Intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status: The role of neighborhood effects
ConclusionsThe implication of these results is that policies aimed at reducing inequalities between residential neighborhoods are likely to beneficially affect all racial/ethnic groups but are not sufficient in reducing racial/ethnic disparities in intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 20, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Associations between prosocial behavior, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms during adolescence: A meta-analysis
ConclusionsFindings are discussed in the context of the broader research literature, weaknesses in the field are noted, and numerous meaningful directions for future research are presented. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 20, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Is social media use associated with children's well-being? Results from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
ConclusionModerate use of social media does not play an important role in shaping children's life satisfaction. Higher levels of use is associated with lower levels of happiness, especially for girls but more research is needed to understand how this technology is being used. As well as focusing on high levels of social media use, policy makers should also concentrate on particular demographic groupings and factors affecting the social fabric of the households in which children grow up. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 19, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Links between parental socialization of coping on affect: Mediation by emotion regulation and social exclusion
ConclusionsThe impact of parental suggestions of coping strategies and emotion regulation difficulties during emerging adulthood indicate that parents continue to be an important point of intervention as individuals’ transition to adulthood. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 17, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Assessing the hierarchy of personal values among adolescents: A comparison of rating scale and paired comparison methods
ConclusionsThe paired comparison method captured substantially more heterogeneity in the hierarchy of personal values among adolescents compared to the rating scale, which may be influenced by response style bias. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 14, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Relational aggression and victimization during adolescence: A meta-analytic review of unique associations with popularity, peer acceptance, rejection, and friendship characteristics
We examined the magnitude of overlap between relational aggression and relational victimization and, using infrequently used semipartial correlations as effect sizes, we examined unique associations of each with peer acceptance, peer rejection, popularity, and positive friendship characteristics.Results & conclusionsResults indicate a strong intercorrelation between relational aggression and victimization (r‾ = .48). We found no mean level gender difference in experiences of relational aggression or relational victimization. Relational aggression is positively associated with popularity; victimization is negatively ass...
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 13, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Socio-cognitive variables involved in the relationship between violence exposure at home and child-to-parent violence
ConclusionsMore prevention work is needed with children exposed to violence at home to reduce the risk of intergenerational transmission of violence. Moreover, treatment programs should include intervention on the way in which adolescents process the information in their interactions with parents. These interventions must be focused on different components of social-cognitive processing, depending on whether these aggressive behaviors are motivated by reactive or instrumental reasons. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 12, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Intra-individual associations between intentional self-regulation and prosocial behavior during adolescence: Evidence for bidirectionality
ConclusionsFindings indicate that early adolescence may be a particularly plastic developmental period in terms of PYD. Findings also suggest that investigations of relations between adolescents' personal assets and contribution factors merit further scholarly attention. Several directions for future research are presented. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 12, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Developmental trajectory of purpose identification during adolescence: Links to life satisfaction and depressive symptoms
ConclusionsThere is an increase in the development of identified purpose during middle adolescence among high school students in Taiwan. Such change not only promotes life satisfaction in adolescents but is also preventive of adolescent depression. As such, the current findings highlight the significance for adolescents to discover and commit to a purpose. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 10, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Negotiating identity at the intersection of family legacy and present time life conditions: A qualitative exploration of central issues connected to identity and belonging in the lives of children of refugees
ConclusionsIn order to provide conditions and develop interventions that can support well-being and identity development, we need a better understanding of the different forces that influence the identity development of children of refugees. By foregrounding the participants’ experiences, and perspectives, we gained insight into different ways in which participants negotiate identity issues in relation to often contradictory demands and messages from family and the wider social context. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 8, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Trauma and identity: A reciprocal relationship?
Publication date: February 2020Source: Journal of Adolescence, Volume 79Author(s): Steven L. Berman, Marilyn J. Montgomery, Kaylin RatnerAbstractTrauma can alter the course of identity development and destabilize existing identity commitments. Trauma, whether past or current, can also impact the resources a person brings to identity work. However, identity can also be a lens through which trauma is perceived and interpreted, helping to determine whether a traumatic experience results in posttraumatic stress disorder or posttraumatic growth. Despite the apparent implications each construct has for the other, the scholarship...
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 7, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Social media use and risky behaviors in adolescents: A meta-analysis
ConclusionsThe positive links identified between social media and risky behaviors during adolescence in this meta-analysis suggest that developmental theories of risk taking would benefit from incorporating the social media context. Longitudinal studies are needed to clarify directionality and make more specific practice and policy recommendations so that social media is a safe place in which adolescents can thrive. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 1, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Discrimination, language brokering efficacy, and academic competence among adolescent language brokers
ConclusionsThe results highlight the importance of incorporating ethnic minority children's adapting cultural experiences in linking the contextual influence with their developmental competence. Implications for interventions aiming to reduce the negative impacts of discrimination are also discussed. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - February 1, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
Full-information factor analysis of the Daily Routine and Autonomy (DRA) questionnaire among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
ConclusionThe DRA provides crucial information about levels of and desire for autonomy that can be used to promote participation of adolescents with ASD in setting their own goals for independent living. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - January 26, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
The association between paternal psychopathology and adolescent depression and anxiety: A systematic review
ConclusionsFurther longitudinal research is needed to clarify the association between paternal mental health disorders other than depression, and adolescent anxiety or depression. Mechanisms in this relationship should also be further explored, and could be informed by existing models on younger children. (Source: Journal of Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Adolescence - January 26, 2020 Category: Child Development Source Type: research
