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{"title":"Visible But Lonely: An Investigation of the Relationship Between University Students' Social Media Use and Online Loneliness.","authors":"Gülşah Aksakallı, Şahin Bayzan, Dilek Uludaşdemir","doi":"10.1002/jad.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between university students' social media usage habits and motivations and their virtual loneliness levels.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research, designed as a descriptive and cross-sectional study, was carried out between 7 May and 4 June 2024 and completed with the help of a total of 2480 university students. Data were collected with a questionnaire form, the \"Virtual Environment Loneliness Scale (VELS)\" and the \"Social Media Use Habits and Motivations Scale (SMUHMS)\". A descriptive statistic, a t-test, an ANOVA, and Pearson correlation and regression tests were used to analyse the data.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>University students reported high levels of social media use and moderate levels of virtual loneliness. A significant positive correlation was found between social media use and virtual loneliness. Female students had higher social media usage, whereas male students experienced greater virtual loneliness. Both social media use and virtual loneliness were higher among students aged 18-24, those whose parents had a bachelor's degree or higher, and those spending six or more hours per day on social media. Additionally, social media use habits and motivations together accounted for 21% of the variance in virtual loneliness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>To build sustainable and meaningful relationships on social media, there is a need to develop conscious usage strategies. In addition to interventions that support digital awareness and conscious media consumption from childhood to university to reduce virtual loneliness, university students' access to social environments and activities where they can have quality face-to-face interaction should be increased.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974676","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 Predictors and Consequences of Cyberbullying Perpetration and Cyber-Victimization: The Development of a New Cyberbullying Theory.","authors":"Christopher P Barlett, Douglas A Gentile, Angline Khoo, Robin Kowalski, Tracy E Waasdorp","doi":"10.1002/jad.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Extensive research has demonstrated the deleterious effects of both cyberbullying perpetration and cyberbullying victimization on youth and adults alike. Most research, to date, is segmented into focusing on the predictors of cyberbullying perpetration or the outcomes of being cyber-victimized, which presents an incomplete theoretical understanding of cyberbullying. Therefore, the current research tests a novel theory that combines both literatures and operationalizes cyberbullying perpetration and cyber-victimization as mediators: the Integrative Cyberbullying Theory (ICBT). The ICBT posits the mediating influence of both cyberbullying perpetration and victimization on the relationship between predictors (e.g., traditional perpetration, traditional victimization, risky online behavior) and later psychological outcomes (e.g., depression, anxiety, loneliness) in a single comprehensive model, which addresses key gaps in the theoretical understanding of cyberbullying predictors and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study 1 sampled 369 US adolescents using a cross-sectional design, and Study 2 sampled 1137 Singaporean adolescents using a four-wave longitudinal design, with a time lag separated by 1 year. Participants in both studies completed validated measures of traditional bullying, traditional victimization, cyberbullying, cyber-victimization, depression, risky online behavior, anxiety, and loneliness.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>Path modeling procedures showed support for the ICBT in both studies. Indeed, our ICBT models fit the data well and showed several significant direct relationships. Moreover, cyberbullying perpetration and victimization mediated the relationships between several predictors and outcomes. Overall, our path modeling findings suggest that cyberbullying perpetration and victimization can be theoretical mediators that link various predicts and consequences-a novel idea that has practical implications in addition to theoretical gains.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974670","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":"Future Time Perspective and Emotional Problems Mediated the Relationship Between Family Functioning and Adolescent Academic Burnout: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study.","authors":"Yaxuan Zhao, Ying Liu, Lei Jin, Haiping Hao, Houchao Lyu","doi":"10.1002/jad.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Previous research has found that family factors predict adolescents' academic burnout, but few studies have described the mechanisms underlying the relationship. At the same time, there is a lack of longitudinal data on the possible mechanisms. This study aimed to examine the relationship between family functioning and academic burnout and the serial mediating effect of future time perspective and emotional problems (measured by depression and anxiety).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between 2022 and 2023, a total of 504 Chinese adolescents (M_age = 16.18, SD = 0.70, 59.13% females at Time 1) participated in a two-wave longitudinal study with a 10-month interval. The longitudinal path analysis (family functioning at Time 1→future time perspective at Time 2→emotional problems at Time 2→academic burnout at Time 2) and cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) were used to verify the longitudinal mediating relationship.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Family functioning was negatively correlated with adolescent academic burnout and emotional problems, and positively correlated with future time perspective at both time points. Both longitudinal path analysis and CLPM analysis supported a longitudinal serial mediation, showing that the effect of family functioning on academic burnout was mediated by future time perspective and emotional problems.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study provided longitudinal evidence for a cognitive-emotional pathway linking family functioning to academic burnout. By identifying future time perspective and emotional problems as mediators, the findings highlighted the importance of addressing family factors, future time perspective, and emotional problems in interventions aimed at reducing academic burnout among adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974740","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":"Bidirectional Associations Between Cyberbullying Victimization, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents.","authors":"Esther Calvete, Amaya Ayala, Aitor Jiménez-Granado, Izaskun Orue","doi":"10.1002/jad.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This study aimed to examine the reciprocal longitudinal relationships between cyberbullying victimization, depressive symptoms, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) during adolescence-a developmental period marked by notable increases in both depressive symptoms and NSSI behaviors. Additionally, gender differences in these associations were explored.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 909 Spanish adolescents (Mage = 14.64, SD = 1.62; 51.8% boys, 48.2% girls) completed measures of NSSI, cyberbullying victimization, and depressive symptoms across three waves at 3-month intervals, beginning in Autumn 2021.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) provided mixed evidence for the hypothesized reciprocal associations. Within-person increases in cyberbullying victimization predicted subsequent increases in depressive symptoms. In turn, elevations in depressive symptoms predicted increases in both NSSI and cyberbullying victimization. However, within-person increases in NSSI did not predict subsequent changes in the other variables. At the between-person level, NSSI and depressive symptoms were strongly associated, particularly among girls. Additionally, the pathway from depressive symptoms to cyberbullying victimization was stronger in boys than in girls.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings underscore the complex interplay between cyberbullying victimization, depression, and NSSI during adolescence. While cyberbullying victimization and depressive symptoms showed reciprocal associations, NSSI did not predict future changes in depression or victimization. Results also suggest that depressive symptoms may contribute to increased cybervictimization, particularly among adolescent boys.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974703","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":"Adolescent Religiosity and Psychological Functioning During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Sam A Hardy, Emily M Taylor, D Bridger Lisonbee, Tate A Henderson, Jenae M Nelson","doi":"10.1002/jad.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Nonnormative developmental events, in this case the COVID-19 pandemic in the year 2020, on adolescent religiosity and psychological functioning.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adolescents (N = 1,034; 14-19 years old; M age =16; 50% male, 50% female) from across the United States completed online surveys in January 2021, retrospectively reporting on three periods of 2020 (Pre-COVID 2020, Spring/Summer 2020, and Fall 2020).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>First, across 2020, many adolescents shifted from in-person worship services to other formats, particularly virtual. Second, while most adolescents perceived they remained stable across 2020 in their religiosity and psychological functioning, some thought they increased while others thought they decreased. Third, paired samples t-tests of retrospectively reported religiosity and psychological functioning during the three periods of 2020 found evidence for possible declines across 2020 in worship service attendance, religious youth activities for adolescents, potential increases in the importance of religion, religious belief, and possible decreases in psychological well-being and increases in psychological distress. Fourth, retrospective reports of religiosity and psychological functioning during Pre-COVID 2020 were correlated-positively for psychological well-being and negatively for psychological distress. Fifth, based on difference scores, possible changes in religiosity were correlated with potential changes in psychological functioning-positively for psychological well-being and negatively for psychological distress. Sixth, auto-regressive cross-lagged models found evidence for possible bidirectional links between religiosity and psychological functioning across 2020; particularly, retrospective reports of religiosity predicted perceived increases in psychological well-being.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic, as a Nonnormative life event, may have influenced adolescent religiosity and psychological functioning across the year 2020.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974625","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":"Adolescent Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors.","authors":"Buket Kara, Nitzan Scharf, Kathleen McCormack, Linda Bhreathnach, Candace Currie, Jennifer Symonds","doi":"10.1002/jad.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted adolescents' lives, leading to increased stress and anxiety rates globally. Although existing research highlights the necessity of understanding the increased rates of anxiety in adolescents during and after the pandemic, it offers little insight into the risk and protective factors for the development of adolescent anxiety at this time. To more deeply understand how the pandemic impacted anxiety in adolescents around the world, the current study adopted a qualitative approach to synthesising the global evidence on adolescents' lived experiences of anxiety during the pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Five databases (Academic Search Complete, British Education Index, Education Research Information Centre, APA PsycINFO, and Scopus) were searched for studies that included qualitative data reported by adolescents on their lived experiences of anxiety during the pandemic. After duplicate records were removed, 348 records were title and abstract screened, a shortlist of 117 publications for full text screening, resulting in 34 papers to be included in the review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thematic analysis of data uncovered adolescents' experiences of anxiety during the pandemic in relation to a wide range of risk factors (i.e., academic stressors, family and economic stressors, social isolation, online dangers, uncertainties and health-related concerns) and protective factors (e.g., social support, personal coping, accurate information and clear guidelines, digital tools) in different developmental contexts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings can guide the development of effective practices and policies for young people navigating the complexities of the post-pandemic world.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974570","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":"Profiling Vulnerability in Youth and Predicting Educational Attainment in Young Adulthood.","authors":"Heidi M Renner, Bosco Rowland, Delyse Hutchinson, John W Toumbourou","doi":"10.1002/jad.70042","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Educational attainment is associated with higher rates of employment, income, and standard of living; yet leaving secondary school before completion of the final year remains common, particularly for youth experiencing disadvantage. This study aimed to identify key indicators of vulnerability, derived from a proposed framework of child disadvantage, that predicted early school leaving in a state-representative sample of Australian youth.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data comprised 2884 participants (51.7% female; 48.3% male) across three age cohorts from the Australian arm of the longitudinal cohort study, the International Youth Development Study (IYDS). The relationship between level of vulnerability in adolescence (11-15 years old in Wave 1; 2002) and subsequent early school leaving (19-23 years old in Wave 7; 2010) was examined, controlling for individual, family, school, and community covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Latent class analyses identified four vulnerability groups ('low,' 'normative,' 'welfare,' and 'high'), differentiated by sociodemographic factors (low), receipt of welfare support (welfare), and family and community risk factors (high). Multivariate regression analyses indicated greater vulnerability in adolescence (11-15 years old) predicted an increased odds of subsequent early school leaving, with the highest vulnerability group 40% more likely to leave school before completing Year 12, relative to the lowest vulnerability group (OR = 1.40; 95% CI [1.27, 1.53], p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sociodemographic, geographical, and risk indicators, selected using a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage, predicted increased vulnerability for early school leaving. Prevention and intervention initiatives should select comprehensive multidimensional indicators to prioritise vulnerable youth with the aim of improving educational equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876053","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":"Bidirectional Associations Between Civic Engagement, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidality in Youth: A Population-Based Study.","authors":"Anthony Sciola, Erinn Acland, Frederick L Philippe, Tianna Loose, Massimiliano Orri, Francis Vergunst, Isabelle Ouellet-Morin, Natalie Castellanos-Ryan, Alain Girard, Victoria Talwar, Sylvana Côté, Marie-Claude Geoffroy","doi":"10.1002/jad.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Civic engagement is common in youth, yet its longitudinal association with mental health remains understudied. This study aims to document bidirectional associations between civic engagement, depressive symptoms, and suicidality at 20 and 23.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included 1451 participants born in 1997/98 from the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development in Canada. At 20 and 23, youth self-reported their engagement in five types of civic activities, namely political engagement, volunteering, activism, charitable actions, community involvement, depressive symptoms, and suicidality. Cross-lagged path models adjusted for sex and parental socioeconomic status were used to test associations between civic engagement and mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concurrently, individuals who engaged in political engagement and activism were more likely to experience increases in depressive symptoms and suicidality at 20, while those who engaged in volunteering tended to report fewer depressive symptoms. At 23, political engagement remained positively associated with depressive symptoms. Longitudinal analyses revealed that individuals who engaged in activism at 20 were more likely to experience increases in depressive symptoms over time (β = 0.17) and those who participated in charitable actions (β = -0.14) and volunteering (β = -0.11) at 20 tended to report fewer depressive symptoms at 23, though these associations were not independent. Mental health at 20 was not associated to later civic engagement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Types of civic engagement were differentially associated with later depressive symptoms, but not suicidality. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanisms underlying these associations, including the potential role of engagement frequencies, motivations, and contextual factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144862481","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":"Preliminary Independent Evaluation of Free2B: A Targeted Intervention to Promote the Mental Wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ Youth.","authors":"Qiqi Cheng, Neil Humphrey","doi":"10.1002/jad.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Young people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are significantly more likely to experience mental health problems than their cisgender, heterosexual peers. However, there is a dearth of evidence regarding interventions to support their wellbeing. This Short Research Article provides preliminary independent evidence of the efficacy of Free2B, a novel 1:1 mentoring service.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quasi-experimental evaluation using propensity score matching and difference-in-differences analysis was used in a pre-test/post-test control group design to assess the impact of Free2B on the mental wellbeing (assessed via the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, SWEMWBS). The intervention group consisted of N = 55 young people (aged 10-18, M = 14.5, SD = 2.0, 29.1% girl, 32.7% boy, 18.2% nonbinary, 3.6% describe in another way and 16.4% not sure), with matched control samples derived from a subset of the #BeeWell cohort study (N = 14, 715, aged 12-15, M = 13.2, SD = 0.7, 43.6% girl, 45.9% boy, 2.2% nonbinary, 3% describe in another way and 5.4% not sure). Data were collected in England between 2016 and 2023.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participation in Free2B led to a statistically significant improvement in mental wellbeing ( <math> <semantics> <mrow><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow> </mrow> <annotation>$beta $</annotation></semantics> </math>  = 3.81, 95% CI = [2.01, 5.61], d = 0.80). This effect was found to be robust across a series of sensitivity analyses (e.g., different matching methods, permutation tests).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Free2B yields considerable promise as a means through which to improve the mental wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ young people. Accordingly, an explanatory trial is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974726","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":"Successful School-to-Training Transitions-Can Individual Goal-Striving Resources Compensate for Structural Obstacles in the Local Context?","authors":"Nele Theuer, Katarina Weßling","doi":"10.1002/jad.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>While it is well-established that structural obstacles such as low local employment opportunities negatively affect adolescents' school-to-work transitions, the impact of individual agency in relation to these obstacles is understudied. Hence, we focus on the key research question of how adolescents' goal-striving resources-tenacious goal pursuit (TGP) and flexible goal adjustment (FGA)-affect successful transitions from secondary school to vocational education and training (VET) against the backdrop of structural obstacles in the local context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured transition success in terms of a) the start of a VET position, b) concordance between attained and aspired VET position, c) deviance from the aspired position and d) satisfaction with the attained VET position. We examined our research questions in a longitudinal design, using data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Our sample consisted of adolescents who graduated in 2012/2016 with the aspiration to start VET (N = 3382; M_Age = 16.77; n_Females = 1524). We conducted multiple regression analyses to answer our research questions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found interaction effects of TGP × FGA on three out of four indicators of transition success. Their direction did not only depend on the outcome variable under examination but also on the structure of the local context: High levels of both TGP and FGA are helpful in favorable contexts-that means when local unemployment is low-but maladaptive when structural obstacles are high.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We recommend that support programs for adolescents that aim to enhance goal-striving resources should consider these complex interrelations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144838298","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}