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Direct linkBrass, Nicole R.; Ryan, Allison M. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
This study investigated the role of school context in changes in the behaviors associated with having high social status during early adolescence. Three waves of surveys were collected from students (N = 542, 53% girls; 44% Black, 44% White, 5% Hispanic/Latinx, and 7% other; 60% free/reduced-fee lunch) in the middle of their sixth, seventh, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Umaña-Taylor, Adriana J.; Tynes, Brendesha M.; Toomey, Russell B.; Williams, David R.; Mitchell, Kimberly J. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Guided by a risk and resilience framework, the current study examined the associations between Latino adolescents' ("n" = 219; "M" [subscript age] = 14.35; "SD" = 1.75) perceptions of ethnic discrimination in multiple settings (e.g., online, school) and several domains of adjustment (e.g., mental health, academic),…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Adolescents, Risk, Resilience (Psychology)
Warren, Michael T.; Wray-Lake, Laura; Rote, Wendy M.; Shubert, Jennifer – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Recent advances in positive youth development theory and research explicate complex associations between adaptive functioning and risk behavior, acknowledging that high levels of both co-occur in the lives of some adolescents. However, evidence on nuanced overlapping developmental trajectories of adaptive functioning and risk has been limited to 1…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Adolescent Development, Substance Abuse
Gentile, Douglas A.; Berch, Olivia N.; Choo, Hyekyung; Khoo, Angeline; Walsh, David A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Mass media have numerous effects on children, ranging from influencing school performance to increased or reduced aggression. What we do not know, however, is how media availability in the bedroom moderates these effects. Although several researchers have suggested that bedroom media may influence outcomes by displacing other activities (the…
Descriptors: Mass Media Effects, Family Environment, Hypothesis Testing, Age Differences
Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D.; Graber, Julia A.; Andrews, Judy A. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Previous research on pubertal timing has either evaluated contextual predictors of early puberty or negative adjustment outcomes associated with off-time development, especially early maturation. In this study, we integrated these 2 lines of research by evaluating the moderating influence of early childhood household risk on associations between…
Descriptors: Puberty, Risk, Substance Abuse, Grade 8
Simpkins, Sandra D.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S.; Becnel, Jennifer N. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This investigation addresses the mediational role of friends' characteristics between adolescents' activity breadth (i.e., variety in activity participation) and their later adjustment. Data were drawn from 2 longitudinal studies: the Childhood and Beyond (CAB; N = 925) study and the Maryland Adolescent Development in Context Study (MADICS; N =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Friendship, Individual Characteristics
French, Doran C.; Eisenberg, Nancy; Vaughan, Julie; Purwono, Urip; Suryanti, Telie A. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
This study assessed the relation between religious involvement and multiple indices of competence in 183 eighth- and ninth-grade Indonesian Muslim adolescents (M = 13.3 years). The authors assessed spirituality and religiosity using both parent and adolescent reports, and social competence and adjustment using multiple measures and data sources.…
Descriptors: Muslims, Prosocial Behavior, Structural Equation Models, Religion
