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Filippello, Pina; Buzzai, Caterina; Sorrenti, Luana; Costa, Sebastiano; Abramo, Annarita; Wang, Kennet T. – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
The aim of this manuscript is to examine the perceived parental perfectionism in undergraduate Italian students. Study 1 aimed at exploring the factorial structure, reliability, and construct validity of the Italian version of the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS). The aim of Study 2 was to cross-validate the FAPS structure with a different…
Descriptors: Italian, Personality Measures, Undergraduate Students, Parent Attitudes
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Gomez-Baya, Diego; Santos, Teresa; Gaspar de Matos, Margarida – Applied Developmental Science, 2022
Positive Youth Development (PYD) model is a strength-based perspective of transition to adulthood derived from developmental systems theory. Developmental assets (DAs) framework describes the individual and contextual resources that may promote PYD. This work aims to analyze the associations between internal and external DAs and PYD, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Adolescent Development, High School Students
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Clark, Shelby; Harbaugh, Allen G.; Seider, Scott – Applied Developmental Science, 2021
Research has found that directly teaching students to question positively affects academic outcomes. Although theoretically questioning is believed to foster numerous "noncognitive" outcomes, relatively few studies have considered the impact of direct instruction in questioning on students' curiosity and related motivational constructs.…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Adolescents, Public Schools, High School Students
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Barker, Sandra B.; Schubert, Christine M.; Barker, Randolph T.; Kuo, Sally I-Chun; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Dick, Danielle M. – Applied Developmental Science, 2020
Internalizing symptoms are prevalent in students as they enter and complete college. Considering research suggesting mental health benefits of pet ownership, this study explores the relationship between pet ownership, social support (SS), and internalizing symptoms (IS) in a cohort of students across their 4-year college experience. With no…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Animals, Undergraduate Students, Gender Differences
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Phillips, Deborah A.; Anderson, Sara; Gormley, William T., Jr. – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
To examine associations between participation in Tulsa's preschool programs and a set of middle-school attitudes, we used propensity score weighting to compare the Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) pre-K participants and, separately, the Community Action Project (CAP) Head Start participants to students who had attended neither TPS pre-K nor Head Start…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preschool Education, Middle School Students, Comparative Analysis
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Furrow, James L.; King, Pamela Ebstyne; White, Krystal – Applied Developmental Science, 2004
The role of religious identity in positive youth development was examined in this study of personal meaning and prosocial concerns in adolescence. A structural equation model was tested on a sample of 801 urban public high school students. Participants responded to questionnaires assessing religious identity, personal meaning, and prosocial…
Descriptors: Personality, Religion, Structural Equation Models, Self Concept