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Aggressive Behavior between Siblings and the Development of Externalizing Problems: Evidence from a Genetically Sensitive Study
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Ge, Xiaojia; Reiss, David; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. – Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study investigated the prospective links between sibling aggression and the development of externalizing problems using a multilevel modeling approach with a genetically sensitive design. The sample consisted of 780 adolescents (390 sibling pairs) who participated in 2 waves of the Nonshared Environment in Adolescent Development project.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Twins, Aggression, Sibling Relationship
Trajectories of Depressed Mood from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood: The Effects of Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Dating
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Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Biehl, Michael C.; Ge, Xiaojia – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2009
The effects of pubertal timing and adolescent dating on trajectories of depressed mood from early adolescence to young adulthood were examined among youths who participated in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Results showed that for both boys and girls, the trajectories of depressed mood between the ages of 12 and 23 took an…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Puberty, Gender Differences
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Pubertal Timing: Results from Two National Sibling Studies
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Ge, Xiaojia; Natsuaki, Misaki N.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M.; Reiss, David – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2007
This study examined genetic and environmental effects on individual variation in pubertal timing using two national samples of siblings from the Nonshared Environment of Adolescent Development (NEAD) and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). In each sample, female and male siblings with different degrees of genetic…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Longitudinal Studies, Twins, Adolescents
Adjustment Problems and Emerging Personality Characteristics from Early to Late Adolescence.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand D. – American Journal of Community Psychology, 1999
Examined relationships between adolescent emotional and behavioral problems and late adolescent personality in a longitudinal study. Found that psychological distress and behavioral problems experienced during adolescent years of 7th to 10th grade are significantly related to personality structure during the final year of high school. (JPB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Emotional Adjustment
Pubertal Transition, Stressful Life Events, and the Emergence of Gender Differences in Adolescent Depressive Symptoms.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand D.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Examined role of pubertal and social transitions in emergence of gender differences in depressive symptoms. Found that differences emerged during eighth grade. Seventh-grade pubertal status related to depressive symptoms. Recent stressful life events related to increased depressive symptoms. Early-maturing girls with higher levels of initial…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Life Events
Observing Parent Behavior: Reconciling Theoretical Concepts with Empirical Reality.
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Ge, Xiaojia – 1993
Using data from the Iowa Youth and Families Project, this longitudinal study investigated the predictive validity of different dimensions of observed parent behavior on adolescent externalizing (aggression, hostility) and internalizing (depression, anxiety) problems over a 2-year period. In addition, the study examined how observer ratings…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
The Relation between Puberty and Psychological Distress in Adolescent Boys.
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Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand D.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
Examined relation between puberty and adjustment problems in 7th through 10th-grade males. Found that, compared with less physically developed peers, more physically developed boys in grade 7 manifested more externalized hostile feelings and internalized distress in grades 8-10. Pubertal timing related to distress and hostility, even when…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image, Emotional Adjustment
Parenting Behavior and the Occurrence and Co-occurrence of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms and Conduct Problems.
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Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Evaluated prevalence of the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and conduct problems in a community sample of 10th-grade adolescents participating in a four-year longitudinal study. Found that early hostile parent behavior increased the probability of later occurrence and co-occurrence of elevated depressive symptoms and conduct problems, whereas…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Patterns
The Developmental Interface between Nature and Nurture: A Mutual Influence Model of Child Antisocial Behavior and Parent Behaviors.
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Ge, Xiaojia; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined evidence for reciprocal influence between adoptive parents' behavior and heritable characteristics of adopted children. Found that psychiatric disorders of biological parents were significantly related to children's antisocial/hostile behaviors and consequently with adoptive parents' behavior. Also, the adoptee's antisocial/hostile…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adopted Children