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Peets, Kätlin; Hodges, Ernest Van Every – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Youth with greater levels of narcissism face a wide array of difficulties in interactions with others. However, there exists a curious lack of research on their close relationships, such as friendships. In this study, we examined associations between narcissism and friendship features over time. Participants were 261 eighth and ninth graders (112…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Interpersonal Relationship, Friendship
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Gilman, Rich; Adams, Ryan; Nounopoulos, Alex – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
This study investigated the relationship between multidimensional perfectionism, self-reported interpersonal relationships, and peer-reported prosocial, disruptive, and academic behaviors among a general sample of 984 9th-grade adolescents. Cut-scores from the "Almost Perfect Scale-Revised" (APS-R; Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001)…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Traits
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Hurd, Noelle M.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Xue, Yange – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
We investigated whether role models (individuals adolescents look up to) contributed to the resilience of adolescents who were exposed to negative nonparental adult influences. Our sample included 659 African American, ninth-grade adolescents. We found that adolescents' exposure to negative adult behavior was associated with increased…
Descriptors: Role Models, School Attitudes, Adolescents, Influences
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Michels, Tricia M.; Kropp, Rhonda Y.; Eyre, Stephen L.; Halpern-Felsher, Bonnie L. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2005
Understanding how young adolescents make decisions to engage in early sexual activities is vital for intervention efforts aimed at fostering positive youth development and reducing the negative outcomes of adolescent sexual behavior. In-depth interviews with 42 suburban, mostly White, ninth-grade adolescents (52% females, mean age=14.1, SD=.45)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Sexuality, Risk, Early Adolescents