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{"title":"Adolescents' Understanding of Consent and Associations With Sexual Violence Experiences.","authors":"Briana Edison, Hailey Rueden, Chelsea Austin, Rebekka Zydel, Jeff R Temple, Dennis E Reidy","doi":"10.1002/jad.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Adolescents have a nontrivial risk of sexual violence (SV) victimization. Comprehension of sexual consent is posited to reduce victimization rates; however, few studies have examined adolescents' comprehension of consent and its relationship to SV. The objectives of this study are thus to examine how adolescents' contextual understanding of consent relates to their experiences of SV victimization and perpetration.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional data (N = 452) were collected from high school students from the southeast U.S. Ordinal least squares regression analyses were conducted to test the association of consent understanding with gender, age, and SV victimization and perpetration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Generally, adolescents lacked a definitive comprehension of more contextual consent practices (e.g., in long-term relationships, use of coercion or pressure). While concrete understanding of consent decreased with age for adolescents girls and contextual understanding increased with age for adolescent boys, levels of understanding were not associated with SV victimization or perpetration.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Findings suggest that greater consent knowledge may not mitigate SV experiences. Despite efforts to educate youth about the necessity of consent, comprehension and practice of procedures to obtain consent may be inadequate to protect against SV. There is a need for further research on how consent is taught to and understood by adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974563","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":"Social Context Matters-Characterizing Adolescent Cooperation Strategies When Perceiving the Other as a Peer Versus Computer Partner.","authors":"Wenda Liu, Isabella Mark, Christoph W Korn, Gabriela Rosenblau","doi":"10.1002/jad.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cooperation is a crucial prosocial skill refined during adolescence, a period marked by increased interactions with peers and artificial intelligence agents. While adolescents prioritize peer relationships, it remains unclear whether this translates into increased trust and reciprocity during social exchange. This study explores whether adolescents differentiate their cooperation strategies when interacting with human peers versus adaptive or fixed computer partners.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adolescents (N = 67, 36 female, mean age: 12.3 ± 3.0 years) were recruited and invited into the laboratory to play a multiround trust game, first with a peer. In subsequent games, they were told that they continued to play with a peer (i.e., social condition) but they were playing with an adaptive algorithm. In the remaining games, they were correctly informed that they were playing with a computer (i.e., nonsocial condition).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents sustained cooperation more when interacting with adaptive versus fixed computer partners. In the social condition, older adolescents and those with higher IQs and social skills were more prosocial than in the non-social condition. We fitted direct reciprocity strategies, reinforcement learning (RL) models, and a combination thereof to participants' choices. Direct reciprocity best captured adolescents' cooperation behavior. In the social condition, however, adolescents reinitiated cooperation more often after previously defecting. The winning model in the social condition was a more generous direct reciprocity strategy than the standard model. It used an RL forgiveness term that prescribed an evolving tendency to reinitiate cooperation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, we show that both partner adaptivity and social context play an important role in adolescents' cooperation decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144769143","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":"Early Adolescents' Attitudes Towards and Interest in Care-Oriented HEED Professions: Gender Differences and Associations With Academic Achievement","authors":"Anne J. Maheux","doi":"10.1002/jad.70017","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70017","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) fields refer to feminine-typed care-oriented workforce domains. HEED fields remain dominated by women, yet this disparity and its developmental antecedents are often overlooked. This study investigated factors associated with early adolescents' interest in HEED professions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>US early adolescent participants (<i>n</i> = 1707; <i>M</i>age = 12.29; 46% girls, 44% boys, 9.5% another gender identity; 36% Latine, 31% White, 21% Black, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial/another race/ethnicity) completed surveys in January and March 2021. Participants indicated their perceived value of HEED and masculine-typed jobs (i.e., how much money people in these jobs should make), interest in these jobs, and fear of negative evaluation. Schools reported STEM and English/Social Studies GPA. Hypotheses were preregistered.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Participants believed that masculine-typed jobs are more valuable than HEED jobs but reported more interest in HEED jobs. Girls (vs. boys) and Asian/Pacific Islander and Black youth (vs. White youth) reported greater interest in HEED careers. Greater perceived value of HEED careers, higher fear of negative evaluation, and lower STEM (but not English/Social Studies) GPA were associated with greater HEED career interest cross-sectionally. Only perceived value of HEED careers and identifying as a girl were associated with HEED career interest in the short-term longitudinal analyses, controlling for baseline levels. Moreover, longitudinal analyses suggested bidirectional associations between HEED career interest and value over time.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results highlight that both demographic and psychosocial factors among early adolescents may shape later disparities in HEED fields.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1978-1990"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676198","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":"Navigating Complex Transitions Through School and Work during Crises in Urban Ethiopia","authors":"Megan Devonald,&nbsp;Nicola Jones,&nbsp;Workneh Yadete","doi":"10.1002/jad.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The school-to-work transition is often thought of as a linear pathway, but for many adolescents this is not the case. In recent years, young people in Ethiopia have lived through recurrent crises, including conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet there is limited longitudinal research that explores the impact of these recurrent, interconnected crises on young people's school-to-work transitions. This article addresses this study gap by exploring how adolescents and young people in urban Ethiopia navigate their educational and working lives during interconnected crises.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The article uses a qualitative longitudinal approach with data involving 32 adolescents (aged 12–19 years during the first round of interviews), 24 caregivers and 35 key informants, across a 4-year period (2017–2021).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Young people's transitions through education and work are complex, rarely forming linear pathways. Education and work operate in tandem with each other, providing key skills for young people's futures. Over time, work becomes viewed as increasingly important to young people's psychosocial well-being and economic empowerment, especially when education is seen as less secure. In the context of increasing instability, young people's aspirations are becoming more uncertain.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To support young people to successfully navigate their school and working lives, a multidimensional approach is needed. This requires greater flexibility both within school and workplaces, financial incentives to stay in education and financial assistance to support insecure households, and individual and group mental health counselling and psychosocial support.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1784-1794"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144660765","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":"Longitudinal Relationship Between Vocational Self-Concept Clarity and Proactive Career Behaviors of Higher Vocational Students: The Role of Career Outcome Expectations and Career Barriers Perception.","authors":"Xiaoyun Zhao, Shun Huang, Lina Zhu","doi":"10.1002/jad.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Developing a clear vocational self-concept is a vital task in adolescent career development. Understanding and exploring one's vocational identity not only aids teenagers in forming positive career expectations but also serves as the foundation for engaging in proactive and rational career behaviors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study investigates the relationships among vocational self-concept clarity, career outcome expectations, career barriers perception, and proactive career behaviors among Chinese higher vocational students. Three hundred and thirty-six Chinese higher vocational students (M_ageT1 = 17.99, 213 female) were surveyed three times over the course of 1 year, with data analyzed using a cross-lag model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>(1) There is a significant positive correlation between vocational self-concept clarity, career outcome expectations, and proactive career behaviors; (2) T2 career outcome expectations mediated the longitudinal relationship between T1 vocational self-concept clarity and T3 proactive career behaviors; (3) T2 career barriers perception plays a moderating role in the relationship between T2 career outcome expectations and T3 proactive career behaviors, with this perception potentially weakening the positive effect of career outcome expectations on proactive career behaviors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Vocational self-concept clarity directly and indirectly drives proactive career behaviors in higher vocational students through career outcome expectations, validating Social Cognitive Career Theory. Career barriers perception weakens expectation-behavior links, while career outcome expectations motivate proactive behaviors, their impact is significantly attenuated by perceived career barriers. Vocational systems must prioritize clarifying self-concepts, fostering realistic expectations, and addressing structural barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144660764","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":"A Moderated Mediation Model to Predict Adolescent Resistance to Peer Influence: Evidence From an Adoption Study","authors":"Li (Hazel) Yu,&nbsp;Kristine Marceau,&nbsp;Valerie S. Knopik,&nbsp;Misaki N. Natsuaki,&nbsp;Daniel D. Shaw,&nbsp;Leslie D. Leve,&nbsp;Jody M. Ganiban,&nbsp;Jenae M. Neiderhiser","doi":"10.1002/jad.70016","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adolescents are particularly susceptible to peer influence and at higher risk of engaging in problematic behaviors through peer interactions, but also vary in the extent to which they are influenced by their peers. Resistance to peer influence, the tendency to refuse undesired peer pressure, is one key factor for this variation. However, how genetic and contextual influences shape the development of RPI remain unclear.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The present study leveraged data from 552 family triads, collected in the U.S. between 2003 and 2022, in an adopted-at-birth design. Family triads included an adopted child (57.2% male; 55.3% European American, 19.6% multiracial, 13.2% African American, 10.9% Hispanic/Latinx), birth parents, and adoptive parents. Moderated mediation models were tested to examine whether: (1) child phenotypic impulsivity at age 7 mediated the association between genetic risk for impulsivity and adolescent RPI; (2) child phenotypic self-esteem (age 6–8) mediated the association between genetic factor for self-esteem and adolescent RPI; (3) adoptive parent responsiveness weakened the impulsivity pathway; and (4) adoptive parent responsiveness strengthened the self-esteem pathway. Analyses were performed separately for age 11 (early adolescent; <i>M</i>_age = 11.39, SD_age = 0.55) and age 13–15 (middle adolescent; <i>M</i>_age = 14.97, SD_age = 1.24) RPI as the outcome variable.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results revealed that birth parent self-esteem positively predicted early adolescent RPI, through elevated levels of child self-esteem. RPI was moderately stable from early to middle adolescence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings highlight the importance of nurturing children's self-esteem to improve their skills to resist undesired peer pressure during adolescence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1965-1977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627478","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":"Agency and Opportunity in Early Adolescence: Investigating Gender-Specific Patterns in Developmental Trajectories Using Longitudinal Data","authors":"Linnea A. Zimmerman,&nbsp;Celia Karp,&nbsp;Astha Ramaiya,&nbsp;Eric Mafuta,&nbsp;Caroline Moreau,&nbsp;Saifuddin Ahmed","doi":"10.1002/jad.70013","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Little research has explored the relationship of opportunity structures, such as parental influence and neighborhood context, with the development of individual agency amongst adolescents, particularly in understanding gender-specific relationships.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We use longitudinal data from 1188 boys and 1153 girls who were age 10–14 at enrollment and followed for up to 5 years during the Global Early Adolescent Study in Kinshasa, DRC (2017–2022). Group-based trajectory modeling identified gender-specific clusters within two domains of agency, Freedom of Movement and Voice. Multinomial logistic regression assessed the relationship between opportunity structures at the individual, household, parental, peer (Voice only), and neighborhood level with the probability of cluster membership.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We identified three distinct groups for both boys and girls within each domain. Wealth and education were inconsistently related to trajectories and peer influence showed little association with the development of Voice for either gender. Parental monitoring was associated with the development of both domains for boys, but showed no association for girls. Conversely, parental closeness was more strongly associated with development for girls, than for boys. Neighborhood safety was associated with greater Voice and Freedom of Movement for both boys and girls. Neighborhood trust was associated with Freedom of Movement but not Voice for boys, but the opposite for girls.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The design of interventions to promote adolescent empowerment should consider the gendered ways in which parental and neighborhood structures influence the development of agency for adolescents and consider whether gender-specific components may be needed.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1921-1940"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601952","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":"Network Parameters of Mental Health Concerns in Adolescents: An Examination of Age and Sex Differences.","authors":"Haifan Wang, Yuhang Ling, Jing Wang, Yanjun Lai, Jingyi Xiong, Ni Yan, Xu Lei, Changquan Long","doi":"10.1002/jad.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Adolescent mental health concerns are crucial for early intervention. This study examined networks of mental health concerns with the aim of identifying central issues and analyzing age and sex differences in these networks during adolescence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 3723 middle and high school students (aged 11-19 years; M = 14.39, SD = 1.38; 43.6% girls) were recruited for this cross-sectional study from May 8, 2023 to September 10, 2023, in Chongqing and Nanning, China. Loneliness, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, depression, suicidal behavior, Internet addiction, sleep quality, self-esteem, and self-efficacy were assessed using a questionnaire. Centrality indices were analyzed to identify the most central mental health concerns. A network comparison test was conducted to examine whether the network parameters varied by age and sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Loneliness was the most central node regardless of age or sex. The associations between loneliness and social anxiety, as well as between suicidal behavior and sleep quality, weakened in girls as they matured. Loneliness was more strongly associated with Internet addiction in girls in middle school and with social anxiety in boys in high school.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Given its centrality, loneliness should be prioritized for prevention and intervention. Recognizing specific parameters of mental health concerns is essential for developing effective prevention and intervention programs for school-aged students.</p>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144601953","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 Mediation Role of Emotional Symptoms Between Impulsivity Traits and Problematic Gaming Behavior in Adolescents","authors":"Guillem Fernández-Catalán,&nbsp;Marta Modrego-Alarcón,&nbsp;Noelia Sánchez-Pérez,&nbsp;Manuel Alcaraz-Iborra","doi":"10.1002/jad.70018","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Gaming is a global activity of which the largest number of players are adolescents. Although some studies have shown the risks of gaming, very little is known about the association between the proposed video game addiction and the temperamental traits or behavioral (internalizing/externalizing) problems that lead adolescents to problematic gaming. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a model that explains the mediation effect of I/E problems on the effect of impulsivity traits on adolescents' gaming addiction.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This cross-sectional study involved 850 Spanish adolescents (53.88% girls) aged 15–17 (<i>M</i> = 15.59, SD = 0.69) who completed self-report measures through an online survey. Problematic gaming was assessed using the Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form. Impulsivity was measured through the Short version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale, and internalizing/externalizing problems were evaluated using The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Mediational path analysis was performed to assess the main objective.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Problematic gaming behavior was observed among adolescents; however, only 0.12% met the diagnostic criteria for gaming addiction. Direct effects on gaming were obtained for both specific internalizing/externalizing problems (emotional/conduct problems) and impulsivity traits (lack of perseverance/general urgency). Main finding was that lower levels of general urgency, but not of any other impulsivity trait, were associated with higher levels of emotional symptoms that, in turn, were positively associated with higher levels of problematic gaming behavior.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study generally advances our understanding of problematic gaming behavior and its relation with temperamental traits and behavioral problems in adolescence.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1991-2000"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144592637","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":"Adolescent Girls' Agency in an Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Economic Empowerment Intervention Pilot","authors":"Meghan Cutherell,&nbsp;Roselyn Odeh,&nbsp;Seyoum Atlie,&nbsp;Jenna Grzeslo,&nbsp;Mary Phillips,&nbsp;Olusesan Ayodeji Makinde,&nbsp;Kehinde Atoloye,&nbsp;Andenet Haile,&nbsp;Albert Tele,&nbsp;Joy Ede,&nbsp;Simileoluwa Ashimolowo,&nbsp;Aderaw Anteneh,&nbsp;Claire W. Rothschild,&nbsp;Fifi Ogbondeminu,&nbsp;Abednego Musau","doi":"10.1002/jad.70015","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adolescence is a time of unique vulnerability for many girls, however, when supported to strengthen their capabilities, resources, and agency, adolescents can thrive even in adverse situations. This study sought to evaluate agency outcomes (decision-making power, mobility, and self-efficacy) among girls aged 15–19 participating in integrated sexual and reproductive health and economic empowerment interventions in Ethiopia and Nigeria.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study was a quasi-experimental prospective cohort design involving two questionnaires at baseline and endline, 9 months apart, administered to intervention and comparison groups. Program effect was assessed using a difference-in-differences approach, modeling using linear generalized estimating equations accounting for repeated observations at the individual level and adjusted for age, marital status, education, and parity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The evaluation demonstrated significant positive program effects on one agency outcome each among married girls in Ethiopia (self-efficacy) and northern Nigeria (decision-making power). In southern Nigeria significant positive program effects were demonstrated among unmarried girls across all agency outcomes: decision-making power, mobility, and self-efficacy.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The evaluation showed promising increases in agency for girls who participated in this integrated intervention. The positive program effects seen during this relatively short pilot suggest that agency-related gains can be made even in programs with limited implementation time.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1950-1964"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70015","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144592636","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}