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Well-Being and the Child-Parent Relationship at the Transition from University to Work Life
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Buhl, Heike M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
This longitudinal study addresses the impact of the transition from university to work life on emerging adults' well-being and their relationship with their parents. A sample of 102 German students attending their last year at the university (M = 25.44 years, SD = 2.61) completed a questionnaire. Among others, scales from the Network of…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Group Membership, Adolescents, Well Being
The Association of Childhood Play and Adolescent-Parent Interactions with German Adolescent Leisure Participation.
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Meschke, 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
Frequency, Comorbidity, and Psychosocial Impairment of Depressive Disorders in Adolescents.
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Essau, Cecilia A.; Conradt, Judith; Petermann, Franz – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2000
Estimated the frequency, comorbidity, and psychosocial impairment of depressive disorders from survey of 1,035 German 12- to 17-year-olds. Found that 17.9 percent met the lifetime criteria for depressive disorders, according to DSM-IV criteria; criteria were higher in females than in males. Rates for all disorders increased with age, with…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
Moderating Effects of Adolescents' Self-Efficacy Beliefs on Psychological Responses to Social Change
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Pinquart, 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