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Fogarty, Alison; Brown, Stephanie; Gartland, Deirdre; Mensah, Fiona; Seymour, Monique; Savopoulos, Priscilla; FitzPatrick, Kelly; Papadopoullos, Sandra; Giallo, Rebecca – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for adolescents across the world. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation in adolescents living in Melbourne, Australia, during the state of Victoria's second lockdown. The study also sought to identify pre-existing and current…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Fogarty, Alison; Giallo, Rebecca; Wood, Catherine; Kaufman, Jordy; Brown, Stephanie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) during childhood is a risk factor for poor emotional-behavioral functioning. Despite this, many children show resilience in the face of IPV exposure. The current study aimed to identify characteristics associated with positive emotional-behavioral outcomes in 4-year-old children exposed to IPV in early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Resilience (Psychology), Family Violence
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Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J.; Gardner, Alex A.; Hawes, Tanya; Masters, Mitchell R.; Waters, Allison M.; Farrell, Lara J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2021
Rejection sensitivity is a bias toward expecting rejection that can result from negative social experiences and degrade emotional adjustment. In this study, rejection sensitivity was expected to predict patterns of adolescent social anxiety over 5 years when considered alongside other known or expected risk and protective factors: peer rejection…
Descriptors: Rejection (Psychology), Anxiety Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adolescents
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Wagner, Jenny; Voelkle, Manuel C.; Hoppmann, Christiane A.; Luszcz, Mary A.; Gerstorf, Denis – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
Lifespan theoretical notions have long acknowledged that regulative capacities of the self are relatively robust well into old age. This general trend notwithstanding, people often differ substantially throughout life in their levels of and change trajectories in self-esteem. One prime contributing factor may be perceptions of social inclusion.…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Marriage
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Giallo, Rebecca; Gartland, Deirdre; Woolhouse, Hannah; Mensah, Fiona; Westrupp, Elizabeth; Nicholson, Jan; Brown, Stephanie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
The deleterious effects of maternal depression on child emotional and behavioral development are well documented, yet many children exposed to maternal depression experience positive outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify psychosocial factors associated with the emotional-behavioral resilience of four-year-old children of first-time…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Preschool Children, Mothers, Depression (Psychology)
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Bryden, Kelly Jane; Charlton, Judith; Oxley, Jennifer; Lowndes, Georgia – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Passenger collaboration offers a potential compensatory strategy to assist older drivers who have difficulty driving in unfamiliar areas (wayfinding). This article describes a survey of 194 healthy, community-dwelling older drivers and their regular passengers to investigate how passengers assist drivers, and to identify the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperation, Older Adults, Motor Vehicles
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Barchia, Kirstin; Bussey, Kay – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
Despite wide recognition of the important role of student bystanders in influencing peer aggression in schools, little is currently known about what influences students to intervene in defense of peer aggression victims. This longitudinal study involving 1,167 primarily white adolescents (aged 12-15 years, 613 females) investigated the role of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Empathy, Predictor Variables, Peer Relationship
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Kyrios, Michael; Prior, Margot – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
Temperamental characteristics, especially low reactivity-high manageability, appeared to curtail the influence of adverse family factors on children's adjustment. Strength of relationships between temperament and children's behavioral adjustment differed as a function of time, temperamental characteristics, and the source of behavioral ratings.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies
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Luszcz, Mary A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Assessed the cognitive functioning and psychological well-being of women and men of 60 to 74 years, and 75 to 92 years, respectively. Delineated age and gender differences and identified individual differences that predicted memory. The intentional memory of women was more accurate than that of men. Education and gender, along with processing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes, Educational Background
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Miller-Lewis, Lauren R.; Wade, Tracey D.; Lee, Christina – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This study investigated psychosocial predictors of early pregnancy and childbearing in single young women, consistent with the Eriksonian developmental perspective. Two mail-out surveys assessing reproductive behaviour and sociodemographic, education/competence, psychosocial well-being, and aspiration factors were completed 4 years apart by 2635…
Descriptors: Females, Pregnancy, Predictor Variables, At Risk Persons