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Belsky, Jay; Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Ellis, Bruce J. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Drawing on life history theory, Ellis and associates' (2009) recent across- and within-species analysis of ecological effects on reproductive development highlighted two fundamental dimensions of environmental variation and influence: harshness and unpredictability. To evaluate the unique contributions of these factors, the authors of present…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Biographies
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Prezza, Miretta; Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
A structural equation model was used to examine the role of autonomous mobility and play in public and semipublic places in childhood to predict adolescents' sense of community, fear of crime, and, through the mediation of these two last psychosocial factors, feelings of loneliness. Participants included 789 Italian students (469 females and 320…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Fear, Crime, Psychological Patterns