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Social support and adolescents’ career development
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to determine influence of social support on adolescents’ career
development. The sample consisted of 358 secondary school students from year one to year four.
The students were surveyed on ...
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer, 2020)
Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate
parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ...
Choice Shifts in School Disciplinary Decision Making: Analysis of Age Differences of Panel Members
(The Open Psychology Journal, 2020-06-11)
Background:
Decision making is critical to each organization and it requires the ability to find a possible balance between risky and cautious decisions. The Kenyan secondary schools are mandated by the Ministry of Education ...
Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures
(Society for Research on Adolescence, 2020)
We investigated the effects of parental warmth and behavioral control on externalizing and internalizing symptom trajectories from ages 8 to 14 in 1,298 adolescents from 12 cultural groups. We did not find that single ...
Opportunities and Peer Support for Aggression and Delinquency During Adolescence in Nine Countries
(New directions for child and adolescent development, 2020)
This study tested culture-general and culture-specific aspects of adolescent developmental processes by focusing on opportunities and peer support for aggressive and delinquent behavior, which could help account for cultural ...
Examining the internalizing pathway to substance use frequency in 10 cultural groups
(Pergamon, 2020)
Use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs (i.e., substance use) is a leading cause of global health burden
for 10-to-24-year-olds, according to the World Health Organization’s index of number of years of
life lost, leading ...
INTEREST AND SCIENCE PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA: GENDER AS A MODERATOR
(Research and Analysis Journal, 2020)
The purpose of this study was to establish the moderating role of gender in the influence of interest on science performance among secondary school students in Migori county. A sample of 327 Form Four students in Migori ...
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups
(Springer US, 2020-03-12)
Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adolescence. However, these problems may be mitigated by adequate
parenting, including effective parent–adolescent communication. The ways in which parent-driven ...
Examining effects of mother and father warmth and control on child externalizing and internalizing problems from age 8 to 13 in nine countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)
This study used data from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and United States; N = 1,315) to investigate bidirectional associations between parental ...
Cross‐cultural effects of parent warmth and control on aggression and rule‐breaking from ages 8 to 13
(Wiley, 2020)
We investigated whether bidirectional associations between parental warmth and behavioral control and child aggression and rule‐breaking behavior emerged in 12 cultural groups. Study participants included 1,298 children ...