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Direct linkJasmina Rosic; Lara Schreurs; Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles; Laura Vandenbosch – Child Development, 2024
Digital flourishing refers to the positive perceptions of digital communication use in five dimensions: connectedness, positive social comparison, authentic self-presentation, civil participation, and self-control. This three-wave panel study among 1081 Slovenian adolescents (M[subscript age] = 15.34 years, 53.8% boys, 80.7% ethnic majority)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
Yip, Tiffany; Douglass, Sara; Shelton, J. Nicole – Child Development, 2013
This study examined the daily-level association between contact with same-ethnic others and ethnic private regard among 132 Asian adolescents (mean age = 14 years) attending four high schools ranging in ethnic composition diversity. The data suggest a positive daily-level association between contact with same-ethnic others and ethnic private…
Descriptors: Asians, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Self Concept
Herrera, Carla; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Kauh, Tina J.; McMaken, Jennifer – Child Development, 2011
This random assignment impact study of Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring involved 1,139 9- to 16-year-old students in 10 cities nationwide. Youth were randomly assigned to either a treatment group (receiving mentoring) or a control group (receiving no mentoring) and were followed for 1.5 school years. At the end of the first school…
Descriptors: Mentors, Children, Adolescents, Academic Achievement
Hurd, Noelle M.; Sanchez, Bernadette; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Caldwell, Cleopatra H. – Child Development, 2012
The present study explored how relationships with natural mentors may contribute to African American adolescents' long-term educational attainment by influencing adolescents' racial identity and academic beliefs. This study included 541 academically at-risk African American adolescents transitioning into adulthood. The mean age of participants at…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adolescents, Racial Identification, Mentors
Syed, Moin; Goza, Barbara K.; Chemers, Martin M.; Zurbriggen, Eileen L. – Child Development, 2012
This short-term longitudinal study examined (a) adolescents' contact with mentors who share their background in relation to the importance they place on having such mentors, and (b) the associations of these perceptions with self-efficacy, identity, and commitment to a science career. Participants were 265 ethnically diverse adolescents (M age =…
Descriptors: Science Careers, Mentors, Self Efficacy, Adolescents
Peer reviewedHarter, Susan; Waters, Patricia; Whitesell, Nancy R. – Child Development, 1998
Investigated hypothesis that individuals evaluate self-worth differently across relational contexts while holding perceptions of global self-worth. Found that adolescents' self-worth perceptions varied across contexts. Support in a given context was more highly correlated with relational self-worth in the corresponding context than in other…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Context Effect, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Concept
Children's Perceptions of Self and of Relationships with Others as a Function of Sociometric Status.
Peer reviewedPatterson, Charlotte J.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Studied rejected children by assessing aspects of their self-concepts and their perceptions of relationships with significant others. Assessed possible biases in the processing of information about the self across status groups. Explored potential differences among subgroups of children who had been classified as sociometrically rejected. (RH)
Descriptors: Aggression, Child Neglect, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedKitayama, Shinobu – Child Development, 2000
Elaborates on the basic thesis developed by Rothbaum et al., underscoring the significance of the co-constructive process of the self and social relationship. Discusses implications for future cultural psychological inquiry in this area. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedDennis, Tracy A.; Cole, Pamela M.; Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn; Mizuta, Ichiro – Child Development, 2002
This study examined cultural differences and similarities in socialization during free play and a waiting task among Japanese mothers and their preschoolers temporarily residing in the United States and U.S. mothers and their preschoolers. Findings suggest an emphasis on autonomy among U.S. dyads and an emphasis on relatedness among Japanese…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedWainryb, Cecilia; Turiel, Elliot – Child Development, 1994
Two studies examined concepts of personal autonomy and social roles among persons in different types of cultures. Found that Druze subjects attributed more power than Jewish subjects to males over females, but concepts of personal entitlements were prominent in both groups. Overall, findings indicated that social reasoning is heterogeneous in…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
