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Does Social Connectedness Promote a Greater Sense of Well-Being in Adolescence over Time?
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Jose, Paul E.; Ryan, Nicholas; Pryor, Jan – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
This longitudinal study was designed to investigate whether or not social connectedness predicts psychological well-being over time. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the temporal relations between these constructs assessed yearly for 3 years for a sample of 1,774 10- to 15-year-olds (at Time 1). Results indicated that global…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models, Social Networks, Prediction
Mechanisms of Family Impact on African American Adolescents' HIV-Related Behavior
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Kogan, Steven M.; Brody, Gene H.; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Chen, Yi-fu; Grange, Christina M.; Simons, Ronald L.; Gerrard, Meg; Cutrona, Carolyn E. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
A longitudinal model that tested mediating pathways between protective family processes and HIV-related behavior was evaluated with 195 African American youth. Three waves of data were collected when the youth were 13, 15, and 19 years old. Evidence of mediation and temporal priority were assessed for 3 constructs: academic engagement, evaluations…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Structural Equation Models, Early Adolescents, Adolescents
Social Competence and Antisocial Behavior: Continuity and Distinctiveness across Early Adolescence
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Sorlie, Mari-Anne; Hagen, Kristine Amlund; Ogden, Terje – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2008
The degree of continuity and distinctiveness in social competence and antisocial behavior was examined in a longitudinal structural equation model. Participants were 391 typically developing Norwegian middle school students (51% boys), their parents, and teachers and were assessed when they were approximately 13 years of age (a school cohort in…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Prevention, Early Adolescents, Grade 8
Self-Competence Mediates Earlier and Later Anxiety in Adolescent Mothers: A 3-Year Longitudinal Perspective
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Schiefelbein, Virginia L.; Susman, Elizabeth J.; Dorn, Lorah D. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2005
Anxiety is prevalent in adolescents and may be particularly problematic in pregnant adolescents. The purpose of this structural equation modeling analysis was to test a biobehavioral model in which postpartum self-competence mediated pathways from anxiety and cortisol during pregnancy to anxiety 3 years later. Self-reports of anxiety and…
Descriptors: Birth, Structural Equation Models, Pregnancy, Anxiety
Linking Self-Regulation and Risk Proneness to Risky Sexual Behavior: Pathways through Peer Pressure and Early Substance Use
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Crockett, Lisa J.; Raffaelli, Marcela; Shen, Yuh-Ling – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2006
The linkages between self-regulation in childhood, risk proneness in early adolescence, and risky sexual behavior in mid-adolescence were examined in a cohort of children (N=518) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The possible mediating role of two early adolescent variables (substance use and negative peer pressure) was also…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Risk, Children, Early Adolescents
Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents: Gender Differences in Vulnerability to Parental Distress and Discord.
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Crawford, Thomas N.; Cohen, Patricia; Midlarsky, Elizabeth; Brook, Judith S. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2001
Longitudinal study from early through late adolescence investigated gender differences in relation between internalizing symptoms of depression and anxiety reported by adolescents, and emotional distress and marital discord reported by mothers. Found that gender differences emerged in midadolescence, by which time parental disturbances were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)