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{"title":"A Prospective Study on the Association of Parental and Peer Attachment and the General Factor of Personality","authors":"Curtis S. Dunkel,&nbsp;Tetsuya Kawamoto,&nbsp;Dimitri van der Linden","doi":"10.1002/jad.70006","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70006","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Personality traits covary to form a general factor of personality (GFP). The association of parental and peer attachment across adolescence and into early adulthood with the GFP in early adulthood were examined.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data from the Oregon Youth Study were used in the analyses. Participants (<i>N</i> = 202 males) were administered measures of parental and peer attachment nine times, beginning in 1985, at ages 11–12 through ages 21–22. At ages 23–24 measures of personality and response bias were administered.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cross-sectional analyses revealed positive correlations between parental attachment, peer attachment, and the GFP. Additional analyses suggest that the association of the two types of attachment with personality is largely at the level of the GFP and is not explained by response bias. Longitudinal analyses revealed that stable factors across adolescence in both parental and peer attachment accounted for variance in the GFP.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The associations of parental and peer attachment in adolescence and young adulthood with personality in young adulthood are largely at the level of the GFP and these associations are due to aspects of parental and peer attachment that are time invariant.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1840-1849"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144310617","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":"Rural NEETs School to Work Transitions: A Conceptual Model Based on the Psychology of Working Theory","authors":"Francisco Simões","doi":"10.1002/jad.12534","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.12534","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rural young people Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) are one of the most vulnerable and invisible groups facing School to Work Transitions (STWT) in Europe. This paper aims to deliver a theoretical model for understanding the STWT of rural NEETs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The proposed model stems from an overview of the relevant factors affecting rural STWT, a scoping review of the empirical findings of the Rural NEET Youth Network, an international research initiative dedicated to NEETs living in rural areas, and an integration of the results of this scoping review with previous evidence in the framework of the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The scoping review has added new insights for delivering a model of rural NEETs' STWT, namely by (a) showing that women constitute a marginalized group in rural labour markets; (b) stressing the role of high-quality education in preventing more uncertain transitions to the labour market; and (c) expanding the theoretical understanding of rural NEETs' transitions, by showing that place attachment, youth mobilities, or services' coordination and outreach should be considered in examining STWT processes and outcomes for this subset of NEETs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rural NEETs' STWT are driven by specific factors that must be accounted for to gain a full theoretical understanding of their labour market integration. The PWT provides an important framework to achieve that aim by considering the role of structural and individual predictors of (un)successful STWT, and STWT outcomes' measurement in terms of decent and meaningful jobs in line with emerging (inter)national policy agendas.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1695-1709"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303337","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":"Psychological Empowerment and Its Associations With Adolescents' Adiposity Risk: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach","authors":"Yu Chen,&nbsp;Youjie Zhang","doi":"10.1002/jad.70005","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Psychological empowerment (PE) has been widely studied in the context of adolescent social behavior, yet its application in addressing childhood obesity remains underexplored. This study aims to investigate the relationship between health-related PE and adiposity risk among adolescents.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A sample of 505 Chinese adolescents aged 12–15 years (Mage = 14.69; 52% male) completed a self-administered questionnaire assessing health-related PE levels, alongside anthropometric measurements to assess adiposity risk. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to validate the structural validity of the PE construct, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to examine its association with adiposity indicators.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The second-order four-factor measurement model of PE demonstrated an acceptable model fit. SEM analysis further revealed a significant negative association between PE and adolescents' adiposity risk as reflected by BMI z-scores, weight-to-height ratios, and body fat percentages (<i>β</i> = −0.145, <i>p</i> = 0.008).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Health-related PE is a multi-dimensional construct significantly linked to adolescents' adiposity risk. Enhancing PE levels may serve as a valuable strategy for obesity prevention, aligning with adolescents' psychological and developmental needs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1832-1839"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303336","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 Association Between Online Vicarious Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Student Subjective Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Diana J. Meter,&nbsp;Justin T. Worley,&nbsp;Jesiah Salazar,&nbsp;Alysha Ramirez Hall,&nbsp;Tyler L. Renshaw","doi":"10.1002/jad.70004","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The impact of online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination on academic experiences among youth is an understudied area, especially during the shift to online learning due to COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination on student subjective wellbeing, as well as to examine whether that effect was exacerbated among online learning youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Correlational data were drawn from 10 to 15-year-old participants (mean age = 12.43 years) including 626 girls and 600 boys from the United States in grades six (33%), seven (33%) and eight (34%). Participants self-identified as Hispanic (40%), White (38%), Black (12%), Asian (6%), Multiracial/Ethnic (4%), and American Indian or Pacific Islander (&gt; 1%). Approximately 35% were online learners at the time of the study.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination was negatively associated with all four dimensions of student subjective wellbeing (joy of learning, school connectedness, educational purpose, academic efficacy). Online learning was positively associated with joy of learning, educational purpose, and academic efficacy. The interaction between online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination and learning context was significant only for joy of learning and educational purpose. The negative associations between online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination and joy of learning and educational purpose were stronger for online learners compared to in-person learners.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings highlight the importance of considering online vicarious racial/ethnic discrimination and learning context when studying factors that contribute to youths’ school wellbeing.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1818-1831"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303338","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":"Does Self-Compassion Moderate the Relationship Between Emotional Problems and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence? A Moderated Network Analysis","authors":"Shengping Xue,&nbsp;Aitao Lu,&nbsp;Kaixu Zhu,&nbsp;Jingui Chen,&nbsp;Xiaoya Li,&nbsp;Xiating Wang,&nbsp;Yueer Liang","doi":"10.1002/jad.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Emotional problems are a key risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents, and self-compassion may serve as a protective factor. However, how the components of self-compassion uniquely influence the relationship between emotional problems and NSSI remains unclear.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Method</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A total of 728 middle school students (M age = 13.47, SD = 0.91; 59.8% male) completed self-report measures on emotional problems (e.g., emotional symptoms, psychological pain, emotion regulation difficulties, and alexithymia), self-compassion, and NSSI. Regular network analysis was used, with Bridge Expected Influence (BEI) as an indicator of the strength of the association between emotional problems and NSSI. The moderating effects of self-compassion and its sub-components (self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness) were examined using Moderated Network Models (MNMs).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Regular network analysis indicated that psychological pain was the emotional problem most strongly associated with NSSI. MNMs showed that self-compassion moderated the relationships between emotional problems (difficulties in emotion regulation, difficulties in describing feelings, and psychological pain) and NSSI. The sub-components of self-compassion had different effects: self-kindness functioned similarly to total self-compassion, common humanity acted more as a mediator, and only mindfulness moderated the direct association between psychological pain and NSSI.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Adolescents with emotional problems who engage in NSSI may benefit from interventions targeting psychological pain or mindfulness-based approaches.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1795-1806"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286884","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":"Norm Misperception and Witnessing Bullying: The Role of Individual and Contextual Characteristics","authors":"Antonio Camacho,&nbsp;Kevin Runions,&nbsp;Rosario Ortega-Ruiz,&nbsp;Eva M. Romera","doi":"10.1002/jad.70003","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Background</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Previous studies have shown that when young people witness bullying, perceived social norms of their peer group affect their behavior. However, few studies have examined the specificity of norm misperception (i.e., overestimation of peer antisocial responses and the underestimation of prosocial responses relative to the objective group norm) on specific witness responses (joining in, bystanding or active defending).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The present study analyzed the effect of norm misperception on witnessing bullying behaviors, as well as the moderating role of individual (gender and deviant peer pressure) and contextual characteristics (classroom descriptive norms).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Multivariate multilevel analyzes were conducted on a Spanish sample (<i>n</i> = 2,054 adolescents, 52% girls; <i>M</i>_age = 12.31; SD = 1.08; 87 classrooms from 13 middle schools).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results show that young people who overestimate classmates' pro-bullying behaviors are more likely to nominate pro-bullying responses themselves, with higher effects in boys, and those adolescents with higher deviant peer pressure and in classrooms with higher pro-bullying. Overestimations of classmates' passive bystander behaviors was associated with more individual bystanding, with higher effects in boys. Underestimations of classmates' defending was associated with lower individual defending, with higher effects in those adolescents in classrooms with lower defending. This knowledge provides valuable empirical insights for developing bullying interventions to work adolescents' misperceptions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1807-1817"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286885","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":"Patterns of School-to-Work-Transition Societies With High Rates of NEETs","authors":"Claudia Petrescu,&nbsp;Bogdan Voicu,&nbsp;Adriano Mauro Ellena,&nbsp;Leonor Bettencourt,&nbsp;Vladislava Lendzhova","doi":"10.1002/jad.70000","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.70000","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the context of increasing interest across Europe with youth not in employment education or training (NEET), the article explores and depicts the policy measures for stimulating school-to-work transition (SWT) and the work integration of youth in four EU countries.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We use a database of NEET-related policies adopted between 1990 and 2022 in seven EU countries. We assess existing regulations in Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, and Romania, evaluate them with respect to types of policy, and compare the likelihood that 11 types of policy are adopted as contrasted to a group of other three EU countries.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The fragmented Romanian system is consistent with the post-socialist residual regime. Bulgaria's EU-driven model is also interpreted through the lenses of the post-socialist regime. Italian attempts to bring training closer to individual needs, and to instil transversal skills, faces a road defined by the bumpers of the sub-protective and familyist SWT culture, manifest both through the stress on financial transfers (also common to the other countries, but more to Italy and Portugal) and to the lack of reaction from employers. Portugal's example reveals lack of preoccupation with tailored measures and with specially targeting narrower defined vulnerable groups.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>All four countries implemented policy regulations as part of their commitment to the common European framework, but also consistent to the country specificities. Convergence is limited and filtered through the specificities of the School-to-Work-Transition regimes, keeping the countries in their corresponding type of regime.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1772-1783"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.70000","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144276248","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":"Teaching Each Other: A Pilot for a Peer Health Education Intervention in a Juvenile Detention Facility","authors":"Zara Q. Iqbal,&nbsp;Megha D. Tandel,&nbsp;Momoko Ueda,&nbsp;Shelley Aggarwal","doi":"10.1002/jad.12532","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.12532","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Peer health education programs for adolescents in schools and for adults in prison are effective at increasing health knowledge and improving leadership skills. However, there have been no peer health education programs in juvenile detention facilities despite proven benefit in similar environments. We created a pilot study to evaluate the impact of a novel, multidisciplinary, youth-led and evidence-informed peer health curriculum in a juvenile detention facility.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This was a 4-week cross-sectional pilot study that evaluated the self-reported benefits of a novel peer health education curriculum within a youth detention facility. The curriculum was co-created with peer health educators, a subset of detained youth leaders, and then taught by peer-educators to their housing mates. The peer health curriculum was evidence-informed, developmentally appropriate, activity-based and prioritized high-needs adolescent health topics. All 28 participants were self-identified males between the ages of 15–19 in a juvenile detention facility in the United States in the fall of 2022.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>All participants showed a significant increase in self-reported health knowledge with most educational topics (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.001 for three of the four learning modules) after the peer health curriculum intervention compared to baseline. Additionally, there was improvement in the peer health educators' self-rated leadership abilities.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Results of this novel pilot peer health intervention supports the efficacy of a peer health education intervention for detained youth. Such interventions have the potential for improving health knowledge, health outcomes, and lessening health disparities among a vulnerable youth population. This intervention is a template for peer health education programs in other juvenile detention centers.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1749-1758"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250346","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":"Harnessing Youths' Need to Contribute to Societal Challenges: A Naturalistic Experiment","authors":"Lysanne W. te Brinke,&nbsp;Sophie W. Sweijen,&nbsp;Eveline A. Crone","doi":"10.1002/jad.12517","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.12517","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Global societal challenges can negatively impact youths' mental health, but also be transformed into opportunities to have a positive impact. However, little is known about harnessing youths' need to contribute to societal challenges.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We conducted a naturalistic experiment with 139 Dutch adolescents (<i>M</i>_age = 14.68, SD_age = 0.99, range = 12–17, 60.4% female). Adolescents in the experimental group participated in a societal challenge program, consisting of a workshop and impact challenge. Both the experimental and control group answered questionnaires about the need and perceived opportunities to contribute, feelings of vigor/depression, and novelty seeking at four time points (T1 = pretest, T2 = after the workshops, T3 = after the impact challenge, T4 = a 2.5-month follow-up).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There was an overall disbalance between adolescents' need to contribute and their perceived opportunities to make valuable contributions before the challenge program. This disbalance was enlarged for adolescents who were more sensitive to social rewards. After the workshops and impact challenge, the disbalance was smaller in the experimental group compared to the control group, and adolescents who participated with a higher challenge intensity, showed a higher need to contribute at T3. These differences were no longer observed at T4.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Our findings provide initial evidence for the notion that some adolescents may be more inclined to become “agents of change” than others. By demonstrating that adolescents have a high need to contribute to societal challenges, this study provides important building blocks for research on adolescent mental health in a changing world.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 6","pages":"1547-1556"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jad.12517","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144250284","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":"Reciprocal Associations Between Social Withdrawal Motivations and Peer Difficulties During Early Adolescence","authors":"Hope I. White,&nbsp;Julie C. Bowker,&nbsp;Rebecca G. Etkin,&nbsp;Shanmukh V. Kamble","doi":"10.1002/jad.12533","DOIUrl":"10.1002/jad.12533","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This multi-informant longitudinal study examines the bidirectional associations among social withdrawal motivations (shyness, unsociability, avoidance) and peer difficulties (exclusion, victimization, rejection, perceived isolation). The present research also considers whether associations among withdrawal motivations and peer difficulties vary by adolescents' gender.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A large urban sample of Indian young adolescents participated at two timepoints (T1, T2) in 2014 (<i>N</i> = 444; 56% male, <i>M</i>_age = 13.77 years). Peer difficulties were assessed via peer nominations of victimization, rejection, and exclusion and adolescents' self-reports of perceived social isolation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Contrary to expectations, no reciprocal associations among peer difficulties and social withdrawal motivations were observed in this study. Results did, however, show that T1 shy motivations were associated positively with T2 victimization, and T1 avoidant motivations were related positively with T2 exclusion. In addition, for girls, T1 shy motivations were related positively to T2 social isolation. Also for girls, T1 isolation was related negatively to avoidant and unsociable motivations at T2. Findings also showed that peer victimization was a positive predictor, but peer rejection was a negative predictor, of later unsociable motivations for boys and girls.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Taken together, these results highlight the importance of considering different types of peer difficulties in studies of social withdrawal motivations during early adolescence, have potential applied implications, and set the stage for future research.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48397,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adolescence","volume":"97 7","pages":"1759-1771"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235572","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}