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Teo, Timothy; Doleck, Tenzin; Bazelais, Paul – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Considering the increasingly ubiquitous and frequent use of Facebook among college students, this study sought to explicate and unravel the salient determinants of Facebook use. Specifically, the main goal was to ascertain the factors influencing "Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel" (CEGEP) students' Facebook use, for which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attachment Behavior, College Students, Structural Equation Models
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Konishi, Chiaki; Hymel, Shelley – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2014
Extending John Bowlby's hypothesis that dysfunctional anger is a predictable outcome of insecure attachments to parents, this study investigated the relationship between current parent-adolescent attachment and both the experience and expression of anger. Participants included 776 students (379 boys and 397 girls) in grades 8-12. As predicted by…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Adolescent Attitudes
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Avila, Marisa; Cabral, Joana; Matos, Paula Mena – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
In this study with 236 Portuguese university students, we examined two competing models for understanding identity. In the first model, the direct independent effects of parental and romantic attachment on identity were tested. The second model examined the mediating role of romantic attachment representations in the link between parental…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Attachment Behavior, College Students, Intimacy
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Somech, Lior Y.; Elizur, Yoel – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Research of psychological distress (PD) needs to differentiate between anxiety/depression and hostility/suspiciousness, which are associated with different motivational systems. In this study, structural equation modeling was used to test two hypothesized models for the prediction of each facet of PD. Hypotheses were proposed about the effects of…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Structural Equation Models, Prediction, Attachment Behavior
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Somech, Lior Y.; Elizur, Yoel – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
Although there is considerable evidence that culture-related factors are associated with aggressive behavior, their effect on the development of conduct problems (CP) has been insufficiently studied. This study focused on adherence to honor code (AHC), defined by the endorsement of honor culture attitudes at the identity narrative level of…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Personality Assessment, Aggression, Structural Equation Models