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Cassibba R, Balenzano C, Silletti F, Coppola G, Costantini A, Giorgio S, Taurino A, Cheah CSL, Musso P. The Placement of Children in Need of Out-of-Home Care: Forms of Care and Differences in Attachment Security and Behavioral Problems in the Italian Context. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:7111. [PMID: 38063541 PMCID: PMC10706020 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20237111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The current paper investigated differences in secure attachment levels and behavioral problems among four groups of children in out-of-home care in Italy: closed adoption (child and birth parents not in contact following adoption), open adoption (child and birth parents still in contact after placement), foster care (child living temporarily with relatives or unrelated foster parents) and institutional care (child in residential care for large groups of children). One hundred and thirty children aged 10-19 were included in this study. The Attachment Interview for Childhood and Adolescence and the Achenbach Youth Self-Report were employed to measure participants' secure attachment levels and behavioral problems. Both a multivariate analysis of covariance and measured variable path analysis were performed. Age, gender and time elapsed between the request for child protection and placement on out-of-home care were used as covariates. The results showed that adolescents in closed adoption had higher secure attachment scores than those in foster care and institutional care, while adolescents in open adoption scored significantly higher on problem behaviors than those in the other out-of-home care groups. Findings were discussed in terms of limitations and implications for future research.
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- Rosalinda Cassibba
- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
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- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
- Department of Political Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
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- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
- Department of Political Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA;
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- Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology, Communication, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (F.S.); (G.C.); (S.G.); (A.T.); (P.M.)
- Interdepartmental Training and Research Centre for Care and Protection of Children and Families, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70122 Bari, Italy; (C.B.); (A.C.)
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Guo Y, Yang Y, Deveaux L, Dinaj-Koci V, Schieber E, Herbert C, Lee J, Wang B. Exploring effects of multi-level factors on transitions of risk-taking behaviors among middle-to-late adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2023; 47:210-220. [PMID: 37746313 PMCID: PMC10516360 DOI: 10.1177/01650254221148117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Adolescents experiment with risk behaviors, including delinquency, substance use, and sexual activity. Multi-level social factors, such as having high-risk peers, neighborhood risks, and parental monitoring, influence adolescents' behaviors. We modeled transition patterns in Bahamian adolescents' risk behaviors across three high school years and examined the effects of multi-level factors. We collected data from 2,564 Bahamian adolescents in Grade 10 and follow-ups through Grade 12. We used latent transition model to identify adolescents' risk statuses. Further analyses used multinomial logistic regression to explore the effects of multi-level factors on assignment to those latent statuses and transitions. We identified four distinct statuses: "low risk" (47.9% of the sample at baseline), "alcohol use" (36.8%), "alcohol use and sexual activity" (5.5%), and "high risk" (9.8%). Males were more likely to be in higher-risk statuses at baseline and to transition from a lower-risk status in Grade 10 to a higher-risk status in Grade 11. Social risk factors were significantly associated with higher-risk statuses at baseline. Neighborhood risk and peer risk involvement continued to affect transitions from lower to higher risk; parental monitoring did not have a significant effect in later years. Our findings have important implications for developing targeted and developmentally appropriate interventions to prevent and reduce risk behaviors among middle-to-late adolescents.
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- Yan Guo
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- School of Public Health, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Office of HIV/AIDS, Ministry of Health, Shirley Street, Nassau, The Bahamas
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Carter M, van der Watt R, Esterhuyse K. Parent and peer attachment in bullying experiences among pre-adolescents. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Li ZK, Shi LJ, Cai XL. Smartphone addiction is more harmful to adolescents than Internet gaming disorder: Divergence in the impact of parenting styles. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1044190. [PMID: 36591056 PMCID: PMC9796998 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1044190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background The adverse effects of smartphone addiction (SPA) and Internet gaming disorder (IGD) on adolescents' mental health have been widely recognized. However, the influence of parenting styles on these high-risk Internet use behaviors of adolescents still remain elusive. Aiming to identify preventable patterns for adolescents with SPA or IGD, this study compared the mental health status between adolescents with SPA and IGD and used path analysis to confirm actual effects of parenting styles on SPA and IGD. Methods Participants were enrolled at a junior high school in Hunan Province and a senior high school in Shanxi Province, China [n = 3,049, female (male): 50.5% (49.5%), mean age = 15.68 ± 1.54]. All participants reported their socio-demographic characteristics and undertook standardized assessments of SPA, IGD, parenting styles, depression, anxiety, insomnia, self-control, and support utilization. Results High levels of parental care and low levels of parental overprotection benefited adolescents' mental health with SPA and IGD. However, despite having a more positive parenting style, adolescents with only SPA showed more severe mental health problems than adolescents with only IGD. Furthermore, the results showed that the parenting style of encouraging autonomy might be a protective factor against IGD, but it might reinforce SPA indirectly by reducing abilities of support utilization and self-control in whole sample. Conclusion Compared to IGD, SPA which included different kinds of Internet addiction behaviors, was more hazardous for adolescents' mental health. The divergent effects of an autonomy-encouraging parenting style on SPA and IGD may reflect the different impacts of self-control in different types of Internet addiction.
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- Zhao-kang Li
- School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, Hunan, China,*Correspondence: Li-juan Shi,
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Brain Science, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Peng C, Chen J, Liao Y, Zhang Z, Liu Y, Wu H, Zheng X. Father-child attachment and externalizing problem behavior in early adolescence: A moderated mediation model. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03041-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Stolwijk I, Jak S, Eichelsheim V, Hoeve M. Dealing With Dependent Effect Sizes in MASEM. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Abstract. The objective of the present study was to examine whether different methods for dealing with dependency in meta-analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) lead to different results. Four different methods for dealing with dependent effect sizes in MASEM were applied to empirical data, including: (1) ignoring dependency; (2) aggregation; (3) elimination; and (4) a multilevel approach. Random-effects two-stage structural equation modeling was conducted for each method separately, and potential moderators were examined using subgroup analysis. Results demonstrated that the different methods of dealing with dependency in MASEM lead to different results. Thus, the decision on which approach should be used in MASEM-analysis should be carefully considered. Given that the multilevel approach is the only approach that includes all available information while explicitly modeling dependency, it is currently the theoretically preferred approach for dealing with dependency in MASEM. Future research should evaluate the multilevel approach with simulated data.
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- Isidora Stolwijk
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Smeijers D, Denson TF, Bulten EH, Brazil IA. Validity and reliability of the Dutch version of the displaced aggression questionnaire. World J Psychiatry 2021; 11:1288-1300. [PMID: 35070778 PMCID: PMC8717039 DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v11.i12.1288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Displaced aggression occurs when a person encounters a provoking situation, is unable or unwilling to retaliate against the original provocateur, and subsequently aggresses against a target that is not the source of the initial provocation. The displaced aggression questionnaire (DAQ) was developed to measure individual differences in the tendency to displace aggression.
AIM To develop a Dutch version of the DAQ and examine relationships between the DAQ and novel individual differences.
METHODS The Dutch version of the DAQ was created using a back-translation procedure. Undergraduate students (n = 413) participated in the current study. The questionnaires were administered online.
RESULTS The results confirmed the original three-factor structure and showed good reliability and validity. We also found differential relationships between trait displaced aggression, social anxiety and cognitive distortions.
CONCLUSION The results may indicate that distinct patterns exist in the development of the different dimensions of trait displaced aggression. This study adds to the growing cross-cultural literature showing the robustness of trait displaced aggression in several different cultures.
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- Danique Smeijers
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 HR, The Netherlands
- Pompestichting, Nijmegen 6532 CN, The Netherlands
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- School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525 HR, The Netherlands
- Pompestichting, Nijmegen 6532 CN, The Netherlands
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- Pompestichting, Nijmegen 6532 CN, The Netherlands
- Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen 6525 GD, The Netherlands
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Farley TM, McWey LM, Ledermann T. Thought Problems and Aggression Over Time Among Youth in Foster Care. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2021; 51:795-810. [PMID: 34602805 PMCID: PMC8479267 DOI: 10.1007/s10566-021-09652-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Background Youth in foster care may demonstrate high levels of aggression and thought problems. There is a growing trend to consider mental health symptoms of youth involved with the foster care system from a developmental trauma perspective. Objective The aim of this study was to test if trauma, race, age, and gender predicted variability in thought problems and aggression for youth in foster care. Method The sample (n = 303) included youth in out-of-home placements with a mean age of 14 years, a diverse racial demographic, and almost an equal percentage of males and females. Participants were assessed over three waves using a series of multilevel growth curve models. Results Results indicated significant decreases in thought problems and aggression and youth with higher levels of trauma reported higher initial levels and swifter decreases of both thought problems and aggression over time. Conclusions While trauma was associated with aggression and thought problems, results found that youth demonstrated significant decreases in aggression and thought problems over time. A better understanding of the long-term effects of trauma on thought problems and aggression of youth in foster care is needed. While our findings suggest foster care may be protective in fostering resilience, additional research on the nature of potential positive effects of foster care on aggression and thought problems is suggested.
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Williamson S, Lyons MD, Deutsch NL, Lawrence E. Mentees and their mothers: The association between maternal relationship difficulties and targeted outcomes of mentoring. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2021; 49:2162-2178. [PMID: 33638158 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Maternal relationship characteristics have been found to impact academic and behavioral outcomes for youth. However, less is known about how and through what mechanisms these characteristics impact outcomes for mentored youth. In this study, we examined if mentoring relationship quality mediated the relations between maternal relationship characteristics and academic and behavioral outcomes targeted by mentoring programs. Data were drawn from 205 participants who participated in a mentoring program that pairs adolescent girls with college women mentors for 1 year of mentoring. Mentoring relationship quality was the hypothesized mechanism of change and was included in the analysis as a mediator. Results revealed that maternal relationship characteristics (i.e., maternal quality communication/trust and maternal alienation) were directly related to academic and behavioral outcomes of mentoring. The relationship between maternal relationship characteristics and behavioral outcomes was mediated by mentoring relationship quality. Results suggested that girls with stronger maternal quality communication and trust as well as girls who felt more alienated from their mothers may benefit more from mentoring. Results can be used to inform mentor training to include a focus on relationship development with girls experiencing a variety of relational difficulties with their mothers to help improve targeted mentoring outcomes.
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- Supriya Williamson
- Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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Liu H, Dou K, Yu C, Nie Y, Zheng X. The Relationship between Peer Attachment and Aggressive Behavior among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Effect of Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18137123. [PMID: 34281060 PMCID: PMC8297157 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18137123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study aimed to test the association between peer attachment and aggressive behavior, as well as the mediating effect of regulatory emotional self-efficacy on this relationship. A total of 1171 (582 male, 589 female) Chinese adolescents completed self-reported questionnaires that assessed peer attachment, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and aggressive behavior. Path analysis showed that the negative association between peer attachment and adolescent aggressive behavior was mediated by self-efficacy in managing negative emotions. However, the mediating effect of self-efficacy in expressing positive emotions was nonsignificant. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the indirect paths mentioned above between male and female respondents. These findings highlight self-efficacy in managing negative emotions as a potential mechanism linking peer attachment to adolescent aggressive behavior.
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- Haitao Liu
- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
- Department of Psychology and Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (K.D.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Psychology and Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (K.D.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Psychology and Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (K.D.); (C.Y.)
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- Department of Psychology and Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (K.D.); (C.Y.)
- Correspondence: (Y.N.); (X.Z.)
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China;
- Correspondence: (Y.N.); (X.Z.)
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Vagos P, Carvalhais L. The Impact of Adolescents' Attachment to Peers and Parents on Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior: A Short-Term Longitudinal Study. Front Psychol 2020; 11:592144. [PMID: 33424710 PMCID: PMC7786050 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.592144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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This short-longitudinal study analyzed the cross-sectional and longitudinal pathways linking adolescent's quality of attachment to parents and peers and their practice of aggressive and prosocial behavior; it also explored the moderation effect of gender on those pathways. A total of 375 secondary school students (203 girls and 172 boys), aged between 15 and 19 years old, completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Peer Experience Questionnaire - Revised twice, within a four-month gap. Using a path analyses approach, results showed that aggression and prosocial behavior were the strongest predictors of themselves overtime. Attachment to mother had a cross-sectional effect on aggression and on prosocial behavior via attachment to peers, and attachment to peers predicted prosocial behavior; overall, the higher the quality of attachment, the lowest the practice of aggression and the highest the practice of prosocial behavior. These effects held stable for boys and girls, though gender-based differences were found in mean levels of attachment to peers and social behaviors. Even if other variables may be in place when understanding adolescents' social behaviors, attachment to mother and peers also seem to play a relevant role in trying to achieve safer and more positive school climates. Suggestions on how to accomplish this are shortly discussed.
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- Paula Vagos
- Portucalense Institute for Human Development (INPP), Department of Psychology and Education, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal
- Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Portucalense Institute for Human Development (INPP), Department of Psychology and Education, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal
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Carter M, van der Watt R, Esterhuyse K. The relationship between perceived parenting dimensions, attachment, and pre-adolescent bullying. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2020.1744280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Mariska Carter
- Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Munir A, Malik JA. Mediating role of religious orientation and moral character for the relationship between parent and peer attachment and delinquency. COGENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2020.1761042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Aasma Munir
- National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-e-azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-e-azam University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Teng Z, Griffiths MD, Nie Q, Xiang G, Guo C. Parent-adolescent attachment and peer attachment associated with Internet Gaming Disorder: A longitudinal study of first-year undergraduate students. J Behav Addict 2020; 9:116-128. [PMID: 32359235 PMCID: PMC8935186 DOI: 10.1556/2006.2020.00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Given that Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has tentatively been included in DSM-5 as a psychiatric disorder, it is important that the effect of parental and peer attachment in the development of IGD is further explored. METHODS Utilizing a longitudinal design, this study investigated the bidirectional association between perceived parent–adolescent attachment, peer attachment, and IGD among 1,054 first-year undergraduate students (58.8% female). The students provided demographic information (e.g., age, gender) and were assessed using the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale and the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment. Assessments occurred three times, six months apart (October 2017; April 2018; October 2018). RESULTS Cross-lagged panel models suggested that IGD weakly predicted subsequent mother attachment but significantly negatively predicted father attachment. However, father and mother attachment did not predict subsequent IGD. Moreover, peer attachment had a bidirectional association with IGD. Furthermore, the model also demonstrated stable cross-sectional negative correlations between attachment and IGD across all three assessments. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS The findings of the present study did not show a bidirectional association between parental attachment and IGD, but they did show a negative bidirectional association between peer attachment and IGD. The results suggested previous cross-sectional associations between IGD and attachment, with larger links among males than females at the first measurement point. We found that peer attachment negatively predicted subsequent IGD, which indicates that peer attachment plays an important role in preventing addictive gaming behaviors for university students.
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- Zhaojun Teng
- The Lab of Mental Health and Social Adaptation, Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China,Corresponding authors. Tel.: +86 23 6825 3631; Fax: +86 23 6825 2983. E-mail: (Z. Teng); (C. Guo)
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- International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK
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- The Lab of Mental Health and Social Adaptation, Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The Lab of Mental Health and Social Adaptation, Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- The Lab of Mental Health and Social Adaptation, Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China,Corresponding authors. Tel.: +86 23 6825 3631; Fax: +86 23 6825 2983. E-mail: (Z. Teng); (C. Guo)
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Venta A, Harmon J, Abate A, Marshall K, Mouton-Odum S. Pilot data supporting an attachment-based theory of adolescent social media use. Child Adolesc Ment Health 2019; 24:274-282. [PMID: 32677210 DOI: 10.1111/camh.12329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescents have virtually universal access to social media. Despite ample research linking attachment to social functioning in youth, neither this empirical research nor related theory has been extended to the virtual social context. The broad aim of this study was to test an attachment-based model of social media use in adolescents in order to address a gap in the literature during this developmental stage and examine attachment and the related process of mentalizing as correlates of online behavior. METHOD Online social comparison/feedback-seeking was selected as an outcome variable due to its known negative effects on adolescents. Analyses were conducted in a sample of 68 adolescents ranging in age from 15 to 18. RESULTS No evidence of a main effect of parent-child attachment on social comparison/feedback-seeking was found, but a significant mediational effect indicated that more insecure parent-child attachment is linked with hypermentalizing errors (i.e., overinterpretation of others' mental states) and that such errors explain increased social comparison/feedback-seeking. CONCLUSIONS The current study confirmed previously documented relations between parent-child attachment and hypermentalization as well as research demonstrating that parent-child attachment acts on an adolescent's social world - in this case their virtual social world - through anomalous mentalization.
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- Amanda Venta
- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA
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- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Rudolph KD, Monti JD, Modi H, Sze WY, Troop-Gordon W. Protecting Youth Against the Adverse Effects of Peer Victimization: Why Do Parents Matter? JOURNAL OF ABNORMAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 48:163-176. [DOI: 10.1007/s10802-019-00576-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Martin MJ, Sturge-Apple ML, Davies PT, Gutierrez G. Attachment behavior and hostility as explanatory factors linking parent-adolescent conflict and adolescent adjustment. JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY : JFP : JOURNAL OF THE DIVISION OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (DIVISION 43) 2019; 33:586-596. [PMID: 30896202 PMCID: PMC6663567 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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This study examined whether adolescents' behavior in a support-seeking context helped to explain associations between increases in mother-adolescent conflict during early adolescence and changes in adolescents' internalizing and externalizing symptoms. A sample of 194 adolescents aged 12 to 14 (51% female) and their mothers were followed over 1 year. Mother-adolescent pairs participated in a speech task introducing an external social stressor into the parent-child relationship. Using a latent difference score model, adolescents' observed attachment behavior and hostility were compared as potential explanatory processes. Analyses suggest specificity in the spillover process from conflict to adolescent behavior in a nonconflictual parent-child interaction context, with hostility uniquely linking increasing mother-adolescent conflict and externalizing problems, and disruptions in adolescent attachment behavior uniquely explaining the link with internalizing problems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Meredith J Martin
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester
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The relationship between attachment styles and internalizing/externalizing problems: The mediating role of self-criticism. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-00174-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Liu D, Ksinan AJ, Vazsonyi AT. Maternal support and deviance among rural adolescents: The mediating role of self-esteem. J Adolesc 2018; 69:62-71. [PMID: 30253324 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2018] [Revised: 09/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Supportive mothering buffers against adolescent deviance, but the precise mechanisms underlying this relationship are poorly understood. The current investigation tested the extent to which self-esteem mediated the maternal support-deviance link and whether it varied by adolescent age and sex. METHODS Data were collected from 911 middle and high school students in the rural South (53.6% female, Mage = 14.70 years). Main model tests were completed in SEM. RESULTS Results indicated that maternal support and self-esteem were positively associated and negatively to deviance, and that self-esteem mediated the support-deviance link. These associations did not differ by adolescent age. However, moderating effects by sex were significant, where maternal support had a greater effect on girls' self-esteem, while self-esteem had a greater effect on boys' deviance. CONCLUSIONS Findings provide some evidence of how maternal support is associated with a positive self-concept that in turn decreases the likelihood of engaging in deviant behaviors.
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de Vries SLA, Hoeve M, Asscher JJ, Stams GJJM. The Long-Term Effects of the Youth Crime Prevention Program "New Perspectives" on Delinquency and Recidivism. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY 2018; 62:3639-3661. [PMID: 29338563 PMCID: PMC6094549 DOI: 10.1177/0306624x17751161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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New Perspectives (NP) aims to prevent persistent criminal behavior. We examined the long-term effectiveness of NP and whether the effects were moderated by demographic and delinquency factors. At-risk youth aged 12 to 19 years were randomly assigned to the intervention group (NP, n = 47) or care as usual (CAU, n = 54). Official and self-report data were collected to assess recidivism. NP was not more effective in reducing delinquency levels and recidivism than CAU. Also, no moderator effects were found. The overall null effects are discussed, including further research and policy implications.
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- University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Sousa Machado T, Diogo C, Miguel JP, Silva JTD. Vinculação e problemas de comportamento avaliados por crianças e pais. REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS E INVESTIGACIÓN EN PSICOLOGÍA Y EDUCACIÓN 2017. [DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2017.0.05.2350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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A teoria da vinculação, salienta a importância das relações precoces na estruturação do self, e conceção dos outros. O presente estudo analisa relações entre vinculação aos pais e problemas de comportamento reportados por 258 crianças (9-12 anos) e seus pais. O Inventário de Vinculação aos Pais e Pares e o Questionário de Forças e Dificuldades foram utilizados. Dimensões seguras da vinculação – “Comunicação-proximidade” e “Aceitação mútua-compreensão”) correlacionam negativamente com problemas internalizados, e “Afastamento-rejeição” positivamente com problemas in/externalizados. Os rapazes reportam mais problemas exteriorizados, e a hiperatividade é o comportamento mais reportado por crianças e seus pais.
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Sousa-Machado T, Diogo C. Problemas de externalização e internalização em pré-adolescentes e vinculação aos pais || Externalizing and internalizing problems in pre-adolescents and attachment to parents. REVISTA DE ESTUDIOS E INVESTIGACIÓN EN PSICOLOGÍA Y EDUCACIÓN 2017. [DOI: 10.17979/reipe.2017.4.1.1553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Os comportamentos de externalização e internalização na infância e na adolescência refletem um mal-estar do sujeito, que muitas vezes o próprio não sabe explicar, mas que se traduz noutras áreas da vida. A publicação recorrente das elevadas percentagens destes problemas, nestas idades, suscita a necessidade de estudos periódicos em amostras de comunidade, para que se possa sinalizar e intervir precocemente. A vinculação insegura aos pais é um dos fatores associado à emergência destes problemas. Apresentamos um estudo exploratório, com o Questionário de Capacidades e Dificuldades (SDQ) e o Inventário de Vinculação a Pais e Pares (IPPA), das relações entre problemas de externalização, problemas de internalização e vinculação aos pais, reportados por pré-adolescentes portugueses, numa amostra de 258 sujeitos, 124 rapazes (48.1 %), e 134 raparigas (51.9 %), entre os 9 e 12 anos (M = 10.34; DP = 0.88). Estudou-se a relação entre a presença de problemas de comportamento reportados pelos pré-adolescentes e os mesmos problemas reportados pelos seus pais, tendo-se obtido correlações positivas e significativas entre ambas as avaliações. Maior segurança na vinculação aos pais (i.e., maiores valores nas dimensões “Aceitação mútua-compreensão”, “Comunicação-proximidade afetiva” e menores no “Afastamento-rejeição”) correlaciona negativamente com os problemas de comportamento reportados pelos próprios, reforçando a importância da segurança das relações de vinculação aos pais na manutenção de comportamentos mais adaptados nos adolescentes
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Bao Z, Zhang W, Lai X, Sun W, Wang Y. Parental attachment and Chinese adolescents' delinquency: The mediating role of moral disengagement. J Adolesc 2015. [PMID: 26208079 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There is substantial literature documenting the negative association between secure parental attachment and lower adolescent delinquency, but little is known about the mediating mechanisms (i.e., how does parental attachment relate to delinquency?) underlying this relation. The present study examined whether secure parental attachment would be indirectly related to lower adolescent delinquency through lower adolescent moral disengagement. A total of 1766 adolescents (44% male; mean age = 14.25 years, SD = 1.54) living in an urban area of southern China completed anonymous questionnaires regarding parental attachment, moral disengagement and delinquency. After controlling for gender, age, socioeconomic status, and school variable, it was found that secure parental attachment was negatively associated with adolescent delinquency and this negative association was fully mediated by the extent of adolescent moral disengagement. These findings contribute to an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of adolescent delinquency and have important implications for intervention.
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- Zhenzhou Bao
- School of Psychology & Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Psychology & Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
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- School of Education Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou, China
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- School of Psychology & Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Education Science, Jiaying University, Meizhou, China
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