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Fandrem, Hildegunn; Strohmeier, Dagmar; Jonsdottir, Kolbrun Asta – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2012
Despite the rapid increase in immigration all over Europe and concerns expressed for the adjustment of immigrant children and young people, studies on peer victimisation among them are scarce. By combining the predictions of the acculturative stress model with the social-ecological perspective of peer victimisation, this study compared different…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
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Miller, Shari; Malone, Patrick S.; Dodge, Kenneth A. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2010
This study examined gender differences in trajectories of delinquent behaviors over a 6-year period in adolescence and differential outcomes of these diverse developmental pathways. Participants were 754 children who were part of a longitudinal study of the development of early starting conduct problems. Four trajectory patterns were identified…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Adolescents, Sexuality, Adolescent Development
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Kakihara, Fumiko; Tilton-Weaver, Lauree; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Hakan – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2010
Recent research suggests that youths interpret parental control and that this may have implications for how control affects youths' adjustment. In this study, we propose that youths' feelings about being over-controlled by parents and feeling connected to parents are intermediary processes linking parental control and youths' adjustment. We used…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Parent Child Relationship, Statistical Data, Rejection (Psychology)