scholarly journals Early adolescent disclosure and parental knowledge regarding online activities: Social anxiety and parental rule-setting as moderators

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 287-298
Author(s):  
Nejra Van Zalk ◽  
Maarten Van Zalk
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Disclosure ◽  
Online Activities ◽  
Rule Setting

scholarly journals Social Anxiety-Impulsivity Subgroups and Links to Later Emotional Adjustment in Adolescence: A Latent Transition Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1397-1426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nejra Van Zalk ◽  
Maria Tillfors ◽  
Ewa Mörtberg
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Emotional Adjustment ◽  
Latent Transition Analysis ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
Transition Analysis ◽  
Latent Transition ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

A growing body of research has acknowledged the heterogeneity of subclinical social anxiety, identifying a subgroup of individuals who exhibit high levels of impulsivity. In a sample of Swedish early adolescents ( N = 2,509, Mage = 13.64; 52.8% girls), we conducted latent transition analyses (LTA) to identify four classes of subclinical social anxiety-impulsivity across three time points. We identified a Low Social Anxiety-Low Impulsivity class, as well as a High Anxiety-High Impulsivity class for girls and boys, which had high levels of Time-4 internalizing problems. The latter class was less stable but larger for boys. There was also a more typical High Anxiety-Low Impulsivity class for both genders. Nevertheless, Low Anxiety-High Impulsivity girls and boys fared the worst in terms of both internalizing and externalizing problems later on. To our knowledge, this is the first study to adopt an LTA framework to investigate trajectories of early adolescent social anxiety-impulsivity over time.

Bullying Perpetration and Subsequent Delinquency: A Regression-Based Analysis of Early Adolescent Schoolchildren

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Walters ◽  
Dorothy L. Espelage
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measure ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Auxiliary Variables ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
Peer Delinquency ◽  
Full Information Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Bullying Perpetration ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
One Year

The purpose of this study was to determine whether bullying perpetration in early adolescence is capable of predicting delinquency 1 year later. Nine control variables were included in a regression analysis of the bullying–delinquency relationship in 1,001 schoolchildren ([Formula: see text] age = 12.97 years). The nine control variables (age, sex, race, social support, bullying victimization, probullying attitudes, parental knowledge, impulsivity, and peer delinquency), along with bullying perpetration and prior delinquency, were regressed onto delinquency measured 1 year later. Because the majority of participants (63.3%) were missing data on the outcome measure, a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) with auxiliary variables was performed. The results of a preliminary confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that the bullying and delinquency scales employed in this study were assessing separate constructs. The main analysis revealed that parental knowledge, impulsivity, bullying, and precursor delinquency predicted delinquency one year later.

scholarly journals Mediators of the effectiveness of a kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention on pre-schoolers’ snacking behaviour: the ToyBox-study

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina-Paulina Lambrinou ◽  
Maartje M van Stralen ◽  
Odysseas Androutsos ◽  
Greet Cardon ◽  
Marieke De Craemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
New Family ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Cluster Randomized ◽  
Snack Consumption ◽  
Rule Setting ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Unhealthy Snacks

AbstractObjectiveThe present study aimed to explore the mediating role of family-related determinants on the effects of the ToyBox-intervention on pre-school children’s consumption of healthy and unhealthy snacks.DesignThe ToyBox-intervention was a kindergarten-based, family-involved intervention with a cluster-randomized design, aiming to promote healthy lifestyle behaviours to prevent obesity at pre-school age.SettingKindergartens (n 309) in six European countries.SubjectsA total of 6290 pre-schoolers and their families participated in the ToyBox-intervention in 2012–2013 and data from 5212 pre-schoolers/families were included in the current analyses.ResultsEven though the total effect of the ToyBox-intervention on healthy and unhealthy snacking was not significant, the ToyBox-intervention significantly improved parental rule setting on children’s unhealthy snack consumption (i.e. restriction of snacking while watching television and permission only at certain occasions) and parental consumption of unhealthy snacks, while it increased parental knowledge on snacking recommendations. Regarding healthy snacking, the ToyBox-intervention improved children’s attitude towards fruit and vegetables (F&V). All previously mentioned family-related determinants mediated the intervention effects on pre-schoolers’ consumption of healthy and unhealthy snacks. Almost all family-related determinants examined in the study were independently associated with pre-schoolers’ consumption of healthy and unhealthy snacks.ConclusionsThe intervention was effective in improving relevant family-related determinants. Interventions aiming to promote F&V consumption and limit the consumption of unhealthy snacks in pre-schoolers should target on these mediators, but also identify new family-, school- or peer-related determinants, to enhance their effectiveness.

Parental Knowledge and Its Sources

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1356-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew F. Bumpus ◽  
Kathleen Boyce Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
School Based ◽  
Adolescent Disclosure ◽  
M 14 ◽  
Parental Solicitation ◽  
American Families

This study aims to examine patterns of parental knowledge and its sources (adolescent reports of disclosure, parental solicitation, and parental trust) among adolescents who differ as a function of family structure and race. Data are drawn from adolescents ( N = 2,374, M = 14 years, SD = 1.68) participating in a school-based study. Adolescent disclosure is a stronger predictor of parental knowledge in single-parent families and stepfamilies and in European American families. Conversely, parental solicitation is more highly related to parental knowledge in original two-parent families and in African American families. These findings provide a first step in understanding the ways in which family structure and race may shape the acquisition of parental knowledge. Implications for future research and application are also discussed.

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