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Mairon, Noam; Abramson, Lior; Knafo-Noam, Ariel; Perry, Anat; Nahum, Mor – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Empathy and executive functions (EFs) are multimodal constructs that enable individuals to cope with their environment. Both abilities develop throughout childhood and are known to contribute to social behavior and academic performance in young adolescents. Notably, mentalizing and EF activate shared frontotemporal brain areas, which in previous…
Descriptors: Empathy, Correlation, Twins, Longitudinal Studies
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Ella Ofek-Geva; David Fortus – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
While students tend to enjoy their science learning at a young age, as they mature, they tend to distance themselves from science, becoming less motivated to engage with science and holding negative attitudes towards science. In parallel, a career choice in science often begins to develop during early adolescence. To understand how the environment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Shulman, Shmuel; Laursen, Brett – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2002
Examined interdependent and disengaged friendships in a middle-class sample of suburban Israeli adolescents for differences in reports on conflict behavior. Found that older adolescents reported more conflicts over private disrespect than younger adolescents; younger adolescents reported more conflict over public disrespect and undependability…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
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Shulman, Shmuel – Journal of Adolescence, 1993
Examined role of close relationships during adolescence and their contribution to individual coping. Data from series of studies on early adolescents showed that availability of family and peers combined with support of adolescent's independence contributed to individual adaptive coping. Contribution of close relationships to coping differed for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Coping
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Shulman, Shmuel; Scharf, Miri – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2000
Examined role of age, gender, and dating in Israeli high school students' romantic behaviors/perceptions and linkages between family/peer relationships and affective intensity with romantic partners. Found that intimacy and level of emotional involvement were similar across adolescence. Girls emphasized attachment and care more than boys.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents