ERIC Number: EJ1468360
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-0743-5584
EISSN: EISSN-1552-6895
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Interpersonal Curiosity and Its Association with Social and Emotional Skills and Well-Being during Adolescence
Jinjoo Han1; Niobe Way1; Hirokazu Yoshikawa1; Crystal Clarke1
Journal of Adolescent Research, v40 n3 p636-668 2025
While intellectual curiosity has been widely studied in the field of child development, interpersonal curiosity and its association with social and emotional skills and well-being has rarely been investigated. This mixed-methods study explored the dimensions of interpersonal curiosity, examined how each dimension was associated with social and emotional skills and well-being, and investigated the moderating role of gender among middle school students. 389 seventh-grade students in seven public middle schools in New York City (M[subscript age] = 12.52; 48% female) completed an online survey that included an interpersonal question-generation measure. The sample was racially/ethnically diverse: Asian (36%), White (29%), Latino/a (16%), African American (13%), and Other (6%). Content analysis guided by a grounded theory approach revealed four dimensions of interpersonal curiosity: Curiosity about Me (15%), Curiosity about You (33%), Curiosity about Our Relationship (3%), and Curiosity about Your Relationships (6%). Results indicated that the dimensions of interpersonal curiosity were positively associated with social and emotional skills and well-being, and that gender moderated such associations. Our findings suggest the need to investigate this multidimensional construct and consider it a core component of healthy adolescent development.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Competence, Emotional Response, Well Being, Gender Differences, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Early Adolescents, Social Development, Emotional Development, Empathy, Listening, Depression (Psychology)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Interpersonal Reactivity Index; Childrens Depression Inventory
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Author Affiliations: 1New York University, USA