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Gini, Gianluca; Pozzoli, Tiziana; Bussey, Kay – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2015
This study investigated the relationships between three psychopathic dimensions (callousness/unemotionality, grandiosity/manipulation, and impulsivity/irresponsibility) and reactive and instrumental aggression in a community sample of early adolescents (N = 243, age M = 12.29, SD = 1.18). The moderating role of moral disengagement (MD) was also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents, Psychopathology, Personality Traits
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Giannotta, Fabrizia; Ozdemir, Metin – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2013
Previous research has identified school bonding as protective against substance use during adolescence. However, there is still a question as to whether school involvement predicts changes in substance use or if substance use actually predicts changes in level of school bonding. This study investigated the relationship between school bonding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student School Relationship, Drinking, Substance Abuse
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Boislard P., Marie-Aude; Poulin, Francois; Kiesner, Jeff; Dishion, Thomas J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
In this study, two longitudinal models of early adolescent risky sexual behaviors (RSB) were compared using a pooled sample of 267 Canadian and Italian adolescents (55% females; 53% Canadians) assessed yearly from grade 8 to 10. We focused on parenting practices (monitoring, control, limit setting), adolescent problem behaviors (antisocial…
Descriptors: Socialization, Structural Equation Models, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Parenting Styles
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Del Favero, Laura; Boscolo, Pietro; Vidotto, Giulio; Vicentini, Marco – Learning and Instruction, 2007
In this study, 100 Italian eighth graders were divided into two groups to compare the effects of two instructional interventions--the first based on problem-solving through discussion, the second on individual problem-solving--on students' learning of two historical topics (World War I and the economic boom), interest and self-perception of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, War, World History