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Interpersonal Strengths, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at School, and Well-Being Outcomes among High-Ability Adolescents in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Datu, Jesus Alfonso D.; Fung, Eric – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
This brief report explores the associations of interpersonal strengths with subjective well-being and psychological flourishing among high-ability adolescents (M = 13.08, SD = 2.17) in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. It also examines the indirect effects of strengths on well-being outcomes via satisfaction of basic psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Adolescents, High Achievement
Antisocial Behavior in Adolescence: Typology and Relation to Family Context
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Sobotková, Veronika; Blatný, Marek; Jelínek, Martin; Hrdlicka, Michal – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2013
The study deals with the relationship between antisocial behavior in early adolescence and family environment. Sample consisted of 2,856 adolescents (53% girls, mean age 13.5 years, SD = 1.1) from urban areas in the Czech Republic. The Social and Health Assessment (SAHA), a school survey, was used to measure sociodemographic characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Family Environment, Urban Areas, Foreign Countries
Support and Guidance from Families, Friends, and Teachers in Latino Early Adolescents' Math Pathways
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Azmitia, Margarita; Cooper, Catherine R.; Brown, Jane R. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2009
This longitudinal study linked concepts of familism and social capital to investigate emotional support and educational guidance from parents, siblings, friends, and teachers in predicting Latino early adolescents' math grades during their transition from elementary school to junior high. Thirty-one Latino youth were interviewed twice and their…
Descriptors: Siblings, Adolescents, Guidance, Social Capital
After-School Activities, Misbehavior in School, and Delinquency from the End of Elementary School through the Beginning of High School: A Test of Social Development Model Hypotheses
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Fleming, Charles B.; Catalano, Richard F.; Mazza, James J.; Brown, Eric C.; Haggerty, Kevin P.; Harachi, Tracy W. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
Annual survey data on 776 students from sixth through ninth grade were used to examine the relationships among after-school activities, misbehavior in school, and delinquency. The social development model hypothesizes that antisocial behavior in one developmental time period leads to less involvement in activities and interactions that have…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, School Activities, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency
The Roles of Stress and Coping in Explaining Gender Differences in Risk for Psychopathology among African American Urban Adolescents
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Carlson, Ginger Apling; Grant, Kathryn E. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2008
This study used self-report symptom inventories administered in school classrooms to examine relations among gender, psychological symptoms, stress, and coping in 1,200 low-income African American urban early adolescents. Girls reported more symptoms than boys, accounted for by higher internalizing symptoms. Boys reported more stress than girls,…
Descriptors: Females, Psychopathology, Adolescents, Coping