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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2009
Publisher: Masaryk University Press
Date: 14-04-2022
DOI: 10.5817/CP2022-2-10
Abstract: Measures implemented to combat the spread of COVID-19 have included stay-at-home orders, social distancing, and self-isolation, all of which have limited in-person interactions. Given the key role of technology in maintaining social connections during this period, the current study examined the experiences of young adults who shifted from predominantly offline to online interaction with friends during COVID-19. Specifically, we investigated whether changing from interacting predominantly with friends in-person to interacting predominantly with friends online (conceptualized as a major change in context of interaction) was associated with lower social well-being (i.e., greater loneliness and lower social connectedness), and examined whether perceived changes in friendship satisfaction as a result of the pandemic mediated these effects. Participants (N = 329 68.1% female) were Australian young adults, aged between 17 and 25 years (Mage = 20.05 years, SD = 1.97). Data were collected between April 15th and May 24th, 2020, during the nationwide lockdown in Australia. Results indicated that for young adults who primarily interacted offline with friends prior to COVID-19 (as compared to those who interacted predominantly online or equally online and offline before the pandemic), the shift away from face-to-face interactions was associated with a greater perceived reduction in satisfaction with friendships, which, in turn, was associated with greater loneliness and lower social connectedness. Our results highlight the need to consider how young adults adjust to changes in contexts for engaging with friends and how they maintain meaningful social interactions with others during times of extended physical isolation.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-1999
Publisher: Psychology Press
Date: 23-03-2005
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 07-2015
Abstract: An important developmental task for adolescents is to become increasingly responsible for their own health behaviors. Establishing healthy sleep routines and controlling media use before bedtime are important for adequate, quality sleep so adolescents are alert during the day and perform well at school. Despite the prevalence of adolescent social media use and the large percentage of computers and cell phones in adolescents' bedrooms, no studies to date have investigated the link between problematic adolescent investment in social networking, their sleep practices, and associated experiences at school. A s le of 1,886 students in Australia aged between 12 and 18 years of age completed self-report data on problematic social networking use, sleep disturbances, sleep quality, and school satisfaction. Structural equation modeling (SEM) substantiated the serial mediation hypothesis: for adolescents, problematic social networking use significantly increased sleep disturbances, which adversely affected perceptions of sleep quality that, in turn, lowered adolescents' appraisals of their school satisfaction. This significant pattern was largely driven by the indirect effect of sleep disturbances. These findings suggest that adolescents are vulnerable to negative consequences from social networking use. Specifically, problematic social networking is associated with poor school experiences, which result from poor sleep habits. Promoting better sleep routines by minimizing sleep disturbances from social media use could improve school experiences for adolescents with enhanced emotional engagement and improved subjective well-being.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-2004
Abstract: Although it is likely that plans to attend a 4-year college are made much earlier than the last 2 years of high school, few researchers have assessed the pre–high school factors that influence high school performance and course-enrollment decisions, which, in turn, affect college attendance. The data presented in this article were collected as part of the longitudinal Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions. In this article, we used data from 681 adolescents in sixth grade and from their mothers to predict college attendance 2 years after high school graduation. Hierarchical logistic regression revealed the following as significant predictors of full-time college attendance: youth’s grade point averages, their plans for college, their resiliency, family income, mother’s education level, and mother’s educational valuing.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-03-2013
Publisher: Psychology Press
Date: 04-04-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2016
DOI: 10.1111/AJPY.12100
Publisher: S. Karger AG
Date: 1988
DOI: 10.1159/000276336
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-02-2008
Abstract: Discriminant function analysis assessed the predictive relevance of nine characteristics measured in sixth grade for differentiating among social identities claimed 4 years later by 616 participants in the Michigan Study of Life Transitions. For females, the first discriminant function, associated with academic motivation, self-esteem, and appearance, accounted for 47% of between-group variability, and the second (sports competence and social skills) accounted for 36%. For males, the first discriminant function (academic ability and self-concept of appearance, in opposite directions) accounted for 54% of variability, and the second (sports competence) accounted for 30%. Findings suggest that differences among in iduals with particular high school social identities predate adolescence and point to differences in the primary predictors of male and female identity categories.
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 05-2022
Abstract: With the pervasive nature of social media and Internet use among young adults, researchers have begun to explore experiences of online disinhibition, defined as reductions in restraint in online versus face-to-face settings. In contributing to this literature, this study aimed to test whether perceptions of the Internet as a place where one has the ability to be invisible, anonymous, and exercise control over interactions promotes greater online disinhibition. A s le of Australian young adults (
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-03-2013
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2012.729277
Abstract: Those who are more emotionally invested in relationships have less power than their partners. Furthermore, less powerful in iduals may attempt to equalize power imbalances by offering rewards to their partner and using sex and condom use as exchange resources. Australian young adults reported their condom use and pressured sex experiences in both romantic (n = 708) and casual (n = 118) relationships. Results showed that greater power (lower relative emotional investment) predicted more condom use among those wanting to use condoms. In casual relationships, an interaction with gender showed that women in particular used condoms more when they had more power. Power also interacted with gender for pressured sex and, unexpectedly, men who had more power experienced more pressured sex. The possibility that condom use and pressured sex have different meanings for men and women is explored.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 26-02-2009
DOI: 10.1016/J.ADOLESCENCE.2009.01.003
Abstract: The relationship between Australian adolescents' participation in extracurricular activities and their self‐concepts was investigated. A total of 1489 adolescents (56% female mean age 13.8 years) completed measures of social self‐concept, academic self‐concept, and general self‐worth, and reported on their extracurricular activity participation. In general, participation in any type of extracurricular activity was associated with a higher social and academic self‐concept, and general self‐worth, compared to no participation. Adolescents who participated in both sports and non‐sports also reported a more positive social self‐concept and general self‐worth, compared to those who only participated in one of the activity types. This research provides support for extracurricular activities as a context facilitative of positive self‐concept, and demonstrates the importance of a mixed participation profile for an adolescent's self‐concept.
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 07-2023
DOI: 10.1037/PPM0000416
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-02-2011
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-12-2012
DOI: 10.1007/S10964-012-9887-Z
Abstract: Technologically mediated contexts are social arenas in which adolescents can be both perpetrators and victims of aggression. Yet, there remains little understanding of the developmental etiology of cyber aggression, itself, as experienced by either perpetrators or victims. The current study examines 3-year latent within-person trajectories of known correlates of cyber-aggression: problem behavior, (low) self-esteem, and depressed mood, in a large and erse s le of youth (N = 1,364 54.6% female 12-14 years old at T1). Findings demonstrate that developmental increases in problem behavior across grades 8-10 predict both cyber-perpetration and victimization in grade 11. Developmental decreases in self-esteem also predicted both grade 11 perpetration and victimization. Finally, early depressed mood predicted both perpetration and victimization later on, regardless of developmental change in depressed mood in the interim. Our results reveal a clear link between risky developmental trajectories across the early high school years and later cyber-aggression and imply that mitigating trajectories of risk early on may lead to decreases in cyber-aggression at a later date.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-03-2021
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 31-07-2003
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-02-2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-12-2021
DOI: 10.1177/00332941211054766
Abstract: Young adults spend a good deal of time using social network sites (SNSs), and the consequences of this activity have come under considerable scrutiny in research. There is some evidence that SNSs offer a context for young adults to engage in self-disclosure, and that such behavior may contribute to their development. In the current study, self-disclosure motivations were explored as a moderator of the relationship between SNS time use and indicators of adjustment. It was hypothesized that the relationships between SNS time use and three indicators of young adult adjustment (belonging, self-concept clarity, and flourishing) would be moderated by self-disclosure motivations. Data were collected using a cross-sectional survey of 524 young adults aged 17–25 years (Mean age = 19.75 SD = 2.16) who used at least one social network site daily (Mean hours of daily use = 3.25 SD = 1.67). The relationships between SNS time use and both belonging and flourishing were moderated by self-disclosure motivations. Specifically, when participants were low or moderately motivated to self-disclose (for relationship maintenance or self-presentation purposes) SNS time use was negatively related to belonging and flourishing. Whereas when participants were highly motivated to self-disclose there was no significant relationship between SNS time use and belonging and SNS time use and flourishing. Additionally, there was no significant moderation of the relationship between SNS time use and self-concept clarity. Based on these findings, we recommend that in order for young adults to reap potential benefits of spending time online they should endeavor to use SNSs for purposes that promote positive self and relational development.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-05-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 29-06-2009
DOI: 10.1080/00224490903062266
Abstract: Young adult sexual relationships were examined using a multifaceted, person-centered approach with data from Wave 7 (aged 20-21 N = 1,126) of the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions. The study utilized hierarchical cluster analyses based on the following measured variables: frequency of sex, importance of regularly having sex, satisfaction with sex life, experience of coercion for sex, and sexual risk reduction. Five distinct clusters emerged for females (Satisfied, Moderate, Active Unprotected, Pressured, and Inactive) and represented patterns such as more partners paired with less risk reduction (Active Unprotected), high satisfaction paired with frequent sex and high-risk reduction (Satisfied), or higher levels of coercion paired with low satisfaction and low-risk reduction (Pressured). Similar clusters emerged for males, with one additional cluster: the Dissatisfied cluster. Clusters differed with respect to relationship status, marital status, and psychological well-being (both males and females) and parental orce, living situation, and sexual orientation (females only).
Publisher: Psychology Press
Date: 18-07-2003
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-1997
Abstract: Longitudinal analyses examined the extent to which adolescent alcohol use, illegal drug use, and antisocial behaviour predicted adjustment and risk behaviour during young adulthood, and whether psychosocial resources buffered any impact of risk-taking. American adolescents completed questionnaires in Grade 12 and 2 years later (n = 694). Personal and social resources predicted success in occupational, relational, and health domains. High school risk behaviours predicted decreased success in relational domains, and alcohol use predicted higher educational attainment, independent of the relations with psychosocial resources. Interactions of resources with risk behaviours predicting adjustment were inconsistent, but resources predicted decreased risk behaviours in young adulthood among adolescent risk-takers. Discussion focuses on the value of, and challenges to, research on consequences of adolescent risk taking.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-07-2008
DOI: 10.1016/J.ADOLESCENCE.2007.06.003
Abstract: The present study investigated the reliability and factor structure of scores on a 12‐item version of Phinney's multigroup ethnic identity measure with an Australian s le from erse cultural backgrounds. Participants were 485 students aged between 10 and 15 years. The results generally supported the reliability of the ethnic identity scale scores and suggested a two‐factor structure of ethnic identity consisting of Affirmation/Belonging, and Exploration. Results concerning the other group orientation scale were mixed. Scores for this scale showed lower internal reliability and its inclusion in confirmatory factor analysis models with the ethnic identity scale showed only mediocre fit. Recommendations for future research include further investigations of the factor structure within ethnic identity as derived from social identity and developmental perspectives.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-1994
DOI: 10.1007/BF01538037
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2014
DOI: 10.1111/AJPY.12034
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-12-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 07-2012
DOI: 10.1017/EDP.2012.8
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 20-06-2022
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 1996
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-07-2009
DOI: 10.1007/S10964-009-9432-X
Abstract: This cross-sectional study tests a conceptual financial socialization process model, specifying four-levels that connect anticipatory socialization during adolescence to young adults' current financial learning, to their financial attitudes, and to their financial behavior. A total of 2,098 first-year college students (61.9% females) participated in the survey, representing a erse ethnic group (32.6% minority participation: Hispanic 14.9%, Asian/Asian American 9%, Black 3.4%, Native American 1.8% and other 3.5%). Structural equation modeling indicated that parents, work, and high school financial education during adolescence predicted young adults' current financial learning, attitude and behavior, with the role played by parents substantially greater than the role played by work experience and high school financial education combined. Data also supported the proposed hierarchical financial socialization four-level model, indicating that early financial socialization is related to financial learning, which in turn is related to financial attitudes and subsequently to financial behavior. The study presents a discussion of how the theories of consumer socialization and planned behavior were combined effectively to depict the financial development of young adults. Several practical implications are also provided for parents, educators and students.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-06-2010
DOI: 10.1007/S10964-010-9563-0
Abstract: Extracurricular activities provide adolescents with a number of positive personal and interpersonal developmental experiences. This study investigated whether developmental experiences that occurred during extracurricular activities were linked to a more positive self-concept for Australian adolescents, and whether this link was particularly salient for youth from disadvantaged schools. Adolescents (N = 1,504, 56% Female) from 26 erse high schools across Western Australia were surveyed. The findings revealed that adolescents from low socio-economic status schools who participated in extracurricular activities had a more positive general self-worth and social self-concept than adolescents from similar socio-economic schools who did not participate in any extracurricular activities. Furthermore, the positive developmental experiences that occurred during extracurricular activities predicted a more positive general self-worth and social and academic self-concept, and this link was stronger for youth from low SES schools. These findings suggest that the developmental experiences afforded by extracurricular activities may foster positive adolescent development.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-2004
Abstract: This study examined whether organized sports participation during childhood and adolescence was related to participation in sports and physical fitness activities in young adulthood. The data were from the Michigan Study of Adolescent Life Transitions. The analyses include more than 600 respondents from three waves of data (age 12, age 17, and age 25). Childhood and adolescent sports participation was found to be a significant predictor of young adults’ participation in sports and physical fitness activities.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2002
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 22-01-2010
DOI: 10.1080/00224490902867863
Abstract: Australian young adults reported how often they wanted to use condoms in both romantic (n = 667) and casual relationship (n = 152) contexts and how often they thought their partners wanted to use condoms. Young adults wanted to use condoms more often than they perceived their partners to in both casual and romantic relationship contexts. Gender interactions showed that this pattern was especially strong among young women. Women seemed to underestimate the frequency at which their male partners wanted to use condoms. Furthermore, both the participants' condom use desires and perceptions of their partners' condom use desires predicted condom use behavior. Results suggest that gendered expectations may play a part in how often in iduals perceive their partners to want to use condoms, which, in effect, may determine condom use behavior.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-1995
DOI: 10.1177/0272431695015001005
Abstract: Few definitive answers exist as to the implications of ability grouping for children's development. Perhaps the most significant source of this inconclusiveness has been the absence of a longitudinal perspective and long-term studies of the effects of ability grouping on children's development. To address this need, this study examined the long-term correlates of being placed in an ability-grouped mathematics class on entry into junior high school. Results revealed some negative and no positive correlates at the tenth-grade level for low-ability students placed in low-ability classrooms compared with their peers placed in ungrouped classrooms. Conversely, a number of positive correlates of ability grouping were found for medium- and high-ability students. Discussion focuses on the role of ability grouping in junior high school as a sorting event which sets youths on different trajectories that have implications for their later academic, career and personal development.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
DOI: 10.1016/J.JADOHEALTH.2013.07.032
Abstract: To describe adolescent binge drinking trajectories across grades 8-11 and examine their associations with pubertal timing, socioeconomic status (SES), and structured activity and sport involvement. Longitudinal data were analyzed from the Youth Activity Participation Study (YAPS), an annual survey of youth in 39 schools across Western Australia (N = 1,342). Latent class growth analysis revealed four binge drinking trajectory groups: Accelerating (early onset, increased frequency), Steep Increase (delayed onset, rapid escalation), Slow Growth (delayed onset, gradual increase) and Stable Low (abstinence). Accelerating was characterized by early pubertal timing, low SES, and more sport involvement in grade 8, relative to Stable Low. The groups did not significantly differ in their grade 8 activity participation. However, for early maturers, greater grade 8 activity participation was associated with a decreased probability of belonging to Steep Increase relative to Stable Low. Early pubertal timing and sports participation increased the odds of belonging to a problematic binge drinking trajectory. For youth at-risk due to early pubertal timing, structured activities appear to be protective against a problematic developmental course of binge drinking.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-2001
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2006
DOI: 10.1002/MAR.20135
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-09-2009
DOI: 10.1007/S10508-009-9520-8
Abstract: Those who are rejection sensitive anxiously expect and readily perceive rejection. Rejection sensitivity is hypothesized to predict behavior however, this link may be more evident in some contexts than others. The current study examined the link between rejection sensitivity and condom use. Australian young adults in romantic (n = 649, 70% female) and casual (n = 144, 76.2% female) relationship contexts completed measures on rejection sensitivity, condom use preferences, and condom use. Regression analysis showed that rejection sensitivity predicted condom use when participants' condom use preferences were at odds with those they thought their partner held. Specifically, highly rejection-sensitive in iduals who preferred more frequent condom use reported using condoms less often, if that was what they thought their partners wanted. The results lend support to the model of rejection sensitivity in that in iduals comply more with their perceived partner's preferences if they are more rejection-sensitive. The results also highlight the need to take the situational context into consideration when examining links between personality dispositions and behavior.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/J.BODYIM.2009.10.004
Abstract: Perceptions of the body are not restricted to the way the body "looks" they may also extend to the way the body "functions". This research explores body image among male and female adolescents using the Embodied Image Scale (EIS), which incorporates body function into body image. Adolescents (N=1526, male=673, female=853) aged 12-17 (M=13.83, SD=1.02), from 26 Western Australian high schools were surveyed. Information was gathered on pubertal timing, body mass index (BMI) and body image. Participants reported significantly higher value of, behavioral-investment in, and satisfaction with the functional dimension of the body compared to the aesthetic dimension. After controlling for age, pubertal timing, and BMI, females reported significantly higher aesthetic values and aesthetic behavioral-investment, and lower aesthetic satisfaction, functional values, functional behavioral-investment and functional satisfaction than male participants. Grade, pubertal timing and BMI category differences were also explored.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-2001
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 12-2013
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Funder: Australian Research Council
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