Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Adolescence"
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A reason to stay healthy: the role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2015)The present longitudinal study investigated the incremental contribution of meaning in life to sustaining health–promoting behaviors, after controlling for well–being and health values among East–European adolescents (N = ... -
A "Day in the Lives" of Four Resilient Youths: Cultural Roots of Resilience
(SAGE Publications, 2011)Grounded in the examples of four impoverished, relocated youths (two Sesotho-speaking orphans in South Africa and two Mexican immigrants in Canada), we explore cultural factors as potential roots of resilience. We triangulate ... -
Direct aggression and generalized anxiety in adolescence: heterogeneity in development and intra-individual change
(Springer, 2016)Co-occurrence of aggression and anxiety might change during adolescence, or stay stable. We studied change and stability of four types of co-occurrence regarding direct aggression and anxiety in adolescence: an anxious and ... -
Enabling white, Afrikaans-speaking adolescents towards post-divorce resilience: implications for educators
(Education Association of SA (EASA), 2010)Using rich qualitative data, we describe the ecosystemically-embedded protective antecedents that enabled 10 white, Afrikaans-speaking adolescents from divorced families towards resilience. The description both confirms ... -
Enabling white, Afrikaans–speaking adolescents toward post–divorce resilience: implications for educators
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2010)Using rich qualitative data, we describe the ecosystemically-embedded protective antecedents that enabled 10 white, Afrikaans-speaking adolescents from divorced families towards resilience. The description both confirms ... -
The friends and family interview: measurement invariance across Belgium and Romania
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)The Friends and Family Interview (FFI; Steele & Steele, 2005), a semi-structured interview assessing attachment representations, is used in the context of an international research project. In the current study, the first ... -
Gaming is related to enhanced working memory performance and task-related cortical activity
(Elsevier, 2017)Gaming experience has been suggested to lead to performance enhancements in a wide variety of working memory tasks. Previous studies have, however, mostly focused on adult expert gamers and have not included measurements ... -
Hopelessness and shame in relation to suicide attempts by Cuban adolescents
(SAGE Publications, 2022)Youth suicide rates in Cuba are very high compared with most other countries, despite considerable improvement in recent years. The purpose of our study was to determine whether hopelessness and shame distinguish adolescent ... -
Mental health, self-esteem, and influences on sexual values and attitudes among black South African adolescent males
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)This study investigated the relationships between sexual values and attitudes, self-esteem, and mental health among black South African adolescents. Adolescent males (n = 522) aged between 13 and 21 years participated in ... -
The potential role of meaning in life in the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation
(Springer, 2015)Adolescent bullying is a common problem in schools across America. The consequences of bullying are significant, and can include severe psychological trauma and suicide. A better understanding of the mechanisms that link ...