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Emotional School Engagement and Global Self-Esteem in Adolescents: Genetic Susceptibility to Peer Acceptance and Rejection
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Danneel, Sofie; Colpin, Hilde; Goossens, Luc; Engels, Maaike; Van Leeuwan, Karla; Van Den Noorgate, Wim; Verschueren, Karine – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2019
In this study, the effects of peer acceptance and rejection on global self-esteem and emotional school engagement in adolescents were investigated. Moreover, in line with the differential susceptibility hypothesis, we examined the potential moderating effect of a polymorphism in the serotonin receptor gene (i.e., 5-HTTLPR). The sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Rejection (Psychology), Self Esteem, Student School Relationship
The Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene, Perceived Parental Support, and Adolescent Loneliness: Longitudinal Evidence for Gene-Environment Interactions
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van Roekel, Eeske; Goossens, Luc; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Verhagen, Maaike – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Loneliness is a common problem in adolescence. Earlier research focused on genes within the serotonin and oxytocin systems, but no studies have examined the role of dopamine-related genes in loneliness. In the present study, we focused on the dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2). Methods: Associations among the DRD2, sex, parental support,…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biochemistry, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns
Identity Styles and Interpersonal Behavior in Emerging Adulthood: The Intervening Role of Empathy
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Smits, Ilse; Doumen, Sarah; Luyckx, Koen; Duriez, Bart; Goossens, Luc – Social Development, 2011
This study examined the intervening role of empathy in the relations between identity styles (i.e., information-oriented, normative, and diffuse-avoidant styles), and inter-personal behaviors (i.e., prosocial behavior, self- and other-oriented helping, and physical and relational aggression). In a sample of 341 emerging adults, it was found that…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Empathy, Interpersonal Competence
The Interplay of Loneliness and Depressive Symptoms across Adolescence: Exploring the Role of Personality Traits
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Vanhalst, Janne; Klimstra, Theo A.; Luyckx, Koen; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Goossens, Luc – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2012
Based on current theories of depression, reciprocal links between loneliness and depressive symptoms are expected to occur. However, longitudinal studies on adolescent samples are scarce and have yielded conflicting results. The present five-wave longitudinal study from mid- to late adolescence (N = 428, M age at T1 = 15.22 years; 47% female)…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Late Adolescents, Personality, Path Analysis
Perceived Instability in Emerging Adulthood: The Protective Role of Identity Capital
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Luyckx, Koen; De Witte, Hans; Goossens, Luc – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
Developmental instability characterizes the late teens and twenties in today's late-modern society. The present study (a) focused on the link between instability and both general (i.e., self-esteem and depressive symptoms) and work-related outcomes (i.e., work engagement and burnout) and (b) investigated the possible moderating role of identity…
Descriptors: Burnout, Depression (Psychology), Self Concept, Adolescents
In Search of the Sources of Psychologically Controlling Parenting: The Role of Parental Separation Anxiety and Parental Maladaptive Perfectionism
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Soenens, Bart; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Duriez, Bart; Goossens, Luc – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
This study investigated the role of two dimensions of parental separation anxiety--Anxiety about Adolescent Distancing (AAD) and Comfort with Secure Base Role (CSBR)--and parental maladaptive perfectionism in the prediction of psychologically controlling parenting. In a sample of middle adolescents and their parents (N=677), it was found that…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Separation Anxiety, Role, Prediction