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{"title":"A Timely Exploratory Study of Young Adults' Psychosexual Responses to the UK's New Age Verification Law on Online Pornography.","authors":"Yishu Li, Roger Ingham, Heather Armstrong","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02397-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02397-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Age-verification policies for online pornography aim to protect minors, yet their implications for legal-age young adults remain underexamined. This mixed-methods study examined UK young adults aged 18-25 who reported pornography use in the past year (N = 623, Mage = 21.40, SD = 2.31; 67.3% female). Participants completed measures of pornography use contexts, content preferences, and sexual shame, and answered open-ended questions about the UK age-verification requirements. Descriptive quantitative findings characterized participants' use contexts, preferences, and sexual shame. Qualitative accounts described varied psychological experiences, including shame, anxiety, confidence, calm, and minimal emotional impact. Participants often interpreted age verification as making pornography access feel less anonymous and more identity-linked, raising concerns about surveillance, moral stigma, and data vulnerability. Reported access practices included platform avoidance, alternative online spaces, reduced use, and VPN-based circumvention. The findings highlight the need to consider privacy, stigma, trust, accountability, and access displacement when evaluating age-verification requirements for legal-age users.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2225-2240"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13534180/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Educational Pathways, Parenting, and the Development of Self-Esteem from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Korea.","authors":"Sue-Yeon Song, Wei-Lin Chen","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02385-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02385-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite strong research traditions in educational stratification and parenting, few studies have simultaneously examined how educational tracks and parenting styles jointly predict self-esteem from adolescence into young adulthood, particularly in the East Asian context where status and pressure are markedly salient. This study examines how educational pathways and parenting dimensions shape self-esteem trajectories from early adolescence to post-high school in South Korea. Using three waves of data (2010-2016, ages 13 to 19) from the nationally representative Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS) (N = 1,484, 52% females; Mage = 15.89 years, SD = 0.34), results indicated pathway stratification in self-esteem. Compared with the academic-to-university pathway (56%), adolescents in the academic-to-junior (21%) and technical-to-postsecondary (10%) pathways reported significantly lower self-esteem across waves, though no significant differences emerged for the technical-to-labor market (9%) and academic-to-labor market (4%) pathways. Parenting dimensions showed robust associations: affection was positively associated with self-esteem, whereas excessive expectations and excessive interference were negatively associated. Moderation analyses revealed parenting operates as a context amplifier, primarily among the technical-to-postsecondary pathway. The results demonstrate that self-esteem development in adolescence is shaped by an integrated framework that combines macro-level educational structures with micro-level family processes, suggesting a practical need for school-family partnerships and parent education programs that emphasize warm and autonomy-supporting parenting, especially for youth experiencing major educational transitions.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2336-2350"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13534202/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How, When, and for Whom Does Daily Weight Bias Internalization Undermine Body Image Satisfaction? A Daily Diary Study of Perceived Weight, Exercise Duration, and Gender Differences Among Adolescents.","authors":"Xiaofei Qiao, Jiaming Yu, Jundong Liao, Xuan Cheng, Tiezhu Li, Li Lei","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02387-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02387-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although body image satisfaction is increasingly recognized as a dynamic experience that fluctuates across daily contexts, little is known about how weight bias internalization shapes these fluctuations or the cognitive mechanisms and contextual factors involved. The present study examined whether perceived weight mediates the association between weight bias internalization and body image satisfaction, whether exercise duration moderates this association, and whether these effects differ by gender. Daily diary data were collected over 10 consecutive days from 305 Chinese adolescents (M_age = 12.59 years, SD = 0.63 years; 49.2% girls). Multilevel analyses revealed that, at both within- and between-person levels, higher weight bias internalization was associated with lower body image satisfaction. Perceived weight significantly mediated the association between weight bias internalization and body image satisfaction at both levels. Additionally, exploratory analyses using dynamic structural equation modeling further indicated that perceived weight mediated the relationship between weight bias internalization and body image satisfaction at the between-person level, but not at the within-person level. Furthermore, exercise duration moderated the association between perceived weight and body image satisfaction among female adolescents but not among male adolescents. Specifically, the negative association between perceived weight and body image satisfaction was stronger on days when girls engaged in more exercise than usual and among girls with higher average exercise duration. In addition, exercise duration moderated the indirect association between weight bias internalization and body image satisfaction through perceived weight at both within- and between-person levels among girls. These findings highlight the dynamic cognitive processes linking weight bias internalization to body image satisfaction, and the importance of considering gender and daily exercise context in understanding adolescents' body image experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2366-2380"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148471309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trajectories and Bidirectional Associations between Loneliness and Non-suicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents.","authors":"Shasha Qiu, Wei Xu, Hong Zou, Youyin He, Caina Li, Ping Ren","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02382-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02382-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Loneliness and non-suicidal self-injury are significant mental health concerns during adolescence, yet less is known about how they develop together across middle school and whether changes in one are followed by changes in the other. The present study addressed this issue using six waves of longitudinal data collected over three years from 3,800 Chinese middle school students (Mage = 12.38, SD = 0.51; 49.4% female). Across middle school, loneliness tended to increase, whereas non-suicidal self-injury tended to decline. These developmental trends were also linked: higher initial loneliness was associated with a slower decline in non-suicidal self-injury, whereas higher initial non-suicidal self-injury was associated with steeper increases in loneliness. At the within-person level, elevated loneliness predicted subsequent increases in non-suicidal self-injury, whereas fluctuations in non-suicidal self-injury did not predict subsequent increases in loneliness. Sensitivity analyses further suggested that this within-person association was more consistent with a direction from loneliness to non-suicidal self-injury, although the data could not clearly determine whether the association was primarily lagged or contemporaneous. Together, these findings suggest that loneliness and non-suicidal self-injury are linked across both long-term developmental trajectories and short-term within-person fluctuations, while also highlighting the more prominent role of loneliness in their relationship during middle school.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2290-2304"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148376218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Co-development of Depressive Symptoms and Problem Behaviors in Chinese Children and the Effect of Psychological Suzhi: A Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Zhiqiang Su, Zhengyu Ma, Jianyun Ma","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02393-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02393-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abundant studies have explored the co-occurrence of depressive symptoms and problem behaviors in children within Western populations and theoretical frameworks. However, existing research on the developmental association between the two has not effectively distinguished between between-person and within-person effects, and investigations into the impact of Chinese indigenous protective factors on their developmental relationship are relatively scarce. To address this gap, the present study adopted a Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) to systematically examine the co-development of the two constructs and the effect of psychological suzhi among Chinese children. The sample included 1200 Chinese children aged 8-12 years, with a baseline mean age of 9.60 years (SD = 0.75) and 48.83% female participants, who received five follow-up assessments over two years. The results showed that at the between-person level, children with higher levels of depressive symptoms also had higher levels of problem behaviors, and vice versa. Children with higher levels of psychological suzhi had lower levels of both depressive symptoms and problem behaviors. At the within-person level, depressive symptoms and problem behaviors presented a dynamic bidirectional predictive relationship, and the predictive effect of depressive symptoms on problem behaviors gradually strengthened over time. Further analyses revealed that within-person improvement in psychological suzhi predicted concurrent decreases in both depressive symptoms and problem behaviors, among which the protective effect on problem behaviors emerged earlier and was more stable. Conversely, the exacerbation of both depressive symptoms and problem behaviors hindered the development of psychological suzhi, with the negative impact of depressive symptoms being more severe. These findings highlight the potential protective role of psychological suzhi in the co-development of children's depressive symptoms and problem behaviors, and provide empirical support for explaining their co-development from the perspective of theoretical integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"2436-2452"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148592411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transactional Pathways from Early Externalizing Behavior to Adolescent Delinquency: The Roles of Father Engagement and Parenting Aggravation","authors":"Abigail J Anderson, Christopher C Henrich, Sylvie Mrug","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02402-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02402-0","url":null,"abstract":"Although fathers play a critical role in their children’s outcomes, the role of fathers in the developmental pathways of delinquency remains understudied. Guided by a developmental cascade framework, this study examined prospective, bidirectional associations among child externalizing behaviors, father engagement, and father aggravation in parenting across childhood in predicting adolescent delinquency. Using data from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study ( <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 3,296; 47% female; 47% Black Non-Hispanic; 22% White Non-Hispanic; 27% Hispanic), a cross-lagged panel model was estimated to test the reciprocal associations and indirect effects between father characteristics and early child externalizing behavior problems across four waves of assessment (average child age three, five, nine, and 15 years old). Results indicated limited evidence of bidirectional associations among father engagement, father aggravation, and child externalizing behaviors. Early child externalizing behavior was the most consistent predictor of adolescent delinquency. One small, unexpected association emerged in which higher father aggravation at age 3 predicted greater father engagement at age 5. No indirect effects were found. These findings underscore early externalizing behavior as a key developmental precursor of delinquency and suggest that fathers’ early engagement and aggravation in parenting play a limited role in the development of adolescent delinquency when considered within broader family processes.","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148769067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Linking Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Perceived Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems to Adolescent Problematic Internet Use: A Longitudinal Study","authors":"Qin Wang, Yue Zhu, Xin Wang, Jia Duan, Wenyi Yang, Yaming Yang, Renzhong Zhang, Jinmei Hu, Jie Yang, Fei Wang, Yuan Lin, Xiaofang Lin","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02399-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02399-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gender Gaps in School Grades: Resistance Behavior and Class Compositions in England, Germany, The Netherlands, and Sweden","authors":"Isabel J. Raabe, Isa Steinmann","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02384-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02384-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beyond Cause or Consequence: Intolerance of Uncertainty and Internalizing Symptoms in a Reciprocal Developmental Process During Adolescence","authors":"Haoxian Ye, Luowei Bu, Jiaxiong Zhang, Dan Chen, Shiyi Lin, Zifan Cai, Sisi He, Dongfang Wang, Fang Fan","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02401-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02401-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Longitudinal Relations among Perceived Economic Stress, Teacher-Student Relationships, and Cybervictimization: Exploring Within-Person Links","authors":"Ling Gao, Zhiqiang Li, Zixi Zhang, Xingchao Wang","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02378-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02378-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"47 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148728807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}