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Measuring Adolescents' Well-Being in Schools: The Adaptation and Translation of The EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being--A Validation Study
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Sarah Buerger; Julia Holzer; Takuya Yanagida; Barbara Schober; Christiane Spiel – School Mental Health, 2023
This paper addresses a validation study focusing on the process of adapting the EPOCH measure of adolescent well-being (Kern et al. in Psychol Assess 28(5):586-597. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000201, 2016) to the school context and translating it into German--resulting in the EPOCH-School model (EPOCH-S) with the corresponding measure EPOCH-G-S…
Descriptors: Well Being, Translation, German, Educational Environment
Flexible Goal Adjustment from Late Childhood to Late Adolescence: Developmental Differences and Relations to Cognitive Coping and Emotion Regulation
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Thomsen, Tamara – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2016
One way to avert negative influences on well-being when confronted with blocked goals is the flexible adjustment of one's goals to the given situation. This study examines developmental differences in flexible goal adjustment (FGA) regarding age and gender in a sample of N = 815 participants (10 to 20 years; M = 13.63, SD = 2.60, 48.5% male).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education
Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence
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Bagwell, Catherine L.; Schmidt, Michelle E. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Highly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how friendships change as children age and what specific functions these relationships play in promoting adjustment and well-being. Compelling topics…
Descriptors: Friendship, Cognitive Development, Young Children, Adolescents
Relations between Housing Characteristics and the Well-Being of Low-Income Children and Adolescents
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Coley, Rebekah Levine; Leventhal, Tama; Lynch, Alicia Doyle; Kull, Melissa – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Extant research has highlighted the importance of multiple characteristics of housing but has not comprehensively assessed a broad range of housing characteristics and their relative contributions to children's well-being. Using a representative, longitudinal sample of low-income children and adolescents from low-income urban neighborhoods (N =…
Descriptors: Correlation, Housing, Well Being, Low Income Groups
The Relation of Community Developmental Attentiveness to Adolescent Health.
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Scales, Peter C.; Leffert, Nancy; Vraa, Renee – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2003
Investigated the relationship of student exposure to selected developmental assets with indicators of thriving, using more reliable measures than previously reported. Data collected using the Youth Supplement Survey among diverse 6th-12th graders indicated that most students experienced only 3 of 12 assets. The more assets students reported, the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Patterns of Adolescent Identity Development: Review of Literature and Longitudinal Analysis.
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Meeus, W.; Iedema, J.; Helsen, M.; Vollebergh, W. – Developmental Review, 1999
Reviewed theoretical claims of identity status model and empirical studies on identity development in adolescence/young adulthood. Found support for assumption of a progressive direction in identity development. Examined data from longitudinal study of identity development and psychological well-being in Dutch adolescents; found that stability of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Foreign Countries