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Ferrari, Laura; Rosnati, Rosa; Manzi, Claudia; Benet-Martínez, Verònica – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
The ethnic identity development plays a crucial role in adolescence and emerging adulthood and may be more complex for adoptees who do not share their ethnic identity with their adoptive families. Evidence from the studies was mixed, with strong ethnic identity not always found to be indicative of improved psychological adjustment. Recently…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Ethnicity, Adoption, Adolescents
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Di Fabio, Annamaria; Kenny, Maureen E. – Journal of Career Development, 2015
Drawing from career construction and positive youth development perspectives, this study explores, among 254 Italian high school students, the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and support from friends and teachers with indices of adaptive career development. Results from the full canonical correlational model revealed that…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Social Support Groups, Youth, Adolescent Development
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Corsano, Paola; Majorano, Marinella; Champretavy, Lorella – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2006
This study investigated the influence of loneliness and relationships with parents and friends on the psychological well-being or adolescent malaise. Data were collected via two questionnaires (LLCA--Marcoen, Goossens & Caes, 1987; TRI--Bracken, 1996) from a sample of 330 Italian adolescents, males and females, aged between 11 and 19. As…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Relationship
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Vieno, Alessio; Nation, Maury; Perkins, Douglas D.; Santinello, Massimo – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This study assessed the links between civic participation and adolescent behavior problems (bullying, physical fighting, and alcohol and tobacco use), and whether civic engagement could be a moderator of the negative effects of parent/family detachment. Participants were 7,097 11-, 13-, and 15-year-olds (48.6% girls) in a region of Northern Italy.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Smoking, Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes