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Danny Rahal, Virginia W. Huynh, Michael R. Irwin, Heather McCreath, Andrew J. Fuligni
The present study examined whether everyday discrimination relates to the frequency of adolescents' positive and negative daily social interactions and whether these associations are driven by anger and positive emotion. Adolescents (N = 334) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study, in which they completed surveys regarding everyday discrimination, anger, and positive emotion, as well as 15
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Growth patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior in Colombian and Uruguayan adolescents: Examining gratitude and forgiveness as predictors of change Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Belen Mesurado, Santiago Resett
The first goal of the current research was to study the short-term developmental patterns of ingroup and outgroup prosocial behavior during the middle adolescence stage among Uruguayan and Colombian adolescents. The second goal was to study the probability of inclusion in each trajectory class arising from gratitude and forgiveness (understood as the absence of negative emotions and the presence of
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High and low levels of adolescent peer status are associated longitudinally with socioevaluative concern Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Nathan H. Field, Elizabeth A. Nick, Maya Massing-Schaffer, Kara A. Fox, Jacqueline Nesi, Mitchell J. Prinstein
This study examined linear and curvilinear longitudinal associations between peer status (i.e., likeability and popularity) and socioevaluative concern, a socio-cognitive feature characterized by attunement to judgment from peers. A sample of 716 adolescents (Mage = 16.01, SD = 1.25; 54% female; 46.5% White; 69.5% reduced-price lunch) was assessed twice annually. Likeability and popularity were assessed
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Microaggressions, perceptions of campus climate, mental health, and alcohol use among first-year college students of color Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Diana R. Samek, Brianna Crumly, Bruno Ache Akua, Mary Dawson, Adrienne Duke-Marks
Depressive and anxiety symptoms are increasingly common, and problematic alcohol use remains prevalent in college. To expand on prior research on mostly white samples, we surveyed first-year students of color from our predominately white university (Southeastern US) to identify risk factors for mental health symptoms and potentially co-occurring problematic alcohol use. Results showed significant associations
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Companion animals and the relationship between peer victimization and emotion regulation in youth Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Erin K. King, Eli D. Halbreich, Kristina Callina, Megan K. Mueller
Peer victimization can negatively impact emotion regulation in youth and is associated with harmful mental health outcomes. One protective factor against the impacts of peer victimization is a strong attachment to family and positive peer relationships. Given that pets are commonly seen as family members and that youth report turning to their pet for emotional comfort, companion animals could provide
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Cumulative contextual risk, mothers' and fathers' parenting, and adolescents' psychosocial problems in Ghana Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Braima Salaam
Limited research exists on the association between cumulative risk factors and the psychosocial well-being of adolescents in low-income, culturally distinct settings. This study aimed to fill this gap by examining the impact of cumulative risk exposure on Ghanaian adolescents' psychosocial problems and exploring the mediating role of parenting. The study involved 212 adolescents (61% girls; average
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Parenting in 2 Worlds: Testing improved parent–adolescent communication about sexuality in Urban American Indian families Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Stephen S. Kulis, Monica Tsethlikai, Stephanie L. Ayers, Kyle E. Gresenz
Urban American Indian (AI) adolescents are more likely than non-Natives to have early sexual debut, teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and inadequate sexual health information. A RCT in three Arizona cities, with 585 parents of urban AI adolescents, tested whether a culturally tailored parenting intervention for urban AI families, Parenting in 2 Worlds (P2W), increased parent–adolescent
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Proactive coping with discrimination: A mediator between ethnic-racial socialization and Latinx youth's internalizing symptoms Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Valerie V. Salcido, Gabriela L. Stein
There is a dearth of knowledge in the coping literature on how minoritized youth cope with racism-related stressors and the predictors of effective coping responses. This two-wave study examined the direct and indirect effects of ethnic-racial socialization on depressive and anxiety symptoms via proactive coping with discrimination in a community sample of 135 Latinx adolescents (Mage = 16, SD = 1
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Examining area- and individual-level differences in suicide ideation severity and suicide attempt among youth Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Christopher Cambron, Jeremiah W. Jaggers
Youth suicide is a pressing problem and suicide rates are not equally distributed across geographic areas or socioeconomic status (SES). Death by suicide is often preceded factors including hopelessness and suicide ideation, planning, and attempt. The current study examined area- and individual-level differences in suicide ideation severity and suicide attempt in a state-representative sample of youth
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Using measurement alignment in research on adolescence involving multiple groups: A brief tutorial with R Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Hyemin Han
Measurement alignment adjusts factor loadings and intercepts across different groups to achieve measurement invariance, which assumes the equal measurement model is validated across different groups. It should be achieved for validly conducting analysis and comparison in studies involving multiple groups, such as cross-cultural or cross-national studies. In this paper, I presented how to conduct measurement
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Patterns in pro-gun beliefs and weapon carrying behaviors in rural White adolescent Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Sara Beachy, Christopher T. H. Liang
Weapon carrying among White rural populations is understudied although evidence suggests that rural White boys have high rates of carriage. This study delineated patterns of weapon use and pro-gun beliefs using a latent class analysis on a sample of 32,916 White rural adolescents. Five groups were identified (i.e., Low Gun Risk, Naïve, Social Contagion, Independent, Unsupervised) using pro-gun beliefs
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Promoting positive development among refugee adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Saida Abdi, Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, Anna Sarkadi, Mina Fazel, B. Heidi Ellis, Sarah Gillespie, Linda P. Juang, Theresa S. Betancourt
Of the estimated 35.3 million refugees around the world (UNHCR, Figures at a Glance, 2022), approximately 50% are children under the age of 18. Refugee adolescents represent a unique group as they navigate developmental tasks in an unstable and often threatening environment or in resettlement contexts in which they often face marginalization. In addition to physiological, social, and psychological
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“We been dying, and you got me on a call helping you stay alive”: Black and Latinx youth organizers' experiences of racism in gun violence prevention organizations Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Sara Wilf, Taylor Reed, Victoria Millet, Stephanie M. Ortiz, Laura Wray-Lake
This study explored Black and Latinx youth organizers' experiences of racism within national gun violence prevention organizing spaces. Interview data were analyzed from 17 Black and/or Latinx youth (Mage = 20.17, 47% women) across the United States who organized against gun violence. The findings identified three forms of racism that Black and Latinx organizers experienced in national organizations:
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Patterns of African American parents' educational involvement: associations with adolescents' academic performance and motivational beliefs Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Nestor B. Tulagan, Jacquelynne S. Eccles
The current study used survey data from 786 African American mother–adolescent (M = 12.29 years; 48% female) dyads to examine profiles of 7th-grade parental educational involvement and their associations with adolescents' 11th-grade academic performance, academic self-concept, and educational aspirations. Using latent profile analyses, four patterns emerged: (a) Low Involvers; (b) Helpers, Low Providers;
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Adolescents' trust and reciprocity toward friends, unknown peers, and community members Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Sophie W. Sweijen, Lysanne W. te Brinke, Suzanne van de Groep, Eveline A. Crone
Using a newly developed version of the Trust Game among 196 adolescents aged 11–20 years, this study examined whether adolescents distinguish between trust and reciprocity to unknown peers, friends, and community members. We also tested for effects of age, gender, and individual differences in attending to others' emotions, emotional support to friends, societal contributions, and institutional and
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Addressing challenges to carrying out intervention programs with youth populations: Successes and strategies Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Neema Trivedi-Bateman, Alison Jane Martingano
We identify five challenges notoriously faced by researchers conducting youth intervention studies: access to the target population, successful recruitment, ensuring continued attendance, promoting engaged, enthused, and task-focused participation, and efficient data collection. To ensure research quality, we have devised strategies to address these obstacles. Successes and lessons are included from
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Sexual minority youth in romantic relationships: Associations with youth well-being Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-16 Amy L. McCurdy, Benton M. Renley, Justin A. Lavner, Gaëlle Meslay, Ryan J. Watson, Stephen T. Russell
This study investigated differences in depressive symptoms, loneliness, and self-esteem for monosexual (lesbian, gay) and plurisexual (bisexual, pansexual, queer) sexual minority youth (SMY) by relationship status (single, partnered) and relationship configuration (same-gender partner, different-gender partner). Participants included 338 SMY (Mage = 19.10 years) who reported on their relationship status
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Positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts: A longitudinal approach to spillover effects Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Savaş Karataş, Katharina Eckstein, Peter Noack, Monica Rubini, Elisabetta Crocetti
This study aims to tackle positive and negative intergroup contact in school and out-of-school contexts to test whether a spillover effect (i.e., the extent to which experiences that individuals have in one context spill over into another) applies to intergroup contact. Participants were 984 adolescents (Mage = 14.66; 62.7% female; 24.8% ethnic minority). Results indicated that positive contact in
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Trajectories of discrimination among Chinese American youth: Variation, predictors, and outcomes Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Wei Wei, Dawn P. Witherspoon, Su Yeong Kim
Using 3 waves of longitudinal data from 444 Chinese American adolescents (Mage = 13.04 at Wave 1, 54% identified as women), the current study explored if there was variation in discrimination trajectories from early to late adolescence and whether contextual and individual factors predicted trajectories as well as if trajectories were associated with academic achievement and mental health. Three distinct
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Similarities between friends on service, activism, and awareness of inequities in an adolescent social network Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Christopher M. Wegemer
This brief report characterizes the tendency of adolescent friends to be similar on civic behaviors and critical consciousness. Using two waves of network data from a high school that serves primarily low-income Latiné youth (2019, N = 519; 2020, N = 521), the present study examined homophily on service, activism, and awareness of inequities. The results of Exponential Random Graph Models indicated
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Adolescents' and parents' affect in relation to discrepant perceptions of parental warmth in daily life Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Loes H. C. Janssen, Carlie J. Sloan, Bart Verkuil, Lisanne A. E. M. Van Houtum, Mirjam. C. M. Wever, Gregory M. Fosco, Bernet M. Elzinga
The current study aimed to evaluate how adolescents' and parents' perceptions of daily parenting—and their discrepancies—relate to daily parent and adolescent affect. Daily parental warmth and affect were assessed using electronic diaries in 150 American adolescent–parent dyads (61.3% females, Mage = 14.6, 83.3% White; 95.3% mothers, Mage = 43.4; 89.3% White) and in 80 Dutch adolescents with 79 mothers
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Mere religiosity is not enough! Spirituality strengthens the relations between religiosity and positive youth development Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Jet U. Buenconsejo, Jesus Alfonso D. Datu
Although prior research shows that either religiosity or spirituality facilitates well-being, the interaction of both constructs in predicting positive youth development (PYD) in collectivistic contexts remains unknown. This study examined the moderating role of spirituality on the link between religiosity and PYD, including each of its Cs (i.e., competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring)
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Black adolescents' racial discrimination and suicide behaviors: Testing perceived school safety as a protective moderator Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Chelsea D. Williams, Jelaina Shipman-Lacewell, Shu-Fang Shih, Alexandra Wynn, María de Jesús Elias, Cecelia R. Valrie
The current study examined associations between Black adolescents' (Mage = 15.55, SD = 1.23) racial discrimination and suicide behaviors (i.e., suicide ideation, suicide plan, and suicide attempts), and whether perceived school safety was a protective moderator. Furthermore, we tested gender differences in relations, which were not significant. Racial discrimination predicted greater suicide behaviors
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The Slut-Shaming Instrument: Preliminary validation, correlates, and links with psychological distress among adolescent girls Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Alexa Martin-Storey, Melanie Dirks, Geneviève Paquette, Stéphanie Boutin, Nicole S. J. Dryburgh, Karissa Leduc, Marie-Louise Bolduc, Caroline Temcheff
Despite social awareness of the problem of slut-shaming for adolescent girls, no existing measure captures this construct. Using data from a sample of 202 girls from Québec, Canada (ages 14–17; 68% White), preliminary validation is provided for the Slut-Shaming Instrument, a seven-item measure of negative peer experiences related to being perceived as too sexually active, sexualized, or flirtatious
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Associations between hope and trajectories of critical consciousness among U.S. youth of color Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-09 Sara Suzuki, Sidney C. May, Scott Seider
We examined associations between hope as an internal asset that supports positive youth development, and growth trajectories of three critical consciousness components. Using five waves of data collected over the course of high school (N = 618), we modeled growth trajectories of awareness of inequity (critical reflection), a sense of agency about taking sociopolitical action (critical agency), and
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Adolescent experiences with online racial discrimination: Implications for prevention and coping Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Calista Liby, Jennifer L. Doty, Krista R. Mehari, Ismat Abbas, Yi-Wen Su
Online aggression represents a wide range of negative experiences, including online discrimination targeting individuals based on race, but adolescent perspectives are not well-represented. We interviewed 15 adolescents regarding their experiences with online racial discrimination. After a phenomenological analysis, four main themes emerged: types of online racial aggression, processes supporting online
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The role of student–teacher relationships in the association between negative parenting practices and emotion dynamics – Combining longitudinal and ecological momentary assessment data Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Anna Talty, Lydia G. Speyer, Manuel P. Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, Aja L. Murray, Ingrid Obsuth
Emotion dysregulation is increasingly implicated as a transdiagnostic risk factor in the etiology of mental health problems. This project aimed to explore the links between emotion regulation, negative parenting and student–teacher relationships using longitudinal and ecologically valid data. A sample of n = 209 young people enrolled in the ‘Decades-to-Minutes’ (D2M) study, based in Zurich, Switzerland
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Linking video chatting, phone calling, text messaging, and social media with peers to adolescent connectedness Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Shedrick L. Garrett, Kaitlyn Burnell, Emma L. Armstrong-Carter, Mitchell J. Prinstein, Eva H. Telzer
For 14 days three times per day (6072 observations), adolescents (N = 207, Mage = 15.45 years) reported their digital (i.e., video chatting, texting, social media, and phone calling) communication with peers and their social connectedness. Controlling for in-person interactions, adolescents felt more connected in hours when they had communicated with peers by video chatting, texting, or social media
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Within-family linkages between parental monitoring and adolescents externalizing problems with autonomy support as a moderator Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Paula Vrolijk, Caspar J. Van Lissa, Susan Branje, Wim H. J. Meeus, Renske Keizer
Parents' monitoring efforts are thought to be effective in reducing children's future externalizing problems. Empirical evidence for this claim, however, is limited, as only few studies have unraveled the temporal ordering of these constructs. The present six-wave longitudinal study contributed to the existing literature by examining within-family linkages between monitoring efforts (behavioral control
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Shift-and-persist coping and health among rural African American adolescents Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Olutosin Adesogan, Justin A. Lavner, Sierra E. Carter, Steven R. H. Beach
This study examines whether shift-and-persist coping, a coping strategy defined by accepting challenges and remaining hopeful for the future, is associated with psychosocial and physical health and/or moderates the effects of contextual stress (i.e., racial discrimination, financial strain) on health among African American adolescents living in the rural Southeastern United States. Participants (N = 299
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Profiles of early career insecurity and its outcomes in adolescence: A four-wave longitudinal study Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Saija Mauno, Katharina Klug, Johanna Rantanen, Joona Muotka, Noona Kiuru
This study investigated the developmental profiles of perceived early career insecurity (ECI) and their outcomes among adolescents (n = 1416) during a critical educational transition from basic education to upper secondary education. We found three distinct latent profiles with varying amounts of ECI: Profile 1: Moderate and decreasing ECI before the transition (57%); Profile 2: Low-decreasing ECI
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Quaranteens: Prepandemic relationship quality and changes in adolescent internalizing problems during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Kirsten L. Buist, Savannah Boele, Anne Bülow, Ellen Reitz, Marjolein Verhoeven, Loes Keijsers
This preregistered longitudinal study examined changes in adolescents' depressive and anxiety symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using latent additive piece-wise growth models. It also assessed whether support from and conflict with mothers, fathers, siblings, and best friends explained heterogeneity in change patterns. One hundred and ninety-two Dutch adolescents (Mean age: 14.3 years;
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Socioemotional functioning across the transition to lower secondary school: The role of temperament and relationships with mothers and teachers Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Vilija Jaruseviciute, Gintautas Silinskas, Noona Kiuru
This Finnish longitudinal study investigated the role of relationships with mothers (n = 631) and teachers (n = 56), and adolescents' (n = 848; 53.9% girls, 46.1% boys) temperament in the development of the adolescents' socioemotional functioning during the transition to lower secondary school (Grade 6 to Grade 7; age in Grade 6: M = 12.32, SD = 0.36). The results showed that mother–adolescent closeness
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Dimensions of Identity Development Scale: Confirmatory factor analysis, gender invariance, and external validity of the Persian version Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Pardis Salehi Yegaei, Thomas M. Achenbach, Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Stefanos Mastrotheodoros, Balal Izanloo, Mojtaba Habibi Asgarabad
The present study was conducted to examine the psychometric properties and gender invariance of the Iranian version of the Dimensions of Identity Development Scale (DIDS). A total of 1453 adolescents (50.8% female; 14–18 years old, mean = 15.48) participated in a cross-sectional study and completed the DIDS and the Youth Self-Report of behavior problems. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis supported the
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Dating and friendships in adolescence: Variation across same-sex and other-sex romantic partners Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-21 Rose Wesche, Derek A. Kreager, Nayan G. Ramirez, Shivangi Gupta
This research examined associations between dating and number of friends for rural adolescents with same-sex and other-sex dating partners using longitudinal sociometric data (N = 2826; 55% female, 87% White, mean age = 14 at baseline). In multilevel models assessing within-person change, boys gained female friends when they were in same-sex romantic relationships, compared to when they were single
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The age-varying effects of adolescent stress on impulsivity and sensation seeking Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Alexander M. Wasserman, Erin E. Wood, Charles W. Mathias, Tae Joon Moon, Nathalie Hill-Kapturczak, John D. Roache, Donald M. Dougherty
Adolescence is defined in part by heightened exposure and sensitivity to stressors. In a longitudinal cohort of youth at risk for substance use problems, we examined the age-varying relationship between stress exposure and traits that are central to the dual systems model. The positive associations between stress exposure, impulsivity, sensation seeking varied as function of age. Specifically, the
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Screening for disruptive behavior in adolescents at risk using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Pascalle Spaan, Frank van den Boogert, Nina H. Grootendorst-van Mil, Witte J. G. Hoogendijk, Sabine J. Roza
Disruptive behavior in adolescents is burdensome and may continue into adulthood if left unidentified. The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) can screen for disruptive behavior, but its psychometric properties in high-risk samples and ability to predict delinquency warrant further investigation. In 1022 adolescents, we investigated the predictive validity (on average 1.9 years after screening)
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Longitudinal links of parental solicitation, knowledge, and peer approval with deviance during early adolescence Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Dan Liu, Alexander T. Vazsonyi
The current study examined growth-to-growth associations of parental solicitation, knowledge, and peer approval with deviance during early adolescence, using a 4-wave, 18-month self-reported longitudinal data set from 570 Czech early adolescents (58.4% female; Mage = 12.43 years, SD = 0.66 at baseline). Unconditional growth model tests provided evidence of significant changes in the three parenting
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Maternal depression, parental attributions, and adolescent psychopathology: An evaluation using observational and video-mediated recall methods Journal of Research on Adolescence (IF 3.563) Pub Date : 2023-05-10 Kavya R. Mudiam, Lisa B. Sheeber, Craig Leve, Jennifer H. Pfeifer, Nicholas B. Allen
Parenting styles associated with maternal depression are a risk factor for adolescent psychopathology, and maternal attributional styles may be a key mechanism in this relationship. Mother-adolescent dyads (N = 180; 96 male; ages 10–15) completed in-person interactions and then the mothers participated in a video-mediated recall procedure to assess maternal attributions. Maternal depression was associated