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Noona Kiuru; Dawn DeLay; Katja Tervahartiala; Juho Polet; Riikka Hirvonen – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Background and Aims: Peer relationships during adolescence play an important role in shaping academic outcomes. The present study examined friend influences on emotions towards math, as well as the role of temperament in these influences. Sample: The sample consisted of 350 Finnish students (mean age 13.29 years; 64% girls) who were involved in…
Descriptors: Friendship, Peer Influence, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
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Ojanen, Tiina; Findley-Van Nostrand, Danielle; Bowker, Julie C.; Markovic, Andrea – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2017
This study examined the distinctiveness of and the correlates associated with anxious-withdrawal and unsociability during early adolescence in Finland (N = 384; 12-14 years; 53% girls). As expected, confirmatory factor analyses revealed that anxious-withdrawal and unsociability were distinct and moderately positively correlated constructs. Only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Correlation, Withdrawal (Psychology)
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Lindfors, Kaj; Elovainio, Marko; Sinkkonen, Jari; Aalberg, Veikko; Vuorinen, Risto – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
Construct validity of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) was studied in a sample of 194 normal Finnish adolescents from 14 to 16 years of age. Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the hierarchical structure of adolescents' self-image with 5 lower-order factors loading on a single higher-order factor. Lower-order factors were…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Self Concept, Questionnaires, Self Esteem