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Direct linkMoore, Sarah R.; Harden, K. Paige; Mendle, Jane – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Girls who experience earlier pubertal timing relative to peers also exhibit earlier timing of sexual intercourse and more unstable sexual relationships. Although pubertal development initiates feelings of physical desire, the transition into romantic and sexual relationships involves complex biological and social processes contributing both to…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Puberty, Females, Genetics
Kort-Butler, Lisa A.; Hagewen, Kellie J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2011
Research on adolescent self-esteem indicates that adolescence is a time in which individuals experience important changes in their physical, cognitive, and social identities. Prior research suggests that there is a positive relationship between an adolescent's participation in structured extracurricular activities and well-being in a variety of…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Extracurricular Activities, Adolescents, Self Esteem
Fomby, Paula; Mollborn, Stefanie; Sennott, Christie A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2010
We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 7,686) to determine whether racial and ethnic differences in socioeconomic stress and social protection explained group differences in the association between family structure instability and three risk behaviors for White, Black, and Mexican American adolescents:…
Descriptors: Race, Delinquency, Mexican Americans, Adolescents
Catrett, Christina D.; Gaultney, Jane F. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2009
This study investigated whether previously reported links between sleep and risk taking among adolescents (E. M. O'Brien & J. A. Mindell, 2005) are associated--concurrently, longitudinally, or both--with sleep or underlying depression. The present study analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 4,353 adolescents in the United…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Risk
Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick; Berg, Justin Allen; Sirotzki, Toni – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
This study examines and extends the confluence model of age identity by testing whether young people's self-perceptions as adults are linked to role transitions, self-assessed personal qualities, and social location. We propose that young people's sense of adulthood and the factors associated with it vary based on socially structured experience…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Self Concept, Developmental Stages
Longmore, Monica A.; Manning, Wendy D.; Giordano, Peggy C.; Rudolph, Jennifer L. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2004
We examine whether self-esteem and depressive symptoms influence sexual onset when important controls such as age, dating, race, and income are examined. Analyses are based on the first two waves of the restricted-use sample of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. We examine adolescents who reported at wave 1 that they had not had…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Sexuality
