{"title":"Emotion Regulation Strategies and Emotional and Behavioral Problems: The Moderating Role of Environmental Sensitivity","authors":"M. Džida, Gordana Keresteš, A. Brajša-žganec","doi":"10.1177/02724316231223530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231223530","url":null,"abstract":"Research has shown links between emotion regulation strategies and child mental health. However, it is not well known how the characteristics of children may moderate these links. The aim of this study was to explore whether environmental sensitivity—the ability to perceive and process information about the environment—moderates links between emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression) and children’s emotional and behavioral problems. The study included 1381 children ( Mage = 10.53, 51% girls) who gave information about their emotion regulation and environmental sensitivity, and whose teachers reported on their emotional and behavioral problems. The results showed that suppression predicted a higher amount of problems for girls regardless of their sensitivity level. For boys, environmental sensitivity moderated this link. Among more environmentally sensitive boys, the association between suppression usage and emotional and behavioral problems was stronger than among less sensitive boys. These results show that the effects of suppression may be exacerbated depending on the child’s gender and environmental sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"172 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139173357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Ganschow, Sven Zebel, Job van der Schalk, Hal E. Hershfield, Jean-Louis van Gelder
{"title":"Adolescent Stressful Life Events Predict Future Self- Connectedness in Adulthood","authors":"Benjamin Ganschow, Sven Zebel, Job van der Schalk, Hal E. Hershfield, Jean-Louis van Gelder","doi":"10.1177/02724316231216380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231216380","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigate how the accumulation of stressful life events and chronic stressors experienced in adolescence predict young adults’ future self-identification (i.e., connectedness, vividness, and valence of the future self) in a sample of 1482 Swiss youth. Furthermore, we investigate future self-identification as a source of resilience mediating the association between accumulated stressful life events on the one hand, and increased delinquency and less educational attainment on the other. In line with our hypothesis, we found that experiencing more stressful life events predicted reduced future self-connectedness. This was not the case for vividness and valence of the future self. Furthermore, we found that future self-connectedness partially mediated the association between stressful life events and low educational attainment. Lastly, latent class trajectories revealed that there was no association between the timing of stressful life events – whether in early or late adolescence – and future self-identification.","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139214529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mediating Effect of Social Self-Efficacy and Self-Blame on the Longitudinal Relationship Between Perceived Parent-Child Trust and Youth Mental Health","authors":"Taylor Ross, Xiaoqi Ma, Jennifer L. Doty","doi":"10.1177/02724316231215784","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231215784","url":null,"abstract":"Guided by social cognitive theory and past empirical findings, the study’s conceptual model posited that parent-child trust promotes positive youth mental health through the pathways of social self-efficacy and self-blame. Using longitudinal data from 129 children aged 10–14 who participated over three waves of data collection in fall 2019, spring 2020, and spring 2021, this study extends current knowledge by examining potential mediators of the relationship between child-reported parent-child trust and youth mental health. Significant indirect pathways indicated that social self-efficacy fully mediated the association between perceived parent-child trust and youth mental health, and self-blame did not. Results of the study aligned with the social cognitive theory perspective that youth outcomes can be influenced by the acquisition of social skills through observational learning of healthy models, such as parents. Findings suggest that a tiered intervention model that utilizes social emotional learning and parent-based prevention could improve adolescent mental health.","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"136 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139255217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kendra Allison, Robin M. Dawson, D. H. Messias, Joan M. Culley, Nancy Brown
{"title":"Early Adolescent Online Sexual Risks on Smartphones and Social Media: Parental Awareness and Protective Practices","authors":"Kendra Allison, Robin M. Dawson, D. H. Messias, Joan M. Culley, Nancy Brown","doi":"10.1177/02724316231212560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231212560","url":null,"abstract":"Early adolescent children communicate on smartphones and social media, resulting in online sexual risks and potential adverse health outcomes. This study investigated parents’ awareness of early adolescent engagement in online sexual risks on smartphones and social media and the protective practices used to mitigate these risks. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 English-speaking parents of early adolescent children 11–14 years old in North and South Carolina. Data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive approach and thematic analysis. Parents expressed awareness of online sexual risks on smartphones and social media and engaged in protective practices to mitigate online risks, including communication and restrictions tailored to accessed content and social connections with unknown individuals online. Professionals can support parents through education targeted to risks and protective measures associated with these online devices and platforms.","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"106 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139266826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. L. de Moor, Theo A. Klimstra, L. van Doeselaar, Susan J T Branje
{"title":"Who am I? Studying Autobiographical Reasoning, Identity Commitment and Exploration Processes, and Narrative Content in Unison","authors":"E. L. de Moor, Theo A. Klimstra, L. van Doeselaar, Susan J T Branje","doi":"10.1177/02724316231216388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316231216388","url":null,"abstract":"Identity research focuses on multiple processes capturing how adolescents form and maintain a sense of self. However, identity content (the “what” of identity) might impact associations between identity and the association with well-being. We examined this potential role of content (i.e., valence and life domain) in two studies, focusing on autobiographical reasoning in written narratives (i.e., self-event connections), educational identity commitment and exploration processes, and measures of general and domain-specific functioning. Study 1 ( N = 180, Mage = 14.7) and Study 2 ( N = 160, Mage = 13.1) provided little evidence for the hypothesized role of identity content, but moderation analyses in Study 1 showed that self-event connections were more strongly related to life satisfaction in narratives about relational events than other events. These findings suggest a more fine-grained approach is needed to capture the role of identity content.","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"149 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139268978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alberto Valido, Gabriel J Merrin, Dorothy L Espelage, Luz E Robinson, Kyle Nickodem, Katherine M Ingram, America J El Sheikh, Cagil Torgal, Javari Fairclough
{"title":"Social-Ecological Predictors of Homophobic Name-Calling Perpetration and Victimization Among Early Adolescents.","authors":"Alberto Valido, Gabriel J Merrin, Dorothy L Espelage, Luz E Robinson, Kyle Nickodem, Katherine M Ingram, America J El Sheikh, Cagil Torgal, Javari Fairclough","doi":"10.1177/02724316211002271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211002271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bias-based aggression at school in the form of homophobic name-calling is quite prevalent among early adolescents. Homophobic name-calling is associated with low academic performance, higher risky sexual behaviors, and substance abuse, among other adverse outcomes. This longitudinal study examined risk and protective factors across multiple domains of the social ecology (individual, peer, family, school and community) and levels of analysis (within- and between-person) associated with homophobic name-calling perpetration and victimization. Students from four middle schools in the U.S. Midwest (<i>N</i> = 1,655; <math> <mrow><mover><mi>X</mi> <mo>¯</mo></mover> </mrow> </math> age = 12.75; range = 10-16 years) were surveyed four times (Spring/Fall 2008, Spring/Fall 2009). For homophobic name-calling perpetration, significant risk factors included impulsivity, social dominance, traditional masculinity, family violence, and neighborhood violence; while empathy, peer support, school belonging, and adult support were significant protective factors. For homophobic name-calling victimization, significant risk factors included empathy (between-person), impulsivity, traditional masculinity, family violence, and neighborhood violence, while empathy (within-person), parental monitoring, peer support, school belonging, and adult support were significant protective factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"42 9","pages":"1115-1151"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/02724316211002271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40684787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Panpan Yang, Melissa A Lippold, Gabriel L Schlomer
{"title":"Longitudinal Within-Family Association between Parental Monitoring and Adolescent Aggressive Behaviors: Mothering Versus Fathering.","authors":"Panpan Yang, Melissa A Lippold, Gabriel L Schlomer","doi":"10.1177/02724316221078828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316221078828","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study using PROSPER data (<i>N</i> = 977, age 11.5 to age 15) investigated the longitudinal within-family associations between parent-reported parental monitoring and adolescent aggression. Importantly, this study is the first one to examine parent gender and adolescent gender differences on these within-family associations. Results differed between mothers and fathers. There was a negative, bidirectional within-family association between maternal monitoring and adolescent aggression, such that more maternal monitoring than usual was associated with fewer adolescent aggressive behavior problems than usual within the same family, and vice versa. In contrast, during mid-adolescence, a positive, bidirectional within-family association between paternal monitoring and adolescent males' aggression was found, such that more paternal monitoring than usual was related to more adolescent males' aggression than usual within the same family, and vice versa. Practical implications on intervention strategies are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":" ","pages":"885-913"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9265180/pdf/nihms-1817865.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40605782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saskia J Ferrar, Dale M Stack, Katrina S Baldassarre, Arielle Orsini, Lisa A Serbin
{"title":"Conflict Resolution and Emotional Expression in Sibling and Mother-Adolescent Dyads: Within-Family and Across-Context Similarities.","authors":"Saskia J Ferrar, Dale M Stack, Katrina S Baldassarre, Arielle Orsini, Lisa A Serbin","doi":"10.1177/02724316211020360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211020360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early adolescents (aged 12-15) were observed during dyadic conflict discussions with their siblings (<i>n</i> = 23) and mothers (<i>n</i> = 32) in their homes. The verbal conflict behaviors and affect of family members were coded continuously. Sequential analyses identified temporal associations between individuals' affect and their own and their partners' verbal conflict behaviors. In addition, within-family and across-context similarities in behavior were examined. Results revealed that while many links between emotion and behavior were consistent with previous research (e.g., attack/assert when frowning/upset, withdraw/concede when sad), several differences emerged depending on the relationship (sibling vs. mother-adolescent) and position in the family (e.g., adolescent vs. mother). Furthermore, many within-family similarities were observed in responses to emotion, while adolescents showed few similarities in their behavior across contexts. Results are discussed in relation to the developmental context of early adolescence and family systems theory.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"42 2","pages":"227-261"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/02724316211020360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39578114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefanie F Gonçalves, Tara M Chaplin, Roberto López, Irene M Regalario, Claire E Niehaus, Patrick E McKnight, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Rajita Sinha, Emily B Ansell
{"title":"High-Frequency Heart Rate Variability and Emotion-Driven Impulse Control Difficulties During Adolescence: Examining Experienced and Expressed Negative Emotion as Moderators.","authors":"Stefanie F Gonçalves, Tara M Chaplin, Roberto López, Irene M Regalario, Claire E Niehaus, Patrick E McKnight, Matthew Stults-Kolehmainen, Rajita Sinha, Emily B Ansell","doi":"10.1177/0272431620983453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620983453","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emotion-driven impulse control difficulties are associated with negative psychological outcomes. Extant research suggests that high frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) may be indicative of emotion-driven impulse control difficulties and potentially moderated by negative emotion. In the current study, 248 eleven- to 14-year-olds and their parent engaged in a negatively emotionally arousing conflict task at Time 1. Adolescents' HF-HRV and negative emotional expression and experience were assessed before, during, and/or after the task. Adolescents reported on their levels of emotion-driven impulse control difficulties at Time 1 and one year later. Results revealed that higher levels of HF-HRV reactivity (i.e., higher HF-HRV augmentation) predicted higher levels of emotion-driven impulse control difficulties one year later among adolescents who experienced higher negative emotion. These findings suggest that negative emotional context should be considered when examining HF-HRV reactivity as a risk factor for emotion-driven impulse control difficulties and associated outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"41 8","pages":"1151-1176"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431620983453","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39947058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily L Loeb, Jessica Kansky, Rachel K Narr, Caroline Fowler, Joseph P Allen
{"title":"Romantic Relationship Churn in Early Adolescence Predicts Hostility, Abuse, and Avoidance in Relationships Into Early Adulthood.","authors":"Emily L Loeb, Jessica Kansky, Rachel K Narr, Caroline Fowler, Joseph P Allen","doi":"10.1177/0272431619899477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619899477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined early adolescent romantic \"churning,\" defined here as having a large number of boyfriends/girlfriends by age 13, as a problematic marker likely to predict hostility, abuse, and avoidance during conflict in later relationships. A sample of 184 adolescents was followed through age 24 to assess predictions of hostility, abuse, and avoidance during conflict from early romantic churning. Controlling for gender and family income, romantic churning at age 13 predicted relative decreases in peer preference and relative increases in conflict and betrayal in close friendships from ages 13-16, as well as higher observable hostility and self and partner-reported abuse in romantic relationships by age 18 and greater avoidance during conflict with romantic partners by age 24. Findings remained after accounting for attachment security, social competence, and friendship quality in early adolescence, suggesting that early romantic churning may uniquely predict a problematic developmental pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":509963,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Early Adolescence","volume":"40 8","pages":"1195-1225"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0272431619899477","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25400902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}