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Engagement in Adolescent Career Preparation: Social Support, Personality and the Development of Choice Decidedness and Congruence
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Hirschi, Andreas; Niles, Spencer G.; Akos, Patrick – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors and outcomes of active engagement in career preparation among 349 Swiss adolescents from the beginning to the end of eighth grade. Latent variable structural equation modeling was applied. The results showed that engagement in terms of self- and environmental-exploration and active career…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Career Planning, Structural Equation Models, Personality
Constructing Positive Futures: Modeling the Relationship between Adolescents' Hopeful Future Expectations and Intentional Self Regulation in Predicting Positive Youth Development
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Schmid, Kristina L.; Phelps, Erin; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Intentional self regulation and hopeful expectations for the future are theoretically-related constructs shown to lead to positive youth development (PYD). However, the nature of their relationship over time has not been tested. Therefore, this study explored the associations between hopeful future expectations and intentional self regulation in…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8
The Relationship between Adolescents' News Media Use and Civic Engagement: The Indirect Effect of Interpersonal Communication with Parents
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Boyd, Michelle J.; Zaff, Jonathan F.; Phelps, Erin; Weiner, Michelle B.; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Using data from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a longitudinal study involving U.S. adolescents, multi-group structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to evaluate whether news media use is predictive of a set of civic indicators (civic duty, civic efficacy, neighborhood social connection, and civic participation) for youth in Grades…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Interpersonal Communication, Structural Equation Models, Citizenship Education
The Link between Emotion Identification Skills and Socio-Emotional Functioning in Early Adolescence: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
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Ciarrochi, Joseph; Heaven, Patrick C. L.; Supavadeeprasit, Sunila – Journal of Adolescence, 2008
Amongst adults, low emotion identification skill (EIS) relates to poor emotion regulation strategies, higher rates of anxiety and depression, and higher rates of somatic illness and disease [Taylor, G. J., & Bagby, R. M. (2004). New trends in alexithymia research. "Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics", 73, 68-77]. Little research has examined EIS in…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Identification, Grade 9, Grade 8