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Opportunities and Peer Support for Aggression and Delinquency during Adolescence in Nine Countries
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Lansford, Jennifer E.; Zietz, Susannah; Bornstein, Marc H.; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Gurdal, Sevtap; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; Alampay, Liane Peña; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Chang, Lei – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural similarities and differences in problem behavior during adolescence. Adolescents from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries…
Descriptors: Aggression, Cultural Influences, Cultural Differences, Adolescent Development
Parenting, Autonomy in Learning, and Development during Adolescence in China
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Li, Nan; Hein, Sascha – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
Autonomy (or self-determination) is a crucial construct in understanding adolescents' development and well-being. This paper presents current knowledge about the features of autonomy in learning, parental autonomy support, and psychological control, and their relations with psychological well-being and academic functioning of Chinese adolescents.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, Adolescents, Learning
Challenges of Adolescent Psychology in the European Identity Context
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Lannegrand-Willems, Lyda; Barbot, Baptiste – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015
In Europe, the question of identity and youth civic engagement constitutes a challenge both for the European Union (EU) and for research on adolescent psychology. In this article, we discuss the European historical context and the current initiatives from the EU that aim to encourage civic engagement among young people. Then, we suggest some…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Concept, Adolescent Development, Citizen Participation
Adolescent Family and Peer Relationships: Does Culture Matter?
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Seginer, Rachel; Shoyer, Shirli; Hossessi, Rabiaa; Tannous, Hyam – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2007
Peer relations are perceived to be more strongly related to family relationships for Israeli Arab and Druze adolescents than for Israeli Jewish adolescents growing up in a neighboring but socioculturally different society. However, when family relations are poor, Jewish adolescents draw greater support from peers than do Arab and Druze adolescents.
Descriptors: Jews, Family Relationship, Arabs, Adolescents
Respect in Southeast Asian American Children and Adolescents: Cultural and Contextual Influences
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Bankston, Carl L., III; Hidalgo, Danielle Antoinette – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
There are similarities and differences in the concept of respect as it develops in American children and adolescents whose families came from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and the Philippines. In addition, respect has different effects on adjustment, relationships, and achievement at home and at school, depending on whether cultural groups…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Development, Immigrants, Cultural Differences
Friendship and Development: Putting the Most Human Relationship in Its Place
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Bukowski, William M.; Sippola, Lorrie K. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
Although research on friendship reveals the significance of friendship for children, questions about friendship and development remain unanswered. It is argued that the study of friendship would benefit from a return to basic questions about what friendship is, how it is measured, and how it varies across people and contexts.
Descriptors: Friendship, Children, Peer Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
Respect in Children across Cultures
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Li, Jin – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2006
This volume overall provides a compelling description of what respect entails and how it functions and emerges in childhood and adolescence. This construct requires further conceptual clarification and study across cultures. The strength of this volume lies in its cultural perspective and diverse empirical approaches.
Descriptors: Hermeneutics, Languages, Interpersonal Relationship, Child Development
Adolescent Leisure across European Nations.
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Flammer, August; Schaffner, Brigitta – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Examined variations in adolescent time use within Europe and their relation to culture, focusing on organization of free time, most frequent leisure activities, and resulting emotional states. Found that European adolescents spent free time in a range of activities, including electronic media, computer games, playing musical instruments, reading,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis
Contextual Constraints on Adolescents' Leisure.
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Silbereisen, Rainer K. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Interlinks crucial cultural themes emerging from preceding chapters, highlighting the contextual constraints in adolescents' use of free time. Draws parallels across the nations discussed on issues related to how school molds leisure time, the balance of passive versus active leisure, timing of leisure pursuits, and the cumulative effect of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Context Effect
Rules, Legitimacy of Parental Authority, and Obligation to Obey in Chile, the Philippines, and the United States
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Darling, Nancy; Cumsille, Patricio; Pena-Alampay, Liane – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2005
With age, Chilean, Filipino, and U.S. youth come to believe that fewer issues are legitimately within the control of parents and that they are less obliged to obey parental rules. These beliefs vary across domains and countries, providing insight into parent-adolescent conflict and the development of autonomy. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Child Relationship, Cultural Differences, Parenting Styles