Resistance to peer influence and crime desistance in emerging adulthood: A moderated mediation analysis.

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 520-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn D. Walters
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Crime Desistance ◽  
Resistance To Peer Influence

scholarly journals Can Supportive Siblings Protect against the Risk that Stress from Feelings of Alienation with Parents and Peers Poses to Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood?

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2199385
Author(s):  
Muna Osman ◽  
Dave Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Two Samples

Feelings of alienation with parents and peers can lead to psychological distress, possibly because such feelings are stressful. Supportive siblings are known to foster mental health in youth, but research in emerging adulthood is limited. We hypothesized supportive sibling climate as a protective factor in the risks that stress from parent and peer alienation poses to psychological distress among emerging adults. A proposed moderated-mediation model was tested, across three samples, using latent moderated mediation structural equation modeling. Results indicated that parental and peer alienation were associated with more psychological distress, and stress partially mediated the link between parental (but not peer) alienation and psychological distress in two samples. However, a supportive sibling climate was not protective as it did not moderate the links among alienation, stress, and psychological distress. In sum, siblings seem beneficial, but perhaps it is not sufficient to protect emerging adults’ mental health against stress from parent and peer alienation.

Joking about cancer as an avoidance strategy among US adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Carcioppolo ◽  
Kevin K John ◽  
Jakob D Jensen ◽  
Andy J King
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Fear Appeals ◽  
Fear Appeal ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
Avoidance Strategies ◽  
Avoidance Strategy

Summary Findings from years of research on fear appeals suggest that individuals with low efficacy utilize avoidance strategies when they perceive a significant threat—a process called fear control. Some research suggests that joking could be an avoidance strategy. The current study identifies conditions in which people are more likely to joke about colorectal cancer and explores how this behavior may be associated with screening avoidance. Older adults (N = 209) recruited from eight different worksites completed a survey measuring fear appeal constructs and enactment of colorectal cancer-related joking. Results of a moderated mediation analysis suggest that men were more likely to joke about colorectal cancer than women, particularly if they perceived significant threat but had limited self-efficacy, signifying fear control. Results support prior fear appeal research, suggesting that an increase in joking behavior concerning colorectal cancer may be indicative of screening avoidance, and describe belief-based mechanisms that explain differences between biological sex and joking.

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