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Thomsen, Tamara – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2016
One way to avert negative influences on well-being when confronted with blocked goals is the flexible adjustment of one's goals to the given situation. This study examines developmental differences in flexible goal adjustment (FGA) regarding age and gender in a sample of N = 815 participants (10 to 20 years; M = 13.63, SD = 2.60, 48.5% male).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education
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Greve, Werner; Thomsen, Tamara – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2013
In a cross-sectional study with 541 German students (mean age: 12.61 yrs) and (for a subsample of N = 350) one of their parents, developmental conditions for a particular resource of self-regulation ("Flexibility of Goal Adjustment"; Brandtstadter & Renner, 1990) are investigated. Theoretical ยจ arguments and empirical results from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Parents, Self Control
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Weidemann, Arne; Bluml, Frances – Intercultural Education, 2009
Twenty narrative interviews were conducted with German host parents between 2006 and 2007 about their experiences with a one-year stay of a guest student in their family. The study took place within the context of a student research project as part of the research-oriented MA course "Intercultural Communication-Intercultural Competence"…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Student Research, Intercultural Communication, Coping
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Seiffge-Krenke, Inge – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Examined research involving over 3,000 adolescents from various cultures to determine problems typical of this developmental phase and ways of coping with normative demands. Found that adolescents' response to problems stemming from different developmental fields such as parents, peers, school, or future involved three main modes of coping: Active…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping
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Seiffge-Krenke, Inge – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
In this introduction to the special journal issue on stress and coping, stress and coping theory is reviewed. Notes that issue is devoted to coping with stressors during transition of adolescence; age and gender differences in stress and coping; influence of close relationship as stress buffer; relationship between coping and adaption; and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
du Bois-Reymond, Manuela, Ed.; And Others – 1995
This book examines how young people in Germany and the Netherlands grow into adults in their society and how they cope with the accompanying experiences and changes. The 14 chapters of the book are: (1) "The Modernization of the Youth Phase. Educational, Professional and Family Careers of Dutch Youth in the Nineties" (Els Peters); (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Child Health