{"title":"Predictors of Adolescents' Positive and Negative Risk-Taking: Similarities and Differences.","authors":"Shuyi Gao, Tianxiao Wang, Baihan Sun, Danfeng Li","doi":"10.1002/jad.12482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The similarities and differences between positive (PRT) and negative risk-taking (NRT) remain unclear. The present study explored the issue in terms of sensation-seeking, impulse control, and peer factors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adolescents from Liaoning, China, participated in a 2-year longitudinal study with two follow-up surveys. The initial sample in June 2022 included 339 adolescents aged 12-15 years (51% female, Mage = 13.38). The follow-up in June 2023 comprised 324 adolescents aged 13-16 years (52% female, Mage = 14.38) from the original sample.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) Sensation seeking was positively related to PRT and NRT, motor control was negatively related to both, whereas attentional control and planning were positively related to PRT and negatively related to NRT. Moreover, Planning (T1) positively predicted PRT (T2). Additionally, changes in sensation seeking positively predicted PRT and NRT (T2), and changes in impulse control negatively predicted both. (2) Only sensation seeking and motor control interaction negatively predicted NRT but positively predicted PRT. (3) Negative peer norms were positively related to PRT and NRT, and positive peer norms was negatively related to NRT. The positive predictive effect of peer norms (T1) disappeared.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PRT and NRT were both associated with higher sensation seeking, lower motor control and higher negative peer norm. Unlike negative risk taking, positive risk taking was associated with higher planning, the interaction between sensation-seeking and motor control and friendship quality. Our findings provide new information on the nuances of impulse control and positive and negative risk-taking, and have implications for understanding and promoting positive adolescent risk-taking, and PRT is an adaptive and strategic behavior compared to negative risk-taking, which can be facilitated by an increase in the planning and quality of friendship.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434101","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}
Carolina Gonçalves, Dian Yu, Natasha Keces, Richard M Lerner
{"title":"Within-Person Fluctuations in Ethnic-Racial Affect and Discrimination-Based Stress: Moderation by Average Ethnic-Racial Affect and Stress.","authors":"Carolina Gonçalves, Dian Yu, Natasha Keces, Richard M Lerner","doi":"10.1002/jad.12484","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.12484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite evidence highlighting the dynamic nature of ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development and the common occurrence of discriminatory experiences, many studies treat these constructs as static and equivalent across individuals. Drawing upon the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST), this study examined the within-person covariations between ethnic-racial affect (individuals' positive feelings regarding their ethnic-racial background) and discrimination-based stress, and whether these relations were moderated by average affect and average stress.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study employed an intensive longitudinal design with 771 observations nested within 133 participants (Mage = 16.07, SD = 0.67), 52.3% were girls and ~93.3% were African American from Chicago, Illinois.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results from the multilevel model analysis revealed that within-person fluctuations in ethnic-racial affect were predicted by discrimination-based stress and that these fluctuations were person-specific. Furthermore, findings from this study also showed that the within-person fluctuations in ethnic-racial affect in relation to stress from discrimination were weaker for those with higher average affect and stronger for those with higher average stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights the dynamic and situational nature of developmental processes by emphasizing the within-person fluctuations and person-specificity. These findings highlight the importance of developing and delivering interventions and programs that promote positive ethnic-racial affect to mitigate the negative impact of discrimination. These initiatives should be offered consistently and tailored to address individuals' specific needs to maximize their effectiveness.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434032","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}
Kelsey Sick, Eva Pila, Jenna D Gilchrist, Mahmood R Gohari, Karen A Patte, Scott Leatherdale
{"title":"Prospective Relations Between Self-Concept and Adolescent Physical Education Participation: A Sex Stratified Analysis.","authors":"Kelsey Sick, Eva Pila, Jenna D Gilchrist, Mahmood R Gohari, Karen A Patte, Scott Leatherdale","doi":"10.1002/jad.12476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12476","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Sustained participation in physical education classes during adolescence can help promote lifelong engagement in physical activity, which is vital for the physical and mental health of adolescents. Self-concept, particularly in the domains of global and physical appearance self-perceptions, has been identified as a key predictor of physical activity behavior. However, there is limited understanding of how these facets influence continued enrollment in physical education classes, especially across different sexes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used survey data from two cohorts that completed surveys in two consecutive school years (2016-17 and 2017-18; 2017-18 and 2018-19) to examine sex-based differences in the association between global self-concept, physical appearance self-perceptions, and sustained enrollment in physical education classes during the transition from Grade 9 to Grade 10. The total sample included 7884 Canadian adolescents (m<sub>age</sub> = 14.4, SD = 0.5 years; 52.2% female). Using multiple logistic generalized estimating equation models, the analysis adjusted for school province, racial identity, and socioeconomic status to estimate the effects of self-concept on physical education enrollment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Global self-concept and physical appearance self-perceptions declined from Grade 9 to 10 across both sexes, particularly among students who unenrolled from physical education after Grade 9. Interestingly, statistically significant odds ratios were observed for male adolescents but not for females. Higher global self-concept levels in Grade 9 corresponded with increased odds of physical education enrollment in Grade 10 for male students. Similarly, males with more positive physical appearance self-perceptions in Grade 9 predicted continued enrollment in physical education into grade 10, compared to males with lower physical appearance self-perceptions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>During this critical transitional phase, global self-concept and positive physical appearance self-perceptions among males were prospectively linked to sustained participation in physical education classes into the subsequent year of high school, when physical education becomes an optional subject for most students. Such findings highlight the pivotal role of self-concept in sustained physical activity and offer crucial insights for interventions aimed at enhancing physical education participation and fostering a lifelong engagement in physical activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143411239","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}
Tingting Gao, Yan Chen, Qian Gai, Yingying Su, Xiangfei Meng
{"title":"Longitudinal Relationships of Phubbing, Depression, and Anxiety in the Middle and High School Students: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis.","authors":"Tingting Gao, Yan Chen, Qian Gai, Yingying Su, Xiangfei Meng","doi":"10.1002/jad.12481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Prior research has documented the associations among phubbing, depression, and anxiety, while the cross-sectional design failed to clarify the temporal directionality of the relationships between these mental disorders and behavioral issues. To bridge this gap, the present study utilizing longitudinal data aimed to articulate the temporal relationships between these mental disorders and behavioral issues.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 3296 adolescents from China (54.5% girls; M<sub>age</sub> = 15.17) participated in the study. Symptoms of phubbing, depression, and anxiety were assessed 18 months later (May 2023) after the baseline (November, 2021). The cross-sectional network and cross-lagged panel network models were conducted to explore the associations between the network structures of phubbing, depression, and anxiety. The network comparison test (NCT) was then performed to unveil whether the network structures vary based on school grade.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the cross-sectional network, significant differences in the overall structures between middle and high school students were observed. For the longitudinal network, the core symptoms responsible for temporal relationships were mostly between depressive and anxiety symptoms. Phubbing-related symptoms and restlessness (anxiety symptom) were the bridge symptoms of phubbing, depression, and anxiety. Besides, the central bridges associated with phubbing-related symptoms differed significantly across different school stages.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Successfully regulating negative emotions can play a pivotal role in tackling the root causes linked to phubbing. Apart from addressing restlessness, future interventions focusing on nomophobia and interpersonal conflict in middle school students, as well as self-isolation in high school students, contributed to mitigating phubbing, depression, and anxiety.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366258","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":"Romantic Competence and Courtship Skills: From the First Romantic Impulse to the Management of Mutuality.","authors":"Noemí Toledano, Carmen Viejo, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz","doi":"10.1002/jad.12477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>When adolescents have their first romantic experiences and start to form couples for the first time, these are normative practices which provide them with company, support and intimacy. However, the protagonists can also find them stressful and, at times, complicated. Romantic competence (RC) consists of a set of individual and mutual skills which are used to facilitate our emotional and social lives. In this study, we aim to deepen our knowledge about how RC is used, and the patterns or profiles present in the use of these skills.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>2,400 Spanish adolescents (47.7% girls) between the ages of 12 and 18 took part in the study. A confirmatory factor analysis divided RC into individual or mutual competences, and, using cluster analysis, established three clearly defined profiles to describe the protagonists: ineffective in procedural and mutual management skills; ineffective in procedural skills and competent in mutual management skills; and competent in procedural and mutual management skills. The main discriminating factors for defining these profiles were age and romantic experience.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results show that older adolescents with more romantic experience perceive themselves as being more skilled in both individual and mutual competences, and that there is a progressive development of RC skills from initiating a relationship to its later stages.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our discussion of the results hopes to shed more light on the complexity of adolescents' intimate romantic lives, as well as to illustrate the importance of this knowledge for improving educational practices and helping prevent problems such as the psychogenesis of gender-based violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143366262","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}
V Venugopal, M Ismail, M N A Mohamed, K Chinna, M Y Jalaludin, T T Su, H A Majid
{"title":"Physical Activity and Its Relationship With National-Based Examination Results Among Adolescents.","authors":"V Venugopal, M Ismail, M N A Mohamed, K Chinna, M Y Jalaludin, T T Su, H A Majid","doi":"10.1002/jad.12479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12479","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study investigated the longitudinal relationship between self-reported physical activity and national examination results among adolescents in an upper-middle-income country.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study engaged in a secondary data analysis derived from a closed prospective cohort consisting of 579 students, who were recruited at the age of 13 in 2012 and followed up at ages 15 (2014) and 17 (2016) as part of the Malaysian Health and Adolescents Longitudinal Research Team (MyHeART) study, which was conducted across three states in Peninsula Malaysia. Physical activity levels were evaluated using the Physical Activity Questionnaire, and outcomes were assessed based on the National-Based Examinations at ages 15 (Form 3, Year 9) and 17 (Form 5, Year 11) in Malaysia. A multivariate ordinal regression employing complex sample analysis was applied to ascertain the relationship between physical activity and national examination results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In Form 3 (Year 9), those physically active performed better in Malay Language, English Language, Mathematics and Science. Those physically active in Form 5 (Year 11), performed better in Modern Mathematics, Chemistry, and Principles of Accounting. Longitudinally, there was an increase in the overall percentage of those who were overweight and obese and an increase in those with suboptimal dietary and iron intake.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study has shown that those physically active students fared better in several subjects in the national-based examinations. Suitable physical activity intervention should be tailored accordingly to support adolescents' optimum achievement in academia.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143190941","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":"Daily Interplay of Positive and Negative Events with Adolescents' Daily Well-Being: Multilevel Person-Centered and Variable-Centered Approaches.","authors":"Yael Zamir-Sela, Ziv Gilboa, Shir Shay, Shiran Darwish, Merav Maimon-Alimi, Reout Arbel","doi":"10.1002/jad.12468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12468","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study examined associations between adolescents' daily negative and positive events and their coping efficacy, an understudied topic but pivotal to adolescent thriving.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The sample included 153 parent-adolescent triads; adolescents' mean age, 15.71 years (SD = 1.53), 51% girls. Parents were in their midlife (Mage mother = 47.82, SD = 4.90; Mage father = 50.39, SD = 5.80). The study used a daily diary methodology to test within-person links to establish a temporal order of effects. Over seven consecutive days, adolescents reported on 14 daily negative and positive events. Adolescents, mothers, and fathers reported on adolescents' daily coping efficacy.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusions: </strong>Multilevel latent profile analysis (MLPA) identified 4 day-level event profiles: \"low event day\" (34% of days), reflecting low levels of both positive and negative events and low coping efficacy and positive and negative mood; \"positive day\" (44%), reflecting dominance of intense positive events and corresponding high coping efficacy and positive mood; \"mixed day,\" reflecting a combination of intense positive and negative events with average coping efficacy and positive mood despite high negative mood and impaired coping. Multilevel path analysis showed adolescents reported increased coping efficacy a day after increased academic load, and parents reported increased adolescent coping efficacy a day after positive parent-adolescent interactions. Fathers reported decreased adolescent coping efficacy a day after peer disappointment. Findings suggest positive events predominate in adolescents' lives, and their coping efficacy is sensitive to dynamic changes in the valence of context.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123832","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":"Omission Bias in Adolescence: Asymmetric Perceptions of Morality, Intentionality and Causality.","authors":"Yanwei Wang, Jiaxuan Zhao, Yanjie Su","doi":"10.1002/jad.12480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Humans are more tolerant of omissions than commissions when both cause similar negative outcomes, which is defined as omission bias. Although adults show omission bias in various moral contexts, it remains unclear how omission bias develops from adolescence to early adulthood. The current study aims to examine how adolescents perceive morality, intentionality, and causality of commissions and omissions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We recruited 730 participants from junior and senior high schools, as well as universities, between 2022 and 2023. Participants came from three provinces (Beijing, Shanxi, Henan) in China, including 160 early adolescents (M<sub>age</sub> = 12.55 ± 0.34 years, 74 females), 169 middle adolescents (M<sub>age</sub> = 13.71 ± 0.71 years, 74 females), 223 late adolescents (M<sub>age</sub> = 17.15 ± 0.60 years, 123 females), and 178 young adults (M<sub>age</sub> = 21.75 ± 1.81 years, 123 females). We conducted a 2 (Behavior: commission, omission) × 4 (Age: early adolescents, middle adolescents, late adolescents, young adults) × 2 (Outcome: harm, no harm) analysis of variance with morality, intentionality, and causality ratings as dependent variables respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated late adolescents and young adults regarded commissions as more immoral than omissions. This tendency was consistent with the asymmetric perceptions of causality in the same age groups, but not with the asymmetric perceptions of intentionality, which existed even in early adolescence.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings suggested that omission bias becomes more pronounced in middle-to-late adolescence and causality perceptions may play an important role in omission bias on moral judgment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143075672","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":"Relationship Between Career Adaptability and Competitive Attitudes Among Chinese College Students.","authors":"Wenjuan Gao, Wenhao Tang, Jiang Wang","doi":"10.1002/jad.12475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12475","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Previous research highlights the strong correlation between certain personality traits and individual career adaptability levels, yet the role of competitive personality remains underexplored. This study aims to fill the gaps by assessing the relationship between competitive attitudes and career adaptability among Chinese college students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A multi-stage stratified random sampling approach was used to conduct a cross-sectional survey of 692 undergraduate students from a top university in China. The final sample comprised 22.11% females and 77.89% males, aged 18-24, with a mean age of 19.54 years (SD = 2.16). Pearson's correlation and multiple linear regression analyses were utilized to examine the relationship between competitive attitudes and career adaptability.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results showed that the average scores among college students were 10.068 for feelings for competition, 8.876 for beliefs about competition, and 7.802 for behavioral tendencies of competition. Significant gender differences were observed across all three dimensions (p < 0.01). In terms of career adaptability, the average scores for career concern, career control, career curiosity, and career confidence were 14.802, 15.601, 15.678, and 15.828, respectively, with no significant gender differences. Feelings for the competition had significantly negative impacts on career control and career curiosity (with coefficients of -0.149 and -0.110, respectively). Conversely, beliefs about competition had significant positive effects on career concern, control, curiosity, and confidence (with coefficients of 0.223, 0.200, 0.207, and 0.162, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings suggest that feelings for competition hinder the development of career adaptability, whereas beliefs about competition contribute positively to enhancing career adaptability.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143068488","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":"Parental Drinking Patterns and Adolescent Alcohol Consumption: Considering the Role of Sex and Developmental Stage.","authors":"Valeriia A Kondratenko","doi":"10.1002/jad.12474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12474","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Research indicates that parental behaviors shape adolescents' alcohol consumption, but it is unclear whether mothers or fathers have a more significant impact and how this relationship varies by sex and developmental stage. This study examines the effects of parental alcohol consumption patterns on adolescents in Russia using a large representative sample.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study employs pooled data from the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) from 2006 to 2019. The final sample included 25 611 cases of adolescents with the available data on their parents (20% male adolescents aged 14-17, 20% female adolescents aged 14-17, 28% male adolescents aged 18-22, and 32% female adolescents aged 18-22; M = 18.22, SD = 2.63). Logistic regression models were used to account for sex and developmental stages. Adolescent drinking was measured as a binary variable indicating drinking at least sometimes, while parental drinking was categorised into five levels, including moderate and excessive consumption.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Maternal alcohol consumption patterns were associated with adolescent drinking. Sex differences were observed, with parental drinking patterns showing a greater association with alcohol use for female adolescents. For middle adolescents, a positive association with excessive alcohol consumption by their parents was found.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study emphasises the importance of considering both parents' alcohol consumption patterns when examining adolescent alcohol use, with findings indicating that maternal drinking played a more significant role than paternal drinking. It is crucial to explore this relationship separately for male and female adolescents, considering the stage of adolescence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143060957","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}