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Shubert, Jennifer; Wray-Lake, Laura; Syvertsen, Amy K.; Metzger, Aaron – Child Development, 2019
Character strengths are an integral component of positive youth development that can promote flourishing. Developmental principles posit constructs become increasingly complex with age, yet this process has not been examined with character. Using a socioeconomically and ethnically diverse sample of 2,467 youth ages 9-19, bifactor models were…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Nishikawa, Saori; Sundbom, Elisabet; Hagglof, Bruno – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
We examined the associations between perceived parental rearing, attachment style, self-concept, and mental health problems among Japanese adolescents. About 193 high school students (143 boys and 50 girls, mean = 16.4) completed a set of self-report questionnaires including EMBU-C (My Memories of Child Upbringing for Children), AQC (Attachment…
Descriptors: Females, Mental Health, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
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Lent, Robert W.; Tracey, Terence J. G.; Brown, Steven D.; Soresi, Salvatore; Nota, Laura – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2006
In a cross-national replication and extension of prior research with American students, Italian middle and high school students completed measures of interests and competency beliefs relative to a variety of school- and nonschool-related activities. Both interests and competency beliefs tended to show greater adherence to circumplex Realistic,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Foreign Countries, Competence, Models
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Molinari, Luisa; Melotti, Giannino; Emiliani, Francesca – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
The aim of this study is that of reaching a better comprehension of the topic of children's rights within educational relationships. In a first stage, we analysed the representational field of children's rights produced through free associations by the two partners who are in conflict in everyday life, namely adults (n=267) and adolescents…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Parent Responsibility, School Responsibility, Student Responsibility