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Early, On-Time, and Late Behavioural Autonomy in Adolescence: Psychosocial Correlates in Young and Middle Adulthood
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Pavlova, Maria K.; Haase, Claudia M.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Drawing on two nationally representative German studies (N[subscript 1] = 1744, N[subscript 2] = 759), we examined correlates of early, on-time, and late curfew autonomy, a retrospective indicator of behavioural autonomy, in young and middle adulthood (19-37 years of age). Adjustment in four domains was considered: educational attainment,…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Puberty
Prosocial and Antisocial Motivation of Adolescents in East and West Germany.
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Trommsdorff, Gisela; Kornadt, Hans-Joachim – New Directions for Child Development, 1995
Used psychological tests to examine the effects of early childhood experiences on interaction patterns that have resulted from East and West German children growing up in different social contexts. Subjects were 140 East and West German adolescents. Found that West German adolescents showed more prosocial tendencies and had stronger emotion-based…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Early Experience
Frequency, Comorbidity, and Psychosocial Impairment of Depressive Disorders in Adolescents.
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Essau, Cecilia A.; Conradt, Judith; Petermann, Franz – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Estimated the frequency, comorbidity, and psychosocial impairment of depressive disorders from survey of 1,035 German 12- to 17-year-olds. Found that 17.9 percent met the lifetime criteria for depressive disorders, according to DSM-IV criteria; criteria were higher in females than in males. Rates for all disorders increased with age, with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences