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Journal of Research on Adolescence,Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 169-185, March 2018. (Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence)
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - May 24, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Student ‐Perceived Mothers’ and Fathers’ Beliefs, Mathematics and English Motivations, and Career Choices
This study analyzed survey data of 459 students (262 boys) assessed through Grades 9, 10, and 11 from three coeducational secondary schools in Sydney, Australia. Longitudinal structural equation models revealed gendered value transmission pathways for girls in mathematics. Although mathematics test scores did not vary statistically significantly, girls reported statistically significantly lower mothers’ ability beliefs for them in mathematics than boys at Time 1, which led to their statistically significantly lower mathematics intrinsic value at Time 2 and mathematics‐related career plans at Time 3. Such gendered path...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - May 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Lazarides, Helen M. G. Watt Tags: Article Source Type: research
Reward Seeking and Cognitive Control: Using the Dual Systems Model to Predict Adolescent Sexual Behavior
Research has provided support for the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking, but the model has rarely been applied to sexual behavior. Using data from the NICHD SECCYD (N = 958; Mage = 15.07, SD = 0.18), this study examined the effects of cognitive control, reward seeking, and their interaction on sexual behavior. Results of structural equation models revealed that performance on behavioral tasks assessing reward seeking and cognitive control uniquely predicted sexual intercourse, but the interaction between them was not significant. For oral sex, only cognitive control was a significant predictor. The findin...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - May 22, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alexander M. Wasserman, Lisa J. Crockett, Lesa Hoffman Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research
Trends in Parental Monitoring and Knowledge Over Time Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Girls
This study assessed whether trajectories of parental monitoring components were different for sexual minority girls (SMGs) compared to heterosexual girls. We recruited 14–19‐year‐old girls from two adolescent medicine clinics. We estimated growth curve models to compare how components of parental monitoring—adolescent disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental knowledge—changed over 2 years for SMGs and heterosexual girls. SMGs and heterosexual girls had similar trajectory slopes and quadratic forms of adolescent disclosure, but SMGs had consistently lower adolescent disclosure scores. Parental knowledge tr...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - May 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gerald T. Montano, Heather L. McCauley, Elizabeth Miller, Deena J. Chisolm, Michael P. Marshal Tags: Article Source Type: research
An Explanatory Model of Dating Violence Risk Factors in Spanish Adolescents
Dating violence is a serious public health issue that needs further understanding in terms of risk factors that may be involved in it. The main goal of this study was to test a mediational model of dating violence risk factors. The sample was composed of 477 secondary and college students from Spain (59% females). A dynamic developmental explanatory model considering aggressiveness, insecure attachment, interparental conflict, and peer dating violence was tested using a multigroup structural equation model. Aggressiveness partially mediated the relation between anxious attachment and dating violence and fully mediated the...
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence - May 13, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alazne Aizpitarte, Itziar Alonso ‐Arbiol, Fons J. R. Van de Vijver Tags: Article Source Type: research
