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Joanna Peplak; Rachel Taffe; J. Zoe Klemfuss – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: This mixed-method longitudinal study examined American adolescents' meaning making of salient COVID-19 pandemic events. Method: Within phone interviews, adolescents (N = 124, M[subscript age] = 15.76 years; 46% Latine) narrated their most emotionally impactful pandemic experience at two time points ~30 days apart between July 2020…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Emotional Experience, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Santiago Morales; Maureen E. Bowers; Lauren Shuffrey; Katherine Ziegler; Sonya Troller-Renfree; Alexis Hernandez; Stephanie C. Leach; Monica McGrath; Cindy Ola; Leslie D. Leve; Sara S. Nozadi; Margaret M. Swingler; Jin-Shei Lai; Julie B. Schweitzer; William Fifer; Carlos A. Camargo Jr.; Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey; Allison L. B. Shapiro; Daniel P. Keating; Tina V. Hartert; Sean Deoni; Assiamira Ferrara; Amy J. Elliott – Developmental Psychology, 2024
A large body of research has established a relation between maternal education and children's neurocognitive functions, such as executive function and language. However, most studies have focused on early childhood and relatively few studies have examined associations with changes in maternal education over time. Consequently, it remains unclear…
Descriptors: Mothers, Educational Attainment, Child Development, Thinking Skills
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Dalhee Yoon; Juan Benavides; Jiho Park; Keisha M. Wint; Frank Okyere Osei; Susan Yoon – Youth & Society, 2025
This study examined patterns of peer affiliations and their associations with child maltreatment, substance use, and future expectations. This study focused on 844 adolescents from the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. We identified four distinct peer-affiliation patterns: (1) no affiliation with peers who engage in either prosocial…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Peer Relationship, Attachment Behavior, At Risk Persons
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Oana Negru-Subtirica – Child Development Perspectives, 2024
Educational identity has been studied increasingly in the past decades since school is a structured context that shapes adolescent identity formation. Across the academic years, adolescents learn to position themselves in terms of their education and schooling, perceiving these entities as more or less relevant for their self-formation. In this…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development
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Mengya Xia; John K. Coffey; Gregory M. Fosco – Developmental Science, 2024
Feeling loved by one's caregiver is essential for individual flourishing (i.e., high levels of psychological well-being in multiple dimensions). Although similar constructs are found to benefit adolescent well-being, research that directly tests parental love as a feeling from the recipient's perspective is rare. Historically, parental love has…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Parents, Parent Child Relationship
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Weiqiao Fan; Mengting Li – Child Development, 2025
This four-wave longitudinal study among 698 Chinese early adolescents explored (1) how personal identity coherence and confusion develop; and (2) whether parenting style and peer relationships (i.e., close friend relationships and peer preference) were related to personal identity development. Participants (M[subscript age] = 11.39 yrs.,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Adolescent Development, Longitudinal Studies, Parenting Styles
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Emily Theophilou; Rene Lobo-Quintero; Davinia Hernandez-Leo; Roberto Sanchez-Reina; Dimitri Ognibene – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
The impact of social media on teens' mental health and development raises the need for educational interventions that equip them with the knowledge and skills to cope with dangerous situations. In spite of the growing effort to expand social media literacy among youngsters, social media interventions still rely on conventional methods that tend to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Social Emotional Learning, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students
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Caitlyn Mytelka; Sarah C. Narendorf; Elizabeth Baumler; Chiara Acquati; Jeff R. Temple – Journal of Adolescence, 2025
Introduction: The rising prevalence of depression and anxiety among adolescents is a public health concern. Early adolescence is a key developmental period to reduce risks for internalizing symptoms through primary prevention programs, yet additional research is needed on modifiable factors, such as coping skills, to target to mitigate risk…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Coping, Self Destructive Behavior, Values
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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