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Cyr, Betty-Ann; Berman, Steven L.; Smith, Megan L. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: The popularity of communication technologies such as text messaging, e-mail, instant messaging, and social networking sites has grown exponentially, especially among adolescents. At the scale of growth along with the pressures and normative use of communication technology, psychological effects of these technologies need to be further…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Adolescents, Adolescent Development, High School Students
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Berman, Steven L.; Weems, Carl F.; Petkus, Veronica F. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2009
This paper examines the expression, prevalence, and incremental validity of identity problem symptoms in adolescence. A sample of high school students (N = 140) aged 15-18 completed measures of identity problem symptoms, identity status, and psychological symptom severity. Findings suggested that 14.3% would meet DSM IV criteria for identity…
Descriptors: Incidence, Severity (of Disability), Identification (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Berman, Steven L.; Weems, Carl F.; Rodriguez, Eileen T.; Zamora, Irving J. – Journal of Adolescence, 2006
This study examined the linkages between identity formation and romantic attachment in an ethnically diverse sample of high school (n=189) and college students (n=324). Individuals in the foreclosed identity status group had significantly lower relationship avoidance scores than the diffused identity status group, and the foreclosed group had…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, College Students, Cultural Differences
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Berman, Steven L.; Weems, Carl F.; Stickle, Timothy R. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
Existential anxiety is hypothesized to be a core human issue in a great deal of theoretical and philosophical writing. However, little is known about the emergence of these concerns and their relation to emotional functioning in youth. The purpose of this study was to examine the phenomenon of existential anxiety in a sample of adolescents. Data…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Adolescents, Factor Structure, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)