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Menon, Meenakshi; Hannah-Fisher, Katie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
The association between felt gender typicality (self-perceived similarity to the same-gender peer group) and psychosocial adjustment (self-esteem, peer social competence, depression, victimization, and aggression) was examined in a sample of early adolescents in New Delhi, India (N = 296, 130 girls, mean age = 12.73 years). We also explored…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment, Indians, Victims
Endendijk, Joyce J.; Andrews, Naomi C. Z.; England, Dawn E.; Martin, Carol L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2019
The current study examined emerging adults' gender identity and its link with several gender-related and social outcomes, by using a novel dual-identity approach that was originally developed in children. Dutch emerging adults between 18 and 25 years old (N = 318, M[subscript age] = 21.73, SD = 2.02; 51% female) indicated their similarity to the…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Young Adults, Sex Stereotypes, Friendship
Loeb, Emily; Hessel, Elenda T.; Allen, Joseph – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2016
Adolescents' negative social expectations of their peers were examined as long-term predictors of problematic self-reported social functioning. Early adolescent negative expectations were hypothesized to predict risk-averse functioning in late adolescence that would ultimately contribute to confirmation of those expectations. Utilizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology), Correlation
Lascano, Dayuma Ixchel Vargas; Galambos, Nancy L.; Hoglund, Wendy L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
The increasingly prolonged transition to adulthood has raised concerns about the nature and timing of growth in the attainment of important psychosocial competencies in young people. Changes over time in self-reported competencies (work orientation, identity, intimacy) were examined in 198 Canadians, who were followed for the first 4 years of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Self Concept, Intimacy, Academic Achievement
Chen, Xinyin; Tse, Hennis Chi-Hang – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined social and psychological adjustment of immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese children in Canada. Participants included a sample of elementary school children (N = 356, M age = 11 years). Data on social functioning, peer relationships, school-related social competence, perceived self-worth, and loneliness were collected from peer…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Elementary School Students, Cultural Activities
Tucker, Corinna Jenkins; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
Siblings' constructive and unstructured shared activities were examined as moderators of the links between first- and second-born siblings' adjustment across a two-year period in adolescence. Siblings (N = 189 dyads) reported on their depression, peer competency, self worth during home interviews, and their time together in constructive (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Depression (Psychology), Early Adolescents

Hooker, Karen – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1991
This study examined four older adults at the time of retirement to determine the extent to which there was intraindividual variability and stability in self-concept during the retirement transition, and to see whether patterns of change were replicable across subjects. Results showed that three to four dimensions of self-concept variability…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Individual Development

Bird, J. Elisabeth; Thompson, G. Brian – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Three studies examined three-, five-, and seven-year-old children's understandng of verbal terms ("easy" and "hard") concerning personal competence. Studies focused on developmental change in understanding the terms and were designed to provide information about the order in which understanding of the terms was acquired. (HOD)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Comprehension
Chang, Lei; Li, Kin Kit; Lei, Li; Liu, Hongyun; Guo, Boliang; Wang, Yan; Fung, Kitty Y. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This study presents a model of maladaptive social interactions that includes both behavioural and communication correlates of peer acceptance and self-perceived social competence. Tested in a sample of 377 Hong Kong secondary school students, verbal and nonverbal aggression contributed concurrently and longitudinally to peer acceptance.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Acceptance, Interpersonal Competence, Secondary School Students