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Does Being Defended Relate to Decreases in Victimization and Improved Psychosocial Adjustment among Victims?
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Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia; van den Berg, Yvonne H. M.; Garandeau, Claire F.; Mulder, Saskia; de Castro, Bram O. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
School bullying is a clear violation of children's rights to a safe education and is a major concern among school professionals and parents. Many antibullying interventions focus on enhancing peer defending of victims to combat bullying and to promote victims' psychosocial functioning. However, longitudinal studies on the effects of being defended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Intervention, Peer Relationship
Patterns of Success: First-Year Student Success in Multiple Domains
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van der Zanden, Petrie J. A. C.; Denessen, Eddie; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Meijer, Paulien C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The goal of this study was to examine differences in university success between first-year students by analyzing three domains simultaneously: students' academic achievement, critical thinking disposition, and social-emotional adjustment to university life. Participants were 307 students who completed an online questionnaire. Latent class cluster…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Critical Thinking, Social Adjustment
Gender-Identity Typologies Are Related to Gender-Typing, Friendships, and Social-Emotional Adjustment in Dutch Emerging Adults
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Endendijk, Joyce J.; Andrews, Naomi C. Z.; England, Dawn E.; Martin, Carol L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
The current study examined emerging adults' gender identity and its link with several gender-related and social outcomes, by using a novel dual-identity approach that was originally developed in children. Dutch emerging adults between 18 and 25 years old (N = 318, M[subscript age] = 21.73, SD = 2.02; 51% female) indicated their similarity to the…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Young Adults, Sex Stereotypes, Friendship
The Quest for Identity in Adolescence: Heterogeneity in Daily Identity Formation and Psychosocial Adjustment across 5 Years
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Becht, Andrik I.; Nelemans, Stefanie A.; Branje, Susan J. T.; Vollebergh, Wilma A. M.; Koot, Hans M.; Denissen, Jaap J. A.; Meeus, Wim H. J. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Identity formation is one of the key developmental tasks in adolescence. According to Erikson (1968) experiencing identity uncertainty is normative in adolescence. However, empirical studies investigating identity uncertainty on a daily basis are lacking. Hence, studying individual differences in daily certainty (i.e., identity commitment levels)…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Psychological Patterns