{"title":"Reciprocal Relationships between Bullying Victimization and Prosocial Behavior and the Mediating Role of Self-Esteem among Chinese Boys and Girls: An RI-CLPM Study.","authors":"Haotian Bian, Lichan Liang, Yufang Bian, Mengya Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02329-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02329-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous theory and research indicate an intricate connection between bullying victimization, self-esteem, and prosocial behavior. However, longitudinal evidence remains limited regarding the within-person reciprocal association between bullying victimization and prosocial behavior, whether their association operates indirectly through self-esteem, and whether these patterns differ between boys and girls. The current three-year longitudinal study, with a one-year interval, applied the RI-CLPM to explore the reciprocal relationship between bullying victimization and prosocial behavior, as well as the mediating role of self-esteem, separately for boys and girls. Data from 2,530 Chinese adolescents (51.40% boys; age = 13.29 ± 0.51 at T1) were analyzed. Results revealed a within-person reciprocal relationship between bullying victimization and prosocial behavior among boys only. By contrast, girls showed no direct within-person reciprocal effects. Instead, the longitudinal reciprocal relationship was mediated by girls’ self-esteem. Specifically, girls’ self-esteem at T2 mediated both the path from bullying victimization at T1 to prosocial behavior at T3 and the reverse path from prosocial behavior at T1 to bullying victimization at T3. These findings emphasize the need for gender-specific interventions, with a focus on promoting prosocial behavior for boys and enhancing self-esteem for girls to reduce the negative consequences of bullying victimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"1325-1342"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146165815","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}
Guanheng Ren, Shan Zhao, Luhao Wei, Keqin Zhang, Yan Li, Fumei Chen, Li Niu
{"title":"Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Aggression: The Moderating Roles of Peer Group Popularity and Social Preference.","authors":"Guanheng Ren, Shan Zhao, Luhao Wei, Keqin Zhang, Yan Li, Fumei Chen, Li Niu","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02327-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02327-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pubertal timing is linked to adolescents’ social and behavioral adjustment, yet whether these associations vary across peer contexts remains unclear. This study examined whether group popularity and group social preference moderated longitudinal associations between pubertal timing and aggression among 941 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 12.78, SD = 0.46 years; 46.2% female) followed for one year. Peer groups were identified using Social Cognitive Mapping, and group-level popularity and social preference were derived by aggregating member scores. Multilevel models showed that late-maturing boys exhibited greater relational aggression than on-time boys, an effect amplified in popular groups but attenuated in socially preferred groups. For girls, late pubertal timing was associated with lower overt aggression within socially preferred groups. Findings underscore that peer group status amplifies or attenuates the effects of pubertal timing on aggression in sex-specific ways.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"1310-1324"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146157763","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}
Xingna Qin, Simeng Li, Björn Sjögren, Ping Ren, Robert Thornberg
{"title":"The Role of Parental Influences in Chinese Adolescents' Academic Achievement through Shaping Friendship Network Dynamics.","authors":"Xingna Qin, Simeng Li, Björn Sjögren, Ping Ren, Robert Thornberg","doi":"10.1007/s10964-025-02306-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-025-02306-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Parents and friends are critical social influences on adolescents’ academic achievement, yet how they function together within dynamic friendship networks remains insufficiently understood. This study examined how parental influences (autonomy support, behavioral control, psychological control, and educational expectations) interact with friendship selection and influence processes to shape academic achievement of Chinese adolescents. A total of 1,419 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 12.35, SD = 3.04; 46.4% girls) participated in four-wave surveys across two years. Longitudinal social network analyses revealed a clear friendship influence process, with adolescents’ achievement becoming increasingly similar to that of their friends over time. Parental influences operated through distinct pathways: perceptions of high parental expectations directly increased achievement, whereas autonomy support and psychological and behavioral control had no direct effect. Adolescents perceiving high parental autonomy support were more likely to select high-achieving friends; other parental influences did not affect friendship selection. No parental influences moderated the effect of friends influence on achievement. Overall, these findings suggest that parents shape adolescents’ achievement by setting expectations and providing support, either directly or via friendship selection, while friends exert an independent influence on achievement. Taken together, the results highlight how both parents and friends contribute adolescents’ academic development in the Chinese context.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"1142-1155"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13156085/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145906227","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":"Motivations for Social Withdrawal and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Adolescents: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis.","authors":"Zimeng Yang, Linlin Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02315-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10964-026-02315-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social withdrawal and depressive symptoms are prevalent and interrelated internalizing problems among adolescents, yet their temporal associations remain inconclusive due to methodological limitations. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether motivationally distinct subtypes of withdrawal (shyness, unsociability, and social avoidance) demonstrate uniform or divergent dynamic relations with depressive symptoms. To address these gaps, this study employed a random intercept cross-lagged panel model to separate between-person and within-person processes between social withdrawal subtypes and depressive symptoms. Participants were 535 Chinese adolescents (53.6% boys, Mage = 12.49 years at Time 1) assessed three times over one year. Results revealed that depressive symptoms predicted subsequent increases in shyness (albeit less robustly), unsociability, and social avoidance at the within-person level, whereas none of the withdrawal subtypes predicted changes in depressive symptoms. This pattern supports a uniform, symptom-driven model across all motivations for social withdrawal. These findings challenge the predominant view of withdrawal as a precursor to depressive symptoms and instead highlight depressive symptoms as a key risk factor for social withdrawal in early adolescence, regardless of the underlying motivations.</p>","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"1167-1180"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145952598","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":"Heterogeneous Trajectories of Prosocial Behavior in Adolescents with Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Roles of Empathy and Social support.","authors":"Leqiu Liu,Xuelian Zhou,Chen Qu","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02359-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02359-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147731623","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":"Understanding Variation in Social and Emotional Learning Effects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Physical Education and Physical Activity.","authors":"Weidong Li,Zh Yeng Chong,Yaqing Mao,Wei Xu","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02358-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02358-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"143 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147731625","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 Between Internet Gaming Disorder Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms, and Hikikomori Symptoms Among Young Gamers - Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model With Contextual Factors.","authors":"Xingcan Ye,Ted C T Fong,Paul S F Yip","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02352-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02352-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680534","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}
Scarlett K Slagter,Ana da Silva Pinho,Anna C K van Duijvenvoorde,Wouter van den Bos
{"title":"An Experimental Study on the Influence of Friends and Popular Peers on Adolescents' Risky Decisions in a Private and Public Context.","authors":"Scarlett K Slagter,Ana da Silva Pinho,Anna C K van Duijvenvoorde,Wouter van den Bos","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02349-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02349-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680533","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":"Intergroup, Intragroup, and Changing Best Friendships: Implications for Prejudice and Attitudes Toward Integration in Ethnic Majority and Minority Adolescents.","authors":"Hao Yang,Beatrice Bobba,Francesca Prati,Elisabetta Crocetti","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02354-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02354-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680535","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}
Xiaowei Chu,Han Sun,Yating Lu,Yunzhen Jia,Qing Li,Yuxin Yang
{"title":"Stability and Change of Bullying Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.","authors":"Xiaowei Chu,Han Sun,Yating Lu,Yunzhen Jia,Qing Li,Yuxin Yang","doi":"10.1007/s10964-026-02348-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-026-02348-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17624,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Youth and Adolescence","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147630468","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}