Phubbing, the ignoring of one's companions to pay attention to one's phone, is ubiquitous. Yet far less is known about its interpersonal transmission. Based on the social learning theory and the theory of normative social behavior, this cross-sectional study tested the associations between perceived parental phubbing and teenagers' phubbing. Two…

Narcissistic youth use social media to engage in a variety of self-promotional behaviors, which have either antisocial or prosocial characteristics. Differing views exist to explain the processes underlying narcissistic self-promotion, either characterizing these actions as intentional, or as impulsive. This study compared intentional…

Increasing research has indicated associations between popularity goal and adolescents' social functioning. However, little is known about the processes intervening and moderating these associations. We examined whether popularity status insecurity explained the longitudinal associations of popularity goal with depression and social behavior among…

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between technology addiction levels and peer bullying levels of students at secondary school and to reveal their views on this topic. The survey model from quantitative research method was used in the research. While the population of the research is composed of all secondary schools in district…

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…

Most studies of school bullying in China are atheoretical. To fill the gap in the literature, we introduce criminological theories in an attempt to test propositions broadly derived from these perspectives in the study of physical bullying. Relying on data collected from 12 middle schools (Grades 7 to 9) in three cities with information on both…

The number of children living outside their country of birth has been rising for decades. This trend begs the question as to which immigrant children are likely to struggle with social integration within their host country. According to the stereotype content model, the social integration of immigrants is largely dependent on their perceived…

This research examined parents' restriction of children's peer relationships in the United States and China. American and Chinese children (N = 934; M[subscript age] = 12.67 years) reported on their parents' peer restriction (e.g., limiting children's time with peers) and their behavioral and psychological adjustment 3 times over a year.…

The study examined the influence of gender variables, as a predictor and moderator of adolescents' civic engagement. The gender variables were operationalized as student's gender, as well as their personal and family gender equality stereotypes and teacher gender tolerance, while civic engagement was operationalized via prosocial behavior,…

Children's socioemotional and cognitive traits may hinder or support reading comprehension based on models of risk and resilience. Effortful control, attention, and positive affect were examined as promotive factors, and general and test anxiety as risk factors. Participants included 197 twin children (115 girls; M[subscript age] = 13.6 years)…

Current challenges in the educational sector along with age-related changes during early adolescence contribute to an increased sense of school alienation (SAL) among students. Some of the central concerns of SAL are failure to participate in classroom and socially deviant behaviors. This study examined the change in and cross-lagged relationships…

The objective of the study was to examine how distinct psychopathic traits, including callous-unemotional (CU) traits, impulsivity and narcissism, as well as family, school and friend social support are longitudinally associated with cyberbullying and cyber-victimization. Associations were investigated by employing a four-year longitudinal design…

This study investigated the links between students' behavioral problems, student--teacher conflict, and students' involvement in bully, victim, and bully/victim roles in adolescence. The role of student-teacher conflict as moderator of the association between students' behavioral problems and their involvement in each bullying role was examined.…

There are scarce studies on bystanders' responses to racist hate speech. The present study was rooted in the general aggression model to examine the direct and indirect associations between witnessing racist hate speech and bystanders' active defending behaviors. Moreover, we examined if these associations varied as a function of the immigration…

Students' non-compliant classroom behaviour is mentioned as one of the biggest challenges for teaching. This study examines the non-compliant behaviour of secondary school students and its predictors. Data were obtained from a longitudinal sample of 639 secondary school students in Austria (Styria). Students filled out a paper-pencil questionnaire…