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Alicia Ramos; Nina Steenberghs; Jeroen Lavrijsen; Luc Goossens; Karine Verschueren – Exceptional Children, 2024
This study examined the diversity in feelings of loneliness among high-ability students. Individual differences (intelligence level, giftedness label, and personality) and differences in the social context (peer acceptance, peer rejection, victimization, and friendship quantity) of adolescents were considered as predictors of loneliness.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Academically Gifted
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Mofield, Emily L.; Parker Peters, Megan – Roeper Review, 2022
The study examined the relationship between implicit theories of intelligence and psychosocial competencies (measured as adaptability, general mood, intrapersonal skills, interpersonal skills, and stress management), the differences in these competencies between gifted students and nonidentified gifted students, and typologies of these variables…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns
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Vestad, Lene; Bru, Edvin; Virtanen, Tuomo E.; Stallard, Paul N. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2021
This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate how perceived social-emotional competencies (SECs), relationship skills, emotional regulation, and the ability to structure schoolwork at school and at home were associated with academic efficacy belief (AEB) and emotional distress among 1142 Norwegian eighth-grade students. The students answered an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Self Efficacy, Beliefs
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Alejandra Miranda; Michael C. Rodriguez – RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2022
Youth development researchers have focused on persistent challenges facing youth in diverse urban settings; thus, we know less about youth in rural communities. Using multilevel modeling, we explored contextual factors associated with school grades and educational aspirations. We find that, on average relative to students from urban schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Rural Schools, Grades (Scholastic), Social Emotional Learning
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Shechtman, Zipora; Silektor, Anat – Roeper Review, 2012
This study, conducted in Israel, examined the social and emotional difficulties of gifted children, in comparison with nongifted children. The gifted children were further compared in two educational settings: segregated classes and pull-out programs. The 974 participants were from the fifth to twelfth grades. The dependent variables included…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Empathy, Interpersonal Competence
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Liau, Albert Kienfie; Chow, Daryl; Tan, Teck Kiang; Senf, Konrad – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of the scores on a brief strengths-based assessment, the 22-item Personal Strengths Inventory (PSI). In Study 1, findings from exploratory factor analysis of 410 adolescents provided evidence for a five-factor solution--social competence (four items), emotional awareness (five…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Validity, Reliability, Adolescents
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Velásquez, Ana María; López, María Adelaida; Quiñonez, Natalia; Paba, Diana Patricia – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2015
Children and youth coming from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds are at risk of developing behavioural problems. This study examined the efficacy of a Yoga programme implemented in a low-socioeconomic status school, for the prevention of depression, anxiety, and aggression. After-school workshops were delivered twice a week during 12 weeks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stress Management, Physical Activities, Disadvantaged Youth
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Perry-Parrish, Carisa; Zeman, Janice – Social Development, 2011
Using a multi-informant approach, this study examined emotion regulation within the social context of White and Black adolescent peer groups by assessing two aspects of sadness expression management (i.e., inhibition, disinhibition) and their linkages to peer acceptance and social functioning as a function of gender and ethnicity. Seventh- and…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Psychological Patterns, Early Adolescents, Peer Relationship
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Chong, Wan Har; Huan, Vivien S.; Quek, Choon Lang; Yeo, Lay See; Ang, Rebecca P. – School Psychology International, 2010
This study investigated aspects of the teacher-student relationship as they relate to school adjustment with 523 Grade 8 students in Singapore. The first question examined what configurations of teacher-student support could be identified with low-achieving students. Cluster analysis identified two sub-groups on the basis of specific qualities of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Adjustment, Multivariate Analysis
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Sallquist, Julie; Eisenberg, Nancy; French, Doran C.; Purwono, Urip; Suryanti, Telie A. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
The spirituality and religiosity of Indonesian Muslim adolescents were examined longitudinally as were the relations of spirituality and religiosity with (mal)adjustment. At Time 1 (T1), 959 seventh-grade Muslim adolescents were screened for selection of a sample; at Time 2 (T2), 183 eighth-grade adolescents participated; and at Time 3 (T3), 300…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Muslims, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Ming-Te – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
The present study used an ecological framework to examine the relationships among adolescents' perceptions of school climate, social competence, and behavioral and psychological adjustment in the middle school years. This study improved upon prior studies by using "structural equation modeling" to investigate the hypothesized mediating…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Error of Measurement
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Field, Julaine E.; Crothers, Laura M.; Kolbert, Jered B. – Journal of School Counseling, 2006
This study investigated the roles of relational and social aggression in the friendships of adolescent females. Using qualitative methodology, twenty-eight 8th grade female students from a predominantly white, rural, junior high school were invited to discuss how they respond to and cope with conflict in their friendships, identify and describe…
Descriptors: Social Status, Aggression, Females, Conflict