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Ojanen, Tiina; Stratman, Aaron; Card, Noel A.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
Motivation is assumed to influence behaviors via perceived agency over goal pursuits, but empirical research integrating motivation and action-control processes in social development is close to nonexistent. We applied this perspective to the study of early adolescent friendships by examining motivation for and perceived control (ability and…
Descriptors: Motivation, Friendship, Early Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment
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Roche, Kathleen M.; Ghazarian, Sharon R.; Little, Todd D.; Leventhal, Tama – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
There is considerable debate regarding the extent to which punitive parenting adversely impacts youth well-being. Using an ecological-transactional model of human development, we examined reciprocity and contextual variability in associations between maternal punitive discipline and adolescent adjustment among 1,147 low-income, urban youth…
Descriptors: Discipline, Delinquency, Structural Equation Models, Child Rearing