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Jennifer H. Martow; Jessie A. L. Heaman; Margaret N. Lumley – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2025
Interpersonal relationships are central to adolescent well-being. The current research investigates interpersonal goal setting among a general sample of adolescents following a growth mindset intervention. This study qualitatively explores what interpersonal goals adolescents set, outcomes they aim to achieve, obstacles they perceive, and actions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Grade 9, Grade 12
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Needham, Belinda L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Previous research suggests that sexual minority youth have poorer health-related outcomes than their heterosexual peers. The purpose of this study is to determine whether sexual orientation disparities in mental health and substance use increase, decrease, or remain the same during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Data are from Waves…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Marijuana, Mental Health, Suicide
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de Groot, Renate H. M.; van Dijk, Martin L.; Kirschner, Paul A. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
The GOALS study (Grootschalig Onderzoek naar Activiteiten van Limburgse Scholieren [Large-scale Research of Activities in Dutch Students]) was set up to investigate possible associations between different forms of physical activity and inactivity with cognitive performance, academic achievement and mental well-being. It was conducted at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level
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Konishi, Chiaki; Saewyc, Elizabeth – School Psychology International, 2014
This study examined the link between victimization and sexual orientation and how this link contributes to social-emotional health, extending to school-related outcomes among adolescents. Of additional interest was whether having caring adult support was a protective factor in reducing the risk for high levels of distress or enhancing positive…
Descriptors: Correlation, Victims, Sexual Orientation, Social Development
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Poteat, V. Paul; Mereish, Ethan H.; DiGiovanni, Craig D.; Koenig, Brian W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
Many adolescents experience peer victimization, which often can be homophobic. Applying the minority stress model with attention to intersecting social identities, this study tested the effects of general and homophobic victimization on several educational outcomes through suicidality and school belonging among 15,923 adolescents in Grades 7…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Bullying, Adolescents, Parents
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Little, Stephanie A.; Garber, Judy – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
From a prospective study of the development of psychopathology, 129 adolescents were identified who transitioned to a new school in ninth grade. The current study examined the contributions of sex, interpersonal and achievement orientations, peer and academic stressors, and their interactions to the prediction of depressive and aggressive symptoms…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Psychopathology, Gender Differences, Depression (Psychology)