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Justin Russotti; Cory R. Platts; Melissa L. Sturge-Apple; Patrick T. Davies; Morgan J. Thompson – Developmental Psychology, 2024
There is a well-documented interdependency between destructive interparental conflict (IPC) and parenting difficulties (i.e., spillover effect), yet little is known about the mechanisms that "carry" spillover between IPC and parenting. Guided by a cascade model framework, the current study used a longitudinal, multimethod,…
Descriptors: Parents, Preschool Children, Conflict, Problems
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Teng, Zhaojun; Nie, Qian; Guo, Cheng; Zhang, Qian; Liu, Yanling; Bushman, Brad J. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Although adolescents around the world play video games, little is known about their longitudinal effects on adolescents from Eastern countries. This large longitudinal violent video game study has 4 strengths. First, it is the first longitudinal study conducted with Chinese adolescents. Second, it examines moral disengagement as a possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Video Games, Violence
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Nelson, Larry J.; Coyne, Sarah M.; Howard, Emily; Clifford, Brandon N. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
An approach-avoidance model of social withdrawal (Asendorpf, 1990) identifies 3 types of social withdrawal including shyness, unsociability, and avoidance. Each appears to be uniquely associated with varying indicators of maladjustment in emerging adulthood (Nelson, 2013) but little, if any, work has been done to see how they might be linked to…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Young Adults, Social Media, Electronic Mail
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Goulter, Natalie; Kimonis, Eva R.; Hawes, Samuel W.; Stepp, Stephanie; Hipwell, Alison E. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits have proven important for designating children and adolescents showing a pattern of particularly severe, stable, and aggressive antisocial behaviors (Frick, Ray, Thornton, & Kahn, 2014). Individuals with secondary CU traits represent a subpopulation that are distinguished from those with primary CU traits by…
Descriptors: Females, Anxiety, Personality Traits, Mental Health
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Gardner, Margo; Roth, Jodie; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In a study of 1,344 urban adolescents, the authors examined the relation between participation in organized sports and juvenile delinquency. They compared youth who participated in sports to those who only participated in nonathletic activities and to those who did not participate in any organized activities. They also examined the indirect…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Females, Adolescents, Males
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Rutter, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Raises conceptual and empirical questions regarding: whether physical aggression is the main individual risk factor for antisocial behavior; the prospect that language impairment is also a risk factor; the meaning of the male preponderance for antisocial behavior; findings on environmentally mediated risk; the role of biosocial interplay; the…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Causal Models, Children
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Hay, Dale F.; Pawlby, Susan; Angold, Adrian; Harold, Gordon T.; Sharp, Deborah – Developmental Psychology, 2003
The impact of postnatal depression on a child's risk for violent behavior was evaluated in an urban British community sample (N=122 families). Mothers were interviewed during pregnancy, at 3 months postpartum, and when the child was 1, 4, and 11 years of age. Mothers, teachers, and children reported on violent symptoms at age 11. Structural…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Violence, Structural Equation Models, Pregnancy