Journal of Youth and Adolescence articles from December 2005

Journal of Youth and Adolescence archives from December 2005

Developmental benefits of extracurricular involvement: do peer characteristics mediate the link between activities and youth outcomes?
December 1, 2005... Adolescents in the United States spend more than half of their waking hours in leisure activities (Larson and Varma, 1999). Both scholars and youth policy advocates argue that participation in extracurricular activities, such as sports, the...

Eating problems and their risk factors: a 7-year longitudinal study of a population sample of norwegian adolescent girls.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Different Types of Eating Problems Eating disorders are divided mainly into 2 categories: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). The disorders have separate criteria in the DSM-IV although they share common core...

Family structure and problem behavior of adolescents and young adults: a growth-curve study.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION The ongoing high divorce rates over the past 3 decades has fostered continued interest in the impact of parental divorce on child and adolescent functioning. There has been extensive research on the consequences of divorce...

Adolescent risk: the co-occurrence of illness, suicidality, and substance use.
December 1, 2005... ILLNESS, SUICIDALITY, AND SUBSTANCE USE Research on risk and protection (RAP) in adolescence identifies an array of macro, micro, intra- and interpersonal factors which, in various combinations and interactions contribute to young people...

Parental predictors of motivational orientation in early adolescence: a longitudinal study.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientation appear to play an important role in children's cognitive development. An intrinsic orientation refers to the performance of behaviors that are motivated by interest or...

The structure and stability of externalizing and internalizing problem behavior during early adolescence.
December 1, 2005... More than 60% of children get involved in some kind of problem behavior in the course of adolescence. The early adolescence is an especially vulnerable period because of the multiple and simultaneously occurring changes both within and...

Antecedents and outcomes of self-determination in 3 life domains: the role of parents' and teachers' autonomy support.
December 1, 2005... INRODUCTION The developmental tasks individuals are confronted with during adolescence are primarily centered around issues of individuation and autonomy (Erikson, 1968; Hill and Holmbeck, 1986). The tendency toward experiencing a sense...

Identity statuses based on 4 rather than 2 identity dimensions: extending and Refining Marcia's paradigm.
December 1, 2005... The most important developmental task for adolescents is the formation of a stable identity (Erikson, 1968). Marcia's (1966) identity status paradigm is the most commonly used paradigm for research on identity formation (Schwartz, 2001)....

The role of sense of school belonging and gender in the academic adjustment of Latino adolescents.
December 1, 2005... A sense of community is viewed to be an important phenomenon in individuals' overall well-being. This concept is defined as having 4 elements: membership, influence, integration and fulfillment of needs, and shared emotional connection...

Adolescent boys and body image: weight and muscularity concerns as dual pathways to body dissatisfaction.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Body image satisfaction is an important issue during adolescence because of the tremendous physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur during this developmental period. In addition to its importance developmentally,...

Attachment to parents, best friend, and romantic partner: predicting different pathways to depression in adolescence.
December 1, 2005... Depression is a significant psychological problem of adolescence, which impacts on both concurrent and adult psychological functioning (Petersen et al., 1993). One factor implicated in depression is attachment relations with significant...

A prospective study of individual factors in the development of weight and muscle concerns among preadolescent children.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors are evident in children as young as 7-10 years of age (see Ricciardelli and McCabe, 2001 and Smolak and Levine, 2001 for reviews). Dieting to lose weight, as well as food...

Eating problems and their risk factors: a 7-year longitudinal study of a population sample of Norwegian adolescent girls.
December 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION Different Types of Eating Problems Eating disorders are divided mainly into 2 categories: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN). The disorders have separate criteria in the DSM-IV although they share common core...

Identity statuses based on 4 rather than 2 identity dimensions: extending and refining Marcia's paradigm.
December 1, 2005... The most important developmental task for adolescents is the formation of a stable identity (Erikson, 1968). Marcia's (1966) identity status paradigm is the most commonly used paradigm for research on identity formation (Schwartz, 2001)....