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Direct linkDanilo Calaresi; Francesca Cuzzocrea; Valeria Saladino; Valeria Verrastro – Youth & Society, 2025
The increasing usage of social media has sparked interest in identifying characteristics that contribute to problematic social media use (PSMU). Using the Interaction Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution (I-PACE) model, the current study analyzes whether fear of missing out (FoMO) and dissociative experiences affect the link between trait emotional…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Social Media, Fear, Psychological Patterns
Myriam Casseus; Nancy E. Reichman – Infant and Child Development, 2025
The mental health and well-being of children and adolescents are critical public health concerns globally. This cross-sectional study analysed nationally representative data from the combined 2016-2022 National Survey of Children's Health (n = 239,534) to produce estimates of parent-reported diagnoses of children's anxiety, depression and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Behavior Problems
Fabiola Silletti; Nicolò M. Iannello; Sonia Ingoglia; Cristiano Inguglia; Rosalinda Cassibba; Manuel Eisner; Denis Ribeaud; Pasquale Musso – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
The present study investigated the longitudinal associations of self-control and parental involvement with prosociality and internalizing problems from early to mid-to-late adolescence, within a risk and resilience and a developmental cascade framework. We used a panel design (i.e., four measurement times at 2-year intervals from 2008 onwards) to…
Descriptors: Self Control, Early Adolescents, Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior
Xingchen Zhu; Haohan Zhao; Wencan Li – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
This study aims to provide a new perspective on the relationship between perceived teacher emotional support and externalizing problem behaviors among adolescents. Some studies have focused on the relationship between perceived teacher emotional support and externalizing problem behaviors. However, research on the underlying mechanism is still…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Adolescents, Behavior Problems
Costina-Ruxandra Poetar; Anca Dobrean; Ionut Stelian Florean – Youth & Society, 2024
The aim of this study was to assess the pattern of mutual relations within the Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU) (first network) and between adolescent mental health problems and PSU (second network). The invariance of both networks was investigated across age, gender, and severity of symptoms. The participants were 708 Romanian adolescents…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Mental Health, Adolescents
Musci, Rashelle J.; Kush, Joseph M.; Masyn, Katherine E.; Esmaeili, Masoumeh Amin; Susukida, Ryoko; Goulter, Natalie; McMahon, Robert; Eddy, J. Mark; Ialongo, Nicholas S.; Tolan, Patrick; Godwin, Jennifer; Bierman, Karen L.; Bierman, Karen L.; Coie, John D.; Crowley, D. Max; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Lochman, John E.; McMahon, Robert J.; Pinderhughes, Ellen E.; Wilcox, Holly C. – Prevention Science, 2023
Psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are common throughout childhood, and the presence of these experiences is a significant risk factor for poor mental health later in development. Given the association of PLEs with a broad number of mental health diagnoses, these experiences serve as an important malleable target for early preventive interventions.…
Descriptors: Psychosis, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Children, Adolescents
Saeed Ahmed; Aunsa Hanif; Ikram Khaliq; Shahana Ayub; Sundas Saboor; Sheikh Shoib; Muhammad Youshay Jawad; Fauzia Arain; Amna Anwar; Irfan Ullah; Sadiq Naveed; Ali Mahmood Khan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Objective: This review summarizes evidence pertaining to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological health of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Materials and Methods: An electronic search was conducted using four major databases--PubMed, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Using an umbrella…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Marie Pindáková; Sona Kalenda Vávrová; Ilona Kocvarová – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
The issue of educational work with trauma in juvenile detention centres (JDC) is a less explored area in the Czech Republic, even though the literature points to a higher incidence of trauma among children at risk in this target group. The aim of our research was to determine the extent of adverse childhood experiences among young people in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trauma, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Shanyan Lin; Claudio Longobardi; Sofia Mastrokoukou; Matteo Angelo Fabris – School Psychology International, 2025
The association between the quality of teacher-student relationships and children's psychological adjustment has been mainly studied in Western countries; however, this research topic is gaining more interest in Eastern countries. Based on attachment theory and empirical evidence, this cross-sectional study examined the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Victims, Teacher Student Relationship
Dapprich, Anna L.; Tyborowska, Anna; Niermann, Hannah C. M.; Becker, Eni S.; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Roelofs, Karin – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits predict behavioral problems in adolescence. But little is known about early modulatory factors. Behavioral Inhibition (BI) in particular has been suggested to protect against the development of CU-traits. This temperamental predisposition is characterized by heightened environmental sensitivity. The current…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Personality Traits, Children, Adolescents
Yongfei Ban; Ji Sun; Bingyu Bai; Jiang Liu – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Although several studies have highlighted a significant association between parent-adolescent attachment and well-being in normal adolescents, studies exploring this relationship among hearing-impaired adolescents are scarce. The current study examined the association of parent-adolescent attachment with well-being and the underlying mechanism of…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Adolescents, Parent Child Relationship, Student Welfare
Adriana Díez-Gómez; Carla Sebastián-Enesco; Alicia Pérez-Albéniz; Beatriz Lucas-Molina; Susana Al-Halabí; Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero – School Mental Health, 2024
Suicidal behaviour is a major socio-health problem worldwide. However, there are few empirically validated programs for universal prevention of suicidal behaviour in school settings. The aim of the present study was to design and validate the "PositivaMente" program for the prevention of suicidal behaviour in school-age adolescents aged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Suicide, Prevention
Download full textMansfield, Rosie; Patalay, Praveetha; Santos, Joao; Deighton, Jessica; Velikonja, Tjasa; Hayes, Daniel; Boehnke, Jan R. – UK Department for Education, 2022
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health is a widespread concern. However, to date, there is limited empirical evidence which can causally attribute changes to the pandemic. With the aim of overcoming some of the existing methodological limitations, the current study utilised a naturally occurring experiment within two…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Adolescents, Mental Health
Al-Hendawi, Maha – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2022
Heterogeneous findings on the prevalence of emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) have been reported in Middle Eastern countries. Moreover, the prevalence of EBD among adolescents in Qatar is unknown, making it difficult to implement the necessary educational or psychosocial programs. This study used a cross-sectional methodology to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Problems, Incidence
Elizabeth B. Dowdell; Raina V. Lamade; Austin F. Lee; Ann Schuler; Robert A. Prentky – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, High School Students, Behavior Problems, Mental Health
