Kristin L. Moilanen , Judith A. Richman , Kathleen M. Rospenda , Timothy P. Johnson
{"title":"Economic stressors, alcohol use, and health-related quality of life in middle-aged adults","authors":"Kristin L. Moilanen , Judith A. Richman , Kathleen M. Rospenda , Timothy P. Johnson","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101752","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101752","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study explored associations between individual economic stressors, community disadvantage, alcohol use, and physical and mental health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in middle adulthood. We analyzed two waves of survey and census tract data from a national sample of <em>N</em> = 1359 adults ages 40–61 (65.0 % women). High economic stress was associated with poor physical and mental HRQoL, and high community disadvantage was linked to poor physical HRQoL only. High alcohol use predicted high physical and mental HRQoL, and low misuse predicted high mental HRQoL only. There was no evidence of mediation, and gender, age, and race moderated a subset of model paths. The discussion considers future directions for research and implications for social policy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101752"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143160207","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}
{"title":"The longitudinal relations between traditional victimization and adolescent cyberbullying perpetration","authors":"Xiaochun Xie , Roufei Yan , Pengyun Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101741","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101741","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cyberbullying perpetration is an intentionally and repeatedly online aggression against a person who cannot easily defend. The present study aimed to investigate the longitudinal relations between traditional victimization and adolescent cyberbullying perpetration as well as the mediating role of revenge motivation and moderating role of school connection. A sample of 1792 middle school students took part in current 4-wave longitudinal survey across 10 months. Participants completed self-report scales on traditional victimization, cyberbullying perpetration, revenge motivation, and school connection. Structural equation models were used to test the longitudinal mediation and moderation effects. Results revealed that traditional victimization increases adolescent cyberbullying perpetration and revenge motivation played a mediator role in the relations. School connection moderated the indirect effects. Among students in high school connection campus, compared with students in low school connection campus, traditional victimization increased cyberbullying perpetration through revenge motivation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"97 ","pages":"Article 101741"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143159097","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}
Shiqing Wenren , Wan Ding , Ruibo Xie , Zhenliang Wang , Xiangyu Wu , Xinchun Wu
{"title":"An investigation of the bidirectional relationship between reading comprehension and internalizing and externalizing problems","authors":"Shiqing Wenren , Wan Ding , Ruibo Xie , Zhenliang Wang , Xiangyu Wu , Xinchun Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101729","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101729","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Reading comprehension problems and internalizing and externalizing problems have a high co-occurrence in middle elementary (grades 3–5) children. This study adopted a three-wave longitudinal design to explore the bidirectional relationship between reading comprehension and internalizing/externalizing problems in a sample of 754 middle-grade elementary children (<em>M</em><sub>age</sub> = 8.54, <em>SD</em> = 0.68; 273 girls) from three elementary schools in China. After controlling for gender, age, and family SES, and the autoregressive effects, the cross-lagged model results showed that (1) reading comprehension and externalizing problems were significantly related to each other in grades 3 to 5; while (2) there was only a unidirectional predictive effect of reading comprehension on internalizing problems in grades 3 to 5; and (3) there were also bidirectional effects between reading comprehension and externalizing problems. Our findings highlight the dynamic nature of the relationships between reading comprehension, internalizing problems, and externalizing problems in middle elementary school children.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101729"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142757623","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}
Siri Steffensen Bratlie , Vibeke Grøver , Ratib Lekhal , Si Chen , Veslemøy Rydland
{"title":"Home literacy environment, language use, and proficiency: Bilingual profiles in young learners","authors":"Siri Steffensen Bratlie , Vibeke Grøver , Ratib Lekhal , Si Chen , Veslemøy Rydland","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101728","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101728","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Expanded research is needed on how the home environment shapes bilingual proficiency in young children exposed to a different language at home than in early childhood education and care settings. This study examined whether variation in language use with parents, language proficiency, and home literacy environments reflect bilingual profiles. Participants included 320 Norwegian dual language learners (aged 22–68 months) with diverse language backgrounds. Parental surveys assessed language use, first language (L1) proficiency and home literacy environment. Standardized tests assessed second language (L2) proficiency. Latent profile analysis revealed three profiles: (1) more L2 use, higher L2 proficiency and higher L2 home literacy environment; (2) more L1 use, higher L1 proficiency and lower home literacy environments for both languages; and (3) more L1 use, higher proficiency in L1 and L2, and higher home literacy environments for both languages. Profiles differed in L1 distribution, maternal residency length in Norway, and maternal education.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"96 ","pages":"Article 101728"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744972","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}
{"title":"11-year trends of psychological impact on Fukushima mothers and children post-nuclear accident","authors":"Yuji Tsutsui , Tatsuo Ujiie , Rieko Takaya , Hiroyuki Uchida , Youichi Odagiri , Misako Tominaga , Madoka Takahara","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101727","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101727","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined changes in the mental health of mothers and children living in low-dose radiation areas over 5 years following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and 11 years after the accident. The mothers' and children's psychological symptoms, such as stress, depression, and anxiety about radiation, were particularly strong immediately after the accident and diminished with time. However, the survey conducted 11 years after the accident showed that those symptoms remained higher among mothers and children in Fukushima than in unaffected prefectures, indicating the impact persisted for at least 11 years. An age-period-cohort analysis of children's psychological symptoms showed a weak cohort effect, indicating that preschool children were greatly affected at the time of the accident. The results suggest that it is necessary to provide support aimed at improving the mental health not only of residents who evacuated from highly contaminated areas following the nuclear accident but also of residents in low-dose radiation-contaminated areas where evacuation orders were not issued. Moreover, the findings underscore the importance of monitoring the psychological development of children who grew up in these areas.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101727"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142721299","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}
Breanne E. Wylie , Angela D. Evans , Kelly McWilliams , Stacia N. Stolzenberg
{"title":"Children's acquiescence to implied coaching questions: Transgressions, disclosure veracity, and parental support","authors":"Breanne E. Wylie , Angela D. Evans , Kelly McWilliams , Stacia N. Stolzenberg","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101725","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101725","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Questions that imply coaching can be problematic for children as they may fail to recognize the implied meaning of the question. In the current study, 181 7- to 10-year-olds were read vignettes where an adult either committed a transgression or not, a child truthfully or falsely reported the incident, and the mother was either supportive or unsupportive. Participants were then asked implied coaching questions (e.g., “Did the mom help the girl remember?”). Children sometimes acquiesced to implied coaching questions, and this increased when asked questions that more subtly implied coaching. Whereas all children were more likely to affirm coaching when the parent offered support following a truthful report, older children also affirmed coaching when the parent offered a lack of support following a lie, suggesting that it is the consistency of the parents support with the veracity of the child's report that influences children's acquiescence to implied coaching questions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654560","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":"From mind to mind: Understanding the role of mothers in children’s theory of mind","authors":"Nursena Koç , Deniz Tahiroğlu , Berna A. Uzundağ","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101719","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Theory of mind (ToM) enables children to comprehend mental states of themselves and others. In this first study investigating the mediating role of mothers' mental state talk between mothers' sociocognitive skills (i.e., mothers' ToM and parental reflective functioning) and children's ToM, 89 children (<em>M</em>(<em>SD</em>)<sub>age</sub> = 57.0 months (5.49)) and their mothers from Türkiye participated. Results revealed that mothers with higher prementalization scores used fewer affective and desire words. Mothers exhibiting greater interest and curiosity in mental states used more cognitive words, while those with more proficient ToM skills tended to use more mental state terms indicating certainty (e.g., ‘perhaps’). Furthermore, mothers' use of certainty words mediated the relationship between mothers' ToM and children's ToM. These cross-sectional findings underscore the significant role of mothers' socio-cognitive abilities in mother-child interactions regarding mental states and the development of children's ToM skills, and call for a longitudinal investigation into these relationships.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142579026","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":"Adjustment problems and school bullying in grade school: Differentiating between- and within-person associations","authors":"Xiaoqian Wu , Jingru Xie , Yiji Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101722","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101722","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined the longitudinal relations between adjustment problems and school bullying in middle childhood by differentiating between- and within-person effects and putting the co-occurrence into consideration. Participants were 1091 U.S. children (51.2 % boys, 80.5 % White) and their teachers. When children were in the third, fifth, and sixth grades, bullying perpetration and victimization were self-reported and adjustment problems were rated by teachers. Using the random intercept cross-lagged panel models, the results demonstrated that adjustment problems, particularly externalizing problems, were independently predicative of bullying and victimization at the between-person level, adjusting for within-person fluctuations and the co-occurrence of adjustment problems. Moreover, at the between-person level, bullying perpetration and victimization were positively related, as were internalizing and externalizing problems. The findings contribute evidence that adjustment problems and school bullying were stably related over time and highlight the importance of adjustment problems in better understanding involvement in school bullying among school-aged children.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101722"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654562","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":"Mexican immigrant children's math achievement: Neighborhood institutional resources and parents' educational involvement","authors":"Fei Tan , Tama Leventhal","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101720","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101720","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examined associations between the availability of neighborhood institutional resources and the fifth grade math achievement of children from Mexican immigrant families and if these associations were moderated by their parents' educational involvement. With data on two cohorts of children from Mexican immigrant families (N ∼ 880 and 1460, <em>M</em><sub>age</sub> ∼ 5 years at kindergarten entry, 50 % girls) from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohorts: 1998/1999 and 2010/2011, multilevel regression results revealed positive associations between the availability of educational non-profits organizations and children's math achievement across cohorts and mixed results for other neighborhood-based institutions. Some neighborhood institutional resources were differently associated with children's math achievement by parents' educational involvement in the 1998 cohort only. The findings suggest that neighborhood educational non-profit organizations may play a positive role in promoting Mexican immigrant children's math achievement. They also highlight the need for future research on resource access, usage, and quality, and for building effective family-neighborhood partnerships that bolster the benefits of neighborhood resources for Mexican immigrant children.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654561","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":"The role of perfectionism in bullying: A cross-gender and cultural network analysis","authors":"Xiyu Wei , H.N. Cheung , J.M. Williams , S.W.Y. Chan","doi":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101723","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.appdev.2024.101723","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perfectionism has been found to associate with bullying experiences with the consequence of depression. The connection varies across contexts. The current study aimed to further explore the symptom-level dynamics between perfectionism, bullying experiences, and depression, with a particular emphasis on gender and cultural differences. A total of 3984 participants (aged 12–18 years) from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the UK, and the Netherlands self-reported their perfectionism traits, experiences of bullying perpetration and victimization in both traditional and cyber forms, and depressive symptoms. Partial correlation network models were used to examine these associations across gender and culture. The results revealed clear culture-specific and gender-specific roles of perfectionism in bullying. Specifically, high standard perfectionism and order perfectionism positively associated with greater risk of bullying victimization and perpetration, respectively, in girls and Western culture. Future bullying prevention programs might benefit from targeting perfectionism traits, particularly for girls and in Western cultural contexts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48168,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 101723"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142654638","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}