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The Impact of Strain on Self-Control: A Longitudinal Study of Korean Adolescents
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Kim, Joonggon; Siennick, Sonja E.; Hay, Carter – Youth & Society, 2020
The main purpose of this study is to broaden our understanding of the predictors of self-control. We test how two types of strain variables (bullying victimization and grade dissatisfaction) influence the level of self-control during adolescence using three-wave panel data collected from Korean adolescents ranging in age from 14 to 16. We…
Descriptors: Self Control, Stress Variables, Adolescents, Predictor Variables
Estimating and Predicting the Course of Callous-Unemotional Traits in First-Time Adolescent Offenders
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Ray, James V.; Frick, Paul J.; Thornton, Laura C.; Wall Myers, Tina D.; Steinberg, Laurence; Cauffman, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The stability of callous-unemotional (CU) traits and both individual and contextual factors that influence this stability have been studied in community adolescent samples but not to great extent in adolescents who have been arrested. We estimated the developmental changes in CU traits measured over the course of 36 months (6-month intervals)…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Context Effect, Individual Characteristics, Law Enforcement
Trajectories of Family Management Practices and Early Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
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Wang, Ming-Te; Dishion, Thomas J.; Stormshak, Elizabeth A.; Willett, John B. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Stage-environment fit theory was used to examine the reciprocal lagged relations between family management practices and early adolescent problem behavior during the middle school years. In addition, the potential moderating roles of family structure and of gender were explored. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to describe patterns of growth…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Parenting Styles, Home Management, Child Rearing
Doing Good Deeds: An Examination of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior in the Context of Parent-Adolescent Relationships.
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Eberly, Mary B.; Montemayor, Raymond – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Used the Adolescent Prosocial Behavior Inventory to explore sixth, eighth, and tenth graders' prosocial behavior toward parents as an embedded aspect of parent/adolescent relationships. Found that mothers received more prosocial behavior than did fathers. Daughters acted more prosocially than sons. Attachment had a direct and an indirect effect…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affection
Individual and Contextual Predictors of Perceived Friendship Quality among Ethnic Minority, Low-Income Adolescents.
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Way, Niobe; Pahl, Kerstin – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
This study examined contributions of demographic, individual-level, and contextual factors on changes in perceived quality of general and closest same-sex friendships among 114 Asian American, Black, and Latino adolescents from low-income families. Findings suggested a compensatory model of relationships and drew attention to the importance of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Asian American Students
Interwoven Lives: Adolescent Mothers and Their Children. Research Monographs in Adolescence.
Whitman, Thomas L.; Borkowski, John G.; Keogh, Deborah A.; Weed, Keri – 2001
This monograph details the Notre Dame Parenting Project, a comprehensive longitudinal study of the lives of adolescent mothers and their children from pregnancy through the first 8 years of life, describing how their respective developmental trajectories are interwoven and linked to the social contexts in which they live. A total of 281…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents