Moral competence among adolescents can be approached in terms of good character. Character is a multidimensional construct comprised of a family of positive traits manifest in an individual's thoughts, emotions and behaviours. The Values in Action Inventory for Youth (VIA-Youth) is a self-report questionnaire suitable for adolescents that measures…

Investigates differences in friendship expectations between adolescent immigrants from the former Soviet Union and their Israeli-born peers. Results of rating behavioral characteristics of peers indicated that immigrants assign greater importance than their counterparts to all aspects of friendship expectations. Immigrants' friendship expectations…

Investigates whether personality tests could differentiate between alcohol and drug users among juvenile offenders. Subjects were 108 juvenile offenders given conditional discharge. Results indicate that frequent drug and/or alcohol abusers scored lower on the Gough Socialization Scale and higher on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire lie scale.…

Examined relationship between self-perception and psychological adjustment among disturbed (n=33) and nondisturbed (n=33) young adolescents. Results indicated that dimensional self-concept scores were significantly lower for disturbed group. No significant differences were found between groups on mathematics, honesty, and physical ability…

Attempts to put ongoing U.S. and United Kingdom amusement machine debates into empirical perspective. Conducts comparative analysis of video games and fruit machines (slot machines) by examining incidence of play, sex differences and psychological characteristics of machine players, observational findings in arcade settings, alleged negative…

Focuses on family coping with adolescent's diabetes. Reviews literature on interplay between family processes and psychological features of adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes. Examines how family may influence adjustment and metabolic control of diabetic child and considers impacts of adolescent's diabetes on individual parents and on…

Examines the relationship between psychological variables and repetition of deliberate self-harm by adolescents who have been admitted to hospital following an overdose. Adolescents with a history of previous overdose had higher scores for depression, hopelessness, and trait anger. Determined that depression is a key factor associated with risk of…

Investigates the severity of disturbed eating and its psychological correlates in college freshman women. Reports that 9% fell into the problem bulimic or dieter at-risk categories, 23% were classified as intensive dieters, 17% as casual dieters, and over half were non-dieters. Depression, dysfunctional thinking, and disturbed eating attitudes…

Incidents of deliberate self-harm in young people has steadily increased. This study describes adolescents' experience with medical and psychiatric services following overdose from self-poisoning. In many of the cases, young people were experiencing multiple and complex psychological difficulties. The greatest positive factor was being treated in…

Investigates whether personality tests can differentiate between alcohol and drug users among juvenile offenders. Subjects were 108 Icelandic juvenile offenders who had been given conditional discharge, who received the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Gough Socialisation Scale (GSS). Drug and alcohol users scored significantly lower…

It has been proposed that the Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status and its scoring criteria should be adjusted to utilize a half standard deviation cutoff. Evidence is provided to support the claim that less stringent criteria will lead to higher numbers classified while arriving at the same research results. This proposal is considered and,…

In Greece there is an almost total lack of special education after the primary school (6th grade). This is a descriptive study that aimed to examine social, academic and psychological characteristics of secondary school students with a history of special placement during primary school. It compared 86 students with a placement (group A) with their…

Results from this study indicate that a cutoff consisting of the mean plus a half standard deviation is more desirable than the original mean plus one standard deviation strategy for categorizing respondents into a "pure" identity status. Status-specific comparisons indicated groups were not significantly different on measures of…

Comparisons were made between male and female adolescents from urban and rural groups representing middle and upper socio-economic groups. The females from rural settings were found to suffer more depressive symptomatology and poor self-esteem. Hostility was detected more in males from either location. Possible clinical relevance is discussed and…

Explores the type and seriousness of concerns reported by Turkish adolescents (n=957) and compares these concerns with self-reported psychological distress. Concerns were grouped into five clusters: (1) personal future; (2) interpersonal relations; (3) local-universal issues; (4) social identity; and (5) use of drugs. Cultural differences were…