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From Pessimism to Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents: A Longitudinal Mediation Study of Cognitive Flexibility
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Yusuf Akyil; Beste Erdinç; Ezgi Kökçe; Tevfik Sertaç Çelikçeken – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Adolescence is a crucial time of identity formation, scholastic and social demands, future concerns, and relationship changes. Adolescents are especially susceptible to psychological issues like pessimism, which can hinder their progress and well-being. Cognitive flexibility may help adolescents adjust to these challenges and improve subjective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Negative Attitudes, Student Welfare, Longitudinal Studies
Gender Differences in Epistemological Development.
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Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Journal of College Student Development, 1990
Examined whether gender differences exist within cognitive stages and whether gender differences exist at the cognitive stage level in college freshmen (n=86). Longitudinal study found students' epistemological development revealed gender differences in epistemological reasoning structures but not in cognitive structural stages. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, College Freshmen, Epistemology
Internal Representational Models of Peers: Implications for the Development of Problematic Behavior.
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Burks, Virginia Salzer; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Price, Joseph M.; Laird, Robert D. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Investigated the relationship between children's knowledge structures for peers and externalizing behavior problems. Evaluated initial aggression level in years 1, 6, and 9 of longitudinal study; evaluated social knowledge structures in year 6. Found that knowledge structures were related to children's concurrent externalizing behavior and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development
Travelling the Road to Expertise: A Longitudinal Study of Learning
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Stacey, Kaye – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
A longitudinal study of students' developing understanding of decimal notation has been conducted by testing over 3000 students in Grades 4 to 10 up to 7 times. A pencil-and-paper test based on a carefully designed set of decimal comparison items enabled students' responses to be classified into 11 codes and tracked over time. The paper reports on…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Arithmetic, Coding, Longitudinal Studies
The Relation between Children's and Mothers' Mental State Language and Theory-of-Mind Understanding.
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Ruffman, Ted; Slade, Lance; Crowe, Elena – Child Development, 2002
This longitudinal study investigated the relation between mothers' descriptions of mental states portrayed in pictures and 2- to 4-year-old children's theory of mind. Mothers described pictures to children at 3 different times during the year. Findings indicated that mothers' use of mental state utterances at early time points correlated with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Emotional Response
Knowing and Reasoning in College: Gender-Related Patterns in Students' Intellectual Development.
Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – 1992
This book presents the findings of a longitudinal study of 101 college students and the development of their ways of knowing over a 5-year period, focusing particularly on the role of gender in intellectual development. Part 1, "Understanding Gender-Related Patterns of Knowing," introduces different ways of knowing. Chapter 1 reviews the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures