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Farrell, Ann H.; Vaillancourt, Tracy – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Indirect aggression has been associated with antisocial personality traits like Machiavellianism, but there is a lack of evidence on their longitudinal development across adolescence. Therefore, the joint developmental trajectories of adolescent indirect aggression and Machiavellianism across 3 years of high school (Grades 10 to 12) were…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables
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Vagos, Paula; Ribeiro da Silva, Diana; Macedo, Stephanie – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
This work evaluated the cross-sectional and longitudinal (i.e., over four months) impact of attachment to mother, father, and peers on three psychopathic traits (i.e., grandiose-manipulative, callous-unemotional, and impulsive-irresponsible) using a community adolescent sample, and if that impact was differentiated by gender. Though there is…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Peer Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
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French, Lisa R.; Walker, Cheryl L.; Shore, Bruce M. – Roeper Review, 2011
Gifted students' preference to work alone is widely espoused, but studies vary widely in their explanations. We re-examined this notion in terms of motivation and social constructivism among 247 school-identified gifted and high-achieving and regular-education students in Grades 4 through 12. Survey data assessed learning style, interests,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Cognitive Style, Student Attitudes, Academically Gifted
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Sears, Heather A.; Graham, Joanna; Campbell, Anna – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined adolescent boys' intentions of seeking help from male friends and female friends. We evaluated mean differences in boys' help-seeking intentions; assessed whether boys' individual characteristics predicted their intentions; and examined perceived support from male friends and female friends as mediators of these relationships.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Personality Traits, Males, Adolescents
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Dinovitzer, Ronit; Hagan, John; Levi, Ron – Social Forces, 2009
This research focuses on immigration and youthful illegalities in the Toronto area, one of the world's most ethnically diverse global cities. While current research documents a negative relationship between crime and immigration, there is little attention to individual level mechanisms that explain the paths through which immigrant youth refrain…
Descriptors: Immigration, Immigrants, Crime, Foreign Countries
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Caselman, Tonia D.; Self, Patricia A.; Self, Angela L. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
Personality traits, self-perceptions, beliefs, and feelings that accompany the Imposter Phenomenon (IP) have been identified in adults but little research with adolescents has been reported. The present research describes data from a sample of 11th and 12th graders in order to examine predictors of IP among adolescents. The participants completed…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Concept, Social Support Groups, Gender Differences