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Fosco, Whitney D.; Meisel, Samuel N.; Weigard, Alexander; White, Corey N.; Colder, Craig R. – Developmental Science, 2022
Studies of reward effects on behavior in adolescence typically rely on performance metrics that confound myriad cognitive and non-cognitive processes, making it challenging to determine which process is impacted by reward. The present longitudinal study applied the diffusion decision model to a reward task to isolate the influence of reward on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Rewards, Behavior, Reaction Time
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Eleonora Papaleontiou-Louca – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2025
Traditionally, children have generally been considered as developmentally immature and unable to experience spirituality. However, more recent studies seem to indicate the opposite. This article aims to: (1) explore how religiosity and spirituality evolve in the developing person; (2) describe the perceptions of children about God; (3) explore how…
Descriptors: Spiritual Development, Religious Factors, Beliefs, Child Development
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Meeus, Wim – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Four longitudinal models are used to present a short review of research into adolescent psychosocial development. This review reveals adolescent development to proceed in a regular manner. This process of regular development suggests that it might be possible to uncover rules of intra-individual development. The aim of this paper is to propose a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Individual Development, Developmental Continuity
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Hongrui Liu; Yuxuan Liu; Meiling Yao – School Mental Health, 2024
The purpose of this study was to address the role of social comparison in determining individual development by exploring the relationship of four types of social comparison with academic persistence-procrastination and subjective well-being among Chinese adolescents (n = 530, M[subscript age] = 14.59) from both variable- and person-centered…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mental Health, Individual Development, Correlation
Crockett, Lisa J., Ed.; Carlo, Gustavo, Ed.; Schulenberg, John E., Ed. – APA Books, 2022
This handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the topics that are relevant to the field of adolescent and young adult development. The "APA Handbook of Adolescent and Young Adult Development" reviews the many factors that impact youth development across varying themes including biological underpinnings, cognitive and emotive processes,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Young Adults, Individual Development, Developmental Psychology
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Alexandra Sandoval; Edmond P. Bowers – Journal of Youth Development, 2025
Youth participation in community-based, structured out-of-school time programs (OST) has been found to promote positive developmental outcomes by providing youth with resources to build interpersonal relationships and essential life skills. The increasing prevalence and multiplicity of youth participation in these activities leads us to expand the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Middle School Students, Low Income Groups, Participation
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Daniel Page; Stephanie Hanrahan; Lisa Buckley – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
It is well established that positive youth development (PYD) programs improve adolescent psycho-social wellbeing; however, it remains unclear if PYD programs developed for able-bodied adolescents can be implemented with adolescents with disabilities in low-resource settings. We conducted a pragmatic trial of an evidence-based PYD program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Chronic Illness, Adolescents
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Lester Sim; Jiaxiu Song; Ka I. Ip; Christina Naegeli Costa; Wen Wen; Su Yeong Kim – Developmental Psychology, 2024
This study adopts a cultural ecological perspective to examine how cumulative effects of external transcultural and cultural strengths are related to baseline and changes in three markers of Mexican-origin adolescents' self-growth (i.e., resilience, life meaning, and discipline). Using a three-wave longitudinal data set (5 years) of 604…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescent Development, Resilience (Psychology), Self Concept
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Blaine, Judith; Akhurst, Jacqui – South African Journal of Education, 2022
There is an increasing appreciation that, in order to prepare learners for success in life, they require a holistic education providing not only academic skills, but also psychosocial competencies (Zins & Elias, 2006). Outdoor adventure education (OAE) shows potential as a way of developing these life skills, which are not easy to incorporate…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Adolescent Development, Individual Development