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Peer reviewedMeschke, Laurie L.; Silbereisen, Rainer K. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Investigated leisure-activity correlates for German adolescents. Found that risky leisure was related to West Germany residency, higher childhood competitive play/creative activities, and lower parental monitoring. Social-romantic leisure was related to being female and higher competitive play. Creative-introspective leisure was associated with…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedVondracek, Fred W.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Reitzle, Matthias; Wiesner, Margit – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999
This study compared the timing of early vocational preferences in young adolescents from former East Germany and West Germany. Results suggested that as the memory of the Communist system fades and as younger adolescents have had less exposure to it, East-West differences tend to disappear. The formation of early vocational preferences was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Analysis
Moderating Effects of Adolescents' Self-Efficacy Beliefs on Psychological Responses to Social Change
Direct linkPinquart, Martin; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Juang, Linda P. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2004
This study investigated whether self-efficacy beliefs measured before the onset of social change would moderate effects of social change on adolescents' life satisfaction, optimism regarding their future, and educational success. Self-efficacy beliefs of 593 German adolescents were measured between 1985 and 1988 before German unification. In 1992,…
Descriptors: Social Change, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Self Efficacy
