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Williams, Kathryn E.; Ciarrochi, Joseph; Heaven, Patrick C. L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Parenting behaviors have been linked to children's self regulation, but it is less clear how they relate to adolescent psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility is a broad construct that describes an individual's ability to respond appropriately to environmental demands and internal experiences in the service of their goals. We examined…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Psychology, Longitudinal Studies
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Needham, Belinda L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Previous research suggests that sexual minority youth have poorer health-related outcomes than their heterosexual peers. The purpose of this study is to determine whether sexual orientation disparities in mental health and substance use increase, decrease, or remain the same during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Data are from Waves…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Marijuana, Mental Health, Suicide
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Good, Marie; Willoughby, Teena – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
This longitudinal study tested the "influence of involvement" and "selection" hypotheses for the association between religious versus non-religious activity involvement and two salient indicators of adolescent psychosocial adjustment (substance use and academic achievement). Participants included 3,993 Canadian adolescents…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, High School Students
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Brown, B. Bradford; Von Bank, Heather; Steinberg, Laurence – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Peer crowds serve as an identity marker for adolescents, indicating their image and status among peers; but adolescents do not always endorse peer appraisals of crowd affiliation. We report on two studies--one with 924 adolescents in grades 7-12 and a second with a more diverse population of 2,728 students in grades 9-11, followed for 2…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
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Good, Marie; Willoughby, Teena; Fritjers, Jan – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2009
This study used hierarchical linear modeling to compare longitudinal patterns of adolescent religious service attendance and club attendance, and to contrast the longitudinal relations between adolescent adjustment and religious service versus club attendance. Participants included 1050 students (47% girls) encompassing a school district in…
Descriptors: Clubs, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
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Fredricks, Jennifer A.; Eccles, Jacquelynn S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
In this article, we test: (a) the relation between school-based extracurricular participation and indicators of positive and negative development across a range of activity contexts, and (b) a mediation model linking activity participation, prosocial peers, and development. Extensive survey information was collected from a predominately White…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 12