The COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic changes to students' daily lives and modes of schooling. When the first pandemic lockdown forced students to spend more time at home with their families, how did parenting practices predict adolescents' adjustment? This longitudinal study sampled 943 students before the pandemic (T1), 263 of whom also…

Background: Clinic and community-based epidemiological studies have shown an association between child psychopathology and language impairment. The demands on language for social and academic adjustment shift dramatically during adolescence and the ability to understand the nonliteral meaning in language represented by higher order language…