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Namik Kemal Haspolat; Murat Agirkan; Mustafa Eskisu – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Psychological problems are prevalent among adolescents, and previous studies have robustly demonstrated that individual and family factors play a role in the formation and maintenance of these problems. On the other hand, not all adolescents show the same characteristics in terms of these factors and can be categorized into different groups.…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Psychological Patterns, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adolescents
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Ling Gao; Fangyuan Kong; Fengfeng Liu; Zixi Zhang; Xingchao Wang – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Previous research has demonstrated shyness plays a critical role in the development and maintenance of smartphone addiction. The present study aimed to examine the mediating roles of maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and experiential avoidance as well as the moderating role of online social support in the relation between shyness…
Descriptors: Shyness, Addictive Behavior, Handheld Devices, Self Control
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Alev Üstündag – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The purpose of this study was to analyse emotional regulation and psychological resilience in adolescents, exploring various variables and their interrelationships. A descriptive and relational survey model was used in the study, which included a sample of 967 adolescents in Turkey. Data were collected using a "Personal Information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Adolescents, Emotional Response
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Zuzama Pons, Neus; Roman-Juan, Josep; Fiol-Veny, Aina; Caimari-Ferragut, Margalida; Balle, Maria – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Research has shown that anxiety in adolescents has a negative impact on a wide range of psychosocial variables, including academic performance. This study explored the role of parental emotional expressivity during conflict interactions with their children as a potential moderator of the relationship between anxiety symptomatology and academic…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Academic Achievement, Adolescents
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Liu, Ting; Zou, Hongyu; Tao, Zhiyuan; Qiu, Boyu; He, Xu; Chen, Yanrong; Wang, Sixian; Zhang, Wei – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
In recent years, adolescent sleep problems have received increasing attention. Stressful life events have been found to be a risk factor for sleep problems, but little is known about the components that may explain or influence this association. To investigate this, the present study tested whether depressive symptoms mediated the association…
Descriptors: Correlation, Sleep, Stress Variables, Adolescents
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Mehmet Ali Yildiz – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The aim of this study was to adapt the Positive and Negative Affect Scale for Children (PANAS-C) developed by Laurent et al. into Turkish and to examine its validity and reliability on high school adolescents. The data of the study were analyzed with four different study groups. The first study group consisted of 414 high school adolescents, 262…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Affective Measures, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Feng, Tingting; Wang, Xinyi; Chen, Qiuxu; Liu, Xingchang; Yang, Lihong; Liu, Simeng; Zhang, Yuchi – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
This study tested the mediating role of bullying attitudes and moderating role of school connectedness in the link between sympathy and Chinese adolescents' active defending behaviors in bullying. Participants were 808 Chinese adolescents (53.3% male, M[subscript age] = 12.40, SD = 0.50). The results showed that sympathy was significantly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Bullying, Caring
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Gilmore, Linda; Campbell, Marilyn; Shochet, Ian; Roberts, Clare – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Intellectual disability (ID) is associated with a range of risk factors that make children more vulnerable to adverse developmental outcomes, including mental health problems. Nevertheless, some children with ID do much better than others, presumably because of the presence of protective factors that increase their resilience. The current study…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Resilience (Psychology), Comparative Analysis, Children
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Flett, Gordon L.; Hewitt, Paul L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
Recent findings suggest that perfectionism is highly prevalent among children and adolescents, and perfectionism can be quite destructive in terms of its links with anxiety, depression, and suicide. In this article, we provide an overview of recent research illustrating the costs and consequences of perfectionism among children and adolescents. We…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Children, Adolescents
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Reynolds, Bridget M.; Repetti, Rena L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
Adolescent girls reported on their experiences both as perpetrators and as victims of several distinct forms of relational aggression. Details of these incidents were gathered from 114 ethnically diverse ninth and tenth graders via a secure online survey. The frequency with which girls perpetrated or were targeted for particular acts of relational…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Grade 10, Adolescents
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Reschly, Amy L.; Huebner, E. Scott; Appleton, James J.; Antaramian, Susan – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
Fredrickson's (1998, 2001) broaden and build theory postulates that the experience of frequent positive emotions serves to broaden humans' thoughts and behaviors, resulting in accrual of resources, including coping resources, which catalyze upward spirals toward future well-being. Initial research supports the tenets of broaden and build; however,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Student Attitudes, Adolescents, Coping
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Zabel, Robert H. – Psychology in the Schools, 1979
Groups of emotionally disturbed and nondisturbed elementary and junior high subjects were tested for ability to recognize primary emotions in facial expressions. Emotionally disturbed groups were found to be significantly less proficient both for over-all emotion recognition ability and for several individual emotions. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Abrams, Laura; Flood, Jillian; Phelps, LeAdelle – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
Psychotropic medications prescribed frequently to children and adolescents for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are reviewed. Pediatric pharmacological options based on double-blind, randomized studies are examined. We advocate that psychotropic medications be used only in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Pharmacology, School Psychologists, Hyperactivity, Depression (Psychology)