Resource Control Theory suggests that adolescents strategically deploy aggressive and prosocial behaviors in response to perceived changes in social status. Given the bidirectional nature of interactions between adolescents and their social environment, however, it is also possible that these behaviors might shape their social standing in a reciprocal fashion. These processes were examined in the context

Mothers and adolescent children in Mexican immigrant families may encounter various sociocultural stressors, which may spill over into family interactions and impede each other’s internalizing symptoms based on the Family Systems Theory. Empirical evidence is needed to identify the sensitive developmental age when mothers and adolescents are most vulnerable to each other’s stressors, addressing gaps

Empathy plays a critical role in helping emerging adults understand others’ emotions, build meaningful connections, and navigate new environments. This study explores the influences of cumulative genetic effects within the dopaminergic pathway on the development of empathic traits and situational empathic responses in emerging adults. Study 1 employed a cross-sectional design with university students

Many psychological interventions are designed to address specific characteristics of socioemotional functioning. This randomized controlled trial innovatively examined to what extent effects of such an intervention generalize to broader domains. The new socioemotional competence training (SECT), designed to improve social and emotional functioning and well-being in healthy adults, consists of eight

Absenteeism is common in group psychotherapy and has the potential to negatively affect group processes and outcomes. However, there is a scarcity of research examining predictors of group members' attendance, despite the importance of regular and consistent attendance for the individual group member and the group-as-a-whole. This study examined an understudied construct, cultural subgrouping-or divisions

Previous research has explored the effects of early and recent stress on depressive symptoms, yielding meaningful findings. However, no research has yet comprehensively verified and compared the independent, multiplicative (interactive), and cumulative (additive) effects of these stresses on depressive symptoms. Consequently, the mechanisms by which early and recent stress contribute to depressive

Perceived understanding in close relationships has been shown to positively correlate with relationship satisfaction and well-being. Less is known, however, about the preferred means for promoting such perceptions. The current study investigated the strategies adolescents prefer their parents use for understanding their feelings, and whether these preferences match the strategies adolescents infer

School bullying is not merely a random event but rather involves intricate power dynamics in each bullying event. However, less is known about whether this power asymmetry could lead to different spatial patterns of bullying within the school environment, contributing to distinct perceptions of the usage of social spaces within the school context defined by bullies and victims. Further, it remains

The ubiquitous use of information and communication technologies among adolescents carries the risk of exposure to online victimization during this vulnerable stage of development, including cybergrooming as a form of sexual victimization. Although established in traditional abuse research, studies on disclosure processes in the specific context of cybergrooming victimization are still pending. The

A theoretically grounded, psychometrically sound new scale-the Work Support Scale (WSS)-was developed to address limitations of existing social support measures used in vocational research. Work support was conceptualized and defined using a psychology of working lens. In Study 1, an initial pool of items was developed and reviewed by experts and a small group of participants in the target population

Racial discrimination is a pervasive public health issue among racial/ethnic minorities, especially given its associations with psychological outcomes (Carter et al., 2019; Shi et al., 2022). However, according to Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) stress and coping theory, not all individuals develop mental health issues depending on the ways in which people cope with stressors. Thus, the present study

Antiracism advocacy has been identified as a culturally relevant form of self- and community care that allows racially/ethnically minoritized individuals to persist, heal, and resist systems of oppression in the United States. Despite the benefits, recent research has found that engaging in antiracism advocacy may be emotionally draining and exhausting. It is important to examine factors that can contextualize

One important debate about self-compassion is whether it should be conceptualized as one general construct or two separate constructs: compassionate self-responding (CS) and uncompassionate self-responding (UCS). However, our understanding of self-compassion has been restricted to examining it as a trait-like construct assessed at a single time point, thus limiting our understanding of potentially

OBJECTIVE Irritability is genetically influenced and is associated with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. However, little is known about the etiology of the development of irritability in the preschool period. The present study examined this from rank-order stability and developmental trajectories perspectives. METHOD The irritability of 310 same-sex twin pairs (monozygotic = 123; dizygotic = 187;

OBJECTIVE Experts have called for tools to enhance the effectiveness and acceptability of youth psychotherapy, such as methods designed to increase clinician-client alignment. Transdiagnostic youth psychotherapies, such as Modular Approach to Therapy for Children (MATCH), may be particularly strong candidates for these methods, as they involve complex decision-making processes that influence treatment

Understanding the interplay between political participation and political efficacy is crucial for fostering democratic engagement. This two-wave panel study investigated the potentially reciprocal relationship between non-institutionalized political participation and internal and external political efficacy among adolescents. The study drew on a German sample of 444 students from Grade 7 and Grade

Few large Social and Emotional Learning program trials have been conducted outside the USA. This dissemination study analyzed the effectiveness of the Positive Attitude Upper Middle program in Portugal. The sample was composed of 2231 middle school students (Mage = 12.63, SD = 1.09; 47.3% girls), 669 in control groups, and 1562 distributed between the two intervention groups (led by experienced or

Gender expression is important for mental health, with masculinity and femininity having differential significance for unique adolescents. Yet, most empirical work on gender expression assumes it is trait-like or similarly shifting across teens. This intensive longitudinal study examined state-like aspects of gender expression and heterogeneity in adolescent-specific associations with depressive symptoms

Although celebrated for supporting well-being, social relationships can also bring conflict and stress. Despite extensive focus on their bright side—social support—less attention is paid to their dark side—social strain—especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged young adults in high-stress conditions. This study examined how support and strain from parents, friends, and romantic partners contribute

Given the detrimental effects of school bullying, it is essential that teachers are provided with effective guidelines on how to implement targeted interventions if a case of bullying comes to their attention. Yet to date, most research has focused on how bullying can be prevented, rather than how it should be intervened upon. To address this gap, the current study compared the short- and longer-term

OBJECTIVE The family environment of adolescents with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is under researched. The current study aimed to investigate family psychiatric history, as well as parental distress, rearing practices, accommodation of appearance concerns, and appearance messages in a clinical sample of adolescents with BDD. METHOD Twenty-six adolescents (12-17 years) with BDD were compared to 27

OBJECTIVE This study used latent profile analyses to (1) identify heterogeneous patterns of sleep profiles; (2) examine how discrimination was related to sleep profiles; and (3) investigate how developmental outcomes varied across sleep profiles among ethnically-racially minoritized adolescents. METHOD Participants were 350 ethnically-racially minoritized adolescents (69% female; 22% Black-African

OBJECTIVE This study examined youth-serving community mental health clinicians' multicultural counseling knowledge and awareness and their perceived barriers and facilitators in discussing race and racism with clients. Additionally, the study explored how clinicians' knowledge and awareness were related to their reports of barriers and facilitators in addressing race and racism. METHODS The current

Despite the availability of evidence-based treatments and related studies for depression and anxiety, there is a research gap regarding therapist-related unwanted events in psychotherapy. Conducting a systematic review is essential to address such gap. This review aimed to address (a) How were therapist-related unwanted events described and measured in the literature? (b) What were the themes for therapist-related

As risk for both non-suicidal self-injury and depression increases at adolescence, it is critically important to clarify equivocal findings regarding the temporal ordering of these health concerns. Addressing the limitations of past research, which included the use of only two data waves and analyses that do not account for within-person variance, the aim in this study was to examine the temporal ordering

Although global research on the 5Cs model of Positive Youth Development (PYD; competence, confidence, connection, character, and caring) has expanded in recent years, there is a lack of understanding about distinct and consistent PYD profiles across youth from diverse socio-cultural contexts. To address this gap, this study utilized a person-oriented analytic approach to examine the PYD profiles of

According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2020), over 1.5 million people identify as Pacific Islander, which establishes this group as one of the fastest growing cultural groups in the United States. However, this population remains underrepresented in discussions about mental health (Borrero et al., 2012) despite their overrepresentation in unaddressed mental health concerns (Seaton et al., 2019). Within