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Extracurricular Activity Participation and the Acquisition of Developmental Assets: Differences between Involved and Noninvolved Canadian High School Students
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Forneris, Tanya; Camiré, Martin; Williamson, Robert – Applied Developmental Science, 2015
In order to prepare students for adulthood and responsible citizenship, most high schools offer extracurricular activities designed to facilitate the learning of a wide range of competencies. The purpose of this study was to examine how participation in a single or a combination of extracurricular school activities for high school students may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Extracurricular Activities, Competence
Height-Based Indices of Pubertal Timing in Male Adolescents
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Khairullah, Ammar; May, Margaret T.; Tilling, Kate; Howe, Laura D.; Leonard, Gabriel; Perrond, Michel; Richer, Louis; Veillette, Suzanne; Pausova, Zdenka; Paus, Tomáš – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2013
It is important to account for timing of puberty when studying the adolescent brain and cognition. The use of classical methods for assessing pubertal status may not be feasible in some studies, especially in male adolescents. Using data from a sample of 478 males from a longitudinal birth cohort, we describe the calculations of three independent…
Descriptors: Puberty, Males, Adolescents, Body Height
Developmental Associations between Adolescent Change in Depressive Symptoms and Menstrual-Cycle-Phase-Specific Negative Affect during Early Adulthood
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Kiesner, Jeff; Poulin, Francois – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
The causal factors associated with increases in depressive symptoms among adolescent girls remain an area of theoretical debate, and the limited research considering a hormonal influence has provided mixed results. The goal of the present study was to test a set of longitudinal associations, that, if found, would provide support for a hormonal…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Correlation
Ego Identity Development and Obesity in Adolescent Girls
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Shestowsky, Brenda J. – Adolescence, 1983
Investigated the relationship between ego identity development and obesity in adolescent girls (N=30). Subjects completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test for ego identity development. Significant differences in scores of ego identity emerged between normal weight subjects and puberty-onset obese subjects and between…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Females
Canadian Adolescents' Implicit Theories of Immaturity: What Does "Childish" Mean?
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Galambos, Nancy L.; Barker, Erin V.; Tilton-Weaver, Lauree C. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
This study examined implicit theories of immaturity among 345 Canadian sixth- and ninth-graders. Qualitative analysis of adolescents' descriptions of an immature peer revealed six foci to implicit theories of immaturity. The majority of adolescents' descriptions focused on childlike behaviors, silly/goofy behaviors, or on mean/hurtful behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Criteria
Adolescent Loneliness.
Goldenberg, Sheila – 1981
Research has suggested that the incidence of loneliness peaks at adolescence and decreases with age. Changes in the determinants of loneliness during adolescence were investigated for grade 8, grade 11, and university students. Subjects (N=410) completed a written questionnaire which included ten items from the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students
Does Parent-Adolescent Conflict Increase in Early Adolescence?
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Galambos, Nancy L.; Almeida, David M. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Assessed family perceptions of parent-adolescent conflict four times from grade six to summer following grade eight. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents from 80 families reported on parent-adolescent conflict. Conflict over chores, appearance, and politeness decreased over 2.5 years whereas conflict over finances increased. Substance-use conflict…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Conflict