{"title":"Task persistence through a dynamic lens: Understanding temporal-behavioral dynamics in kindergarten children","authors":"Niamh Oeri , Nora Tilda Kunz , Sonja Kälin","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most research approaches operationalize persistence through a static index, neglecting that persistence is inherently dynamic. The study aimed to analyze persistence as a dynamic process through a real-time modeling approach. More specifically, we computed a latent profile analysis to examine temporal-behavioral dynamics in a persistence task. The Swiss sample consisted of <em>N</em> = 241 children (<em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub> = 71.8 months, 52.3% female, 21% migration background). During a persistence task, task engagement was repeatedly coded in 10-s intervals, yielding 18 indicators of persistence. The results revealed three behavioral profiles: a highly persistent profile (70%), a declining persistence profile (19%), and a low persistence profile (11%). Furthermore, covariate analyses revealed profile differences in terms of executive functions and behavioral problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 101642"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019339732400011X/pdfft?md5=96ee34ad1f72e685b3bb2571c983003c&pid=1-s2.0-S019339732400011X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140163252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Schwartz , Leslie M. Taylor , Wendy Troop-Gordon , Adam Omary , Yana Ryjova , Minci Zhang , Jinsol Chung
{"title":"Emerging adults' use of social media and adjustment during the pandemic","authors":"David Schwartz , Leslie M. Taylor , Wendy Troop-Gordon , Adam Omary , Yana Ryjova , Minci Zhang , Jinsol Chung","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101643","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101643","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduates found themselves in an unprecedented social situation. Campuses across North America closed, as universities moved to remote learning. When in-person classes resumed, students had to negotiate the return to on-campus life. The current investigation examines predictive associations between pandemic-related stressors and distress during this transition, focusing on social media activity as a potential moderator. A longitudinal sample of 349 students at an urban university (116 men, 222 women, 11 nonbinary; <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 20.37) completed consecutive waves of measures (fall 2021 to spring 2022). A cross-sectional replication was recruited in spring 2022 (163 men, 229 women, 34 nonbinary). In both samples, we assessed social media activity using a newly developed measure. We also assessed internalizing symptoms, loneliness, and exposure to pandemic stressors. COVID-19 stress predicted increases in internalizing symptoms, but the effect held only for students who acknowledged high levels of active online communication.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 101643"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140103874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Xuan Zhang , Chester Chun Seng Kam , Anise M.S. Wu
{"title":"The reciprocity between psychological need frustration and adolescent problematic smartphone use","authors":"Meng Xuan Zhang , Chester Chun Seng Kam , Anise M.S. Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101634","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study aimed to investigate the potential bidirectionality between frustration of three basic needs (i.e., autonomy, relatedness, and competence) and problematic smartphone use (PSU), which is highly prevalent in adolescents. We recruited 466 Chinese high school students (61.6% female) for the baseline survey (W1), and 318 participated in the follow-up survey (W2). They completed questionnaires at both waves. Correlation analyses showed all three types of need frustration had significant positive associations with PSU at both waves. The cross-lagged panel model results supported the reciprocal relationship between autonomy frustration and PSU. PSU at W1 also predicted competence frustration at W2, whereas higher relatedness frustration levels at W1 predicted higher levels of autonomy/competence frustration at W2. Preventive programs for PSU would benefit from self-determination theory-based interventions that support a sense of autonomy and relatedness.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101634"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139942450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurence Labelle , Jean-Michel Robichaud , Hali Kil , Mélodie Roy , Juliette Laurendeau , Amy-Lee Normandin , Sophie Parent , Jean R. Séguin , Mireille Joussemet , Geneviève A. Mageau
{"title":"Associations between socioeconomic status, child risk factors, and parenting during guided learning","authors":"Laurence Labelle , Jean-Michel Robichaud , Hali Kil , Mélodie Roy , Juliette Laurendeau , Amy-Lee Normandin , Sophie Parent , Jean R. Séguin , Mireille Joussemet , Geneviève A. Mageau","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101633","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101633","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Researchers have identified socioeconomic status (SES) as a risk factor for suboptimal parenting in guided-learning settings. Yet, the confounding role of co-occurring child risk factors in the SES-parenting linkage is understudied. In this prospective study, we examined how SES, child temperament, and child cognitive abilities of 197 mother-preschooler dyads uniquely predicted later observations of key parenting components during a guided-learning task. We also assessed how family profiles of risk predicted parenting. Results showed that SES was related to affiliation but not to other parenting components when adjusting for child risk factors. Results also revealed that child temperament predicted (non-solicited) structure, whereas cognitive abilities predicted controlling parenting. Latent profile analyses supported an accumulation of risk hypothesis; families scoring high on all risk factors displayed the least optimal parenting. By pointing to the specificity of the relations between risk factors and parenting components, this research may help clarify more specific intervention targets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101633"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397324000029/pdfft?md5=6ba0b37927a4aa8fd1340ddeb475ed03&pid=1-s2.0-S0193397324000029-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139666917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angélica López-Fraire , Barbara Rogoff , Lucía Alcalá
{"title":"Helping without being asked as a cultural practice","authors":"Angélica López-Fraire , Barbara Rogoff , Lucía Alcalá","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101631","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study found cultural differences in 6- to 10-year-olds’ helping without being asked, with attentiveness and initiative. In line with cultural values, 19 Mexican-heritage sibling pairs from families familiar with Indigenous practices (and limited Western schooling) helped an instructor without being asked more than did 19 European-heritage pairs from families with extensive schooling. The Mexican-heritage children’s mothers also reported that most of them helped at home without being asked, unlike the European-heritage children. Children with experience of both cultural systems – 19 sibling pairs of Mexican-heritage children with extensive family experience with Western schooling – helped at home without being asked, like the Mexican Indigenous-heritage children, but like the European-heritage families, they did not help much during instruction. They switched their approach in different contexts — helping at home where it is expected and valued, and not helping in an instructional situation where it may be unwelcome.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101631"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139549805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Context and education affect the quality of parents' speech to children","authors":"Erika Hoff , Fabio Trecca , Anders Højen , Brett Laursen , Dorthe Bleses","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101632","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study examined the influence of the context of interaction, parent education level, and parent gender on the quantity and language acquisition-supporting quality of parents' talk with their 3- to 5-year-old children. The conversations of 155 Danish parent-child dyads (41 fathers; 79 boys) in book sharing, reminiscing, and LEGO toy play were recorded, transcribed, and coded for indicators of linguistic and interactive quality. Book sharing and reminiscing elicited higher quality speech than toy play but did not diminish education-related differences in parent speech quality. Higher levels of parent education were associated with higher linguistic quality and linguistic contingency of parent speech. There were no effects of parent gender. The findings support the use of book sharing and reminiscing in parent-implemented interventions to enhance children's language experience, with the caveat that these interventions will not eliminate gaps in children's early language-learning experience associated with parent education.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101632"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397324000017/pdfft?md5=4a4b0c2200c70076bc14b5de382dbcf7&pid=1-s2.0-S0193397324000017-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139549804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anke Maria Weber , Katarzyna Bobrowicz , Samuel Greiff , Miriam Leuchter
{"title":"Mental rotation is supported by block play in boys and girls","authors":"Anke Maria Weber , Katarzyna Bobrowicz , Samuel Greiff , Miriam Leuchter","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101630","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Mental rotation in adults can be supported by spatial activities and shows sex differences<span> in favor of males. Yet, whether these results apply to young children and whether possible early sex differences in mental rotation might be alleviated through spatial play remains unclear. Thus, we investigated whether play with different levels of guidance (high guidance vs. medium guidance vs. low guidance) would affect girls' and boys' mental rotation in a sample of 183 German 5- and 6-year-olds. Any play form fostered children's mental rotation. However, girls profited less from high guidance than boys. Play can foster mental rotation, but different levels of guidance seem to have differential effects on girls and boys.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101630"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139433934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica A. Seddon, Chelsea L. Reaume, Leah Sack, Linda Sosa-Hernandez, Kristel Thomassin
{"title":"Maternal and paternal emotion dysregulation profiles: Links to parent and child functioning","authors":"Jessica A. Seddon, Chelsea L. Reaume, Leah Sack, Linda Sosa-Hernandez, Kristel Thomassin","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101628","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>This study examined profiles of parental emotion dysregulation among 379 mothers (</span><em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub> = 35.99) and 397 fathers (<em>M</em><sub><em>age</em></sub> = 34.93) of children aged 8 to 12 using latent profile analyses. Three maternal (<em>Low</em>, <em>Moderate</em>, <em>High Dysregulation</em>) and four paternal (<em>Low</em>, <em>Moderate</em>, <em>High Dysregulation</em>, <em>Emotionally Aware but Extremely Dysregulated</em><span>) profiles emerged. Low (vs. high) profiles were generally associated with more supportive parental emotion socialization practices, better child emotion regulation, and lower child psychopathology. The </span><em>Emotionally Aware but Extremely Dysregulated</em> paternal profile was distinct in composition. It was associated with the poorest child psychopathology, but not the poorest child emotion regulation, of all paternal profiles, and with the highest engagement in all socialization practices (e.g., supportive practices). Findings suggest that unique patterns of deficits in parental emotion regulation may play a role in socialization of positive emotion and child functioning, particularly for fathers. These profiles can inform specific emotion-related targets for parent intervention.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101628"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139090306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chinese high school students' career development: Associations with academic self-efficacy and motivation","authors":"Yanhui Zhao , Huijun Zeng , Xinmei Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101629","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This research explored the interconnection between career and academic progress in the context of Gaokao pressure among Chinese high school students. Employing a three-wave longitudinal design, 1260 students were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) over two years. Findings unveiled a positive correlation between career development<span> and academic motivation and self-efficacy. Moreover, the study revealed that career action moderated academic self-efficacy based on the trajectory of career development. Increasing career development positively impacted academic self-efficacy, while declining career development had a negative effect. These results underscore the necessity for tailored career education interventions. Students with well-established career development can benefit from practical opportunities, whereas those with less mature development can benefit from comprehensive career information. This study offers valuable insights for educators and policymakers to foster optimal academic and career advancement among Chinese high school students.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101629"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139090307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiago Ferreira, Marisa Matias, Helena Carvalho, Paula Mena Matos
{"title":"Parent-partner and parent-child attachment: Links to children's emotion regulation","authors":"Tiago Ferreira, Marisa Matias, Helena Carvalho, Paula Mena Matos","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101617","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We investigate the interconnections between couple and parenting relationships and young children's emotion regulation across time. Our goals were to: (1) examine whether mothers' and fathers' attachment security towards their romantic partners relates to mothers- and fathers-child attachment quality; (2) investigate the bidirectional relations between mother- and father-child attachment quality, and children's emotion regulation. We followed 206 children (95 girls, <em>M</em>age = 4.01 years, <em>SD</em> = 0.57), their mothers, and fathers over 3-time points during the preschool period. Parents reported attachment security towards their romantic partner and the quality of their attachment relationships with the child. Teachers reported children's emotion regulation. Results from a dyadic cross-lagged panel model indicated a consistent negative association between mothers' and fathers' insecure attachment and parents-child attachment quality. Despite some variations according to children's sex and age, overall, findings suggest that a higher father- and mother-child attachment quality links to children's higher emotion regulation abilities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 101617"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0193397323001077/pdfft?md5=defcfad9f314b1992d59afd2183d5fb2&pid=1-s2.0-S0193397323001077-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139065206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}