Developmental Trajectories of (Cyber)Bullying Perpetration and Social Intelligence During Early Adolescence

We examined developmental trajectories of ethnic and national identity during early adolescence and linked subgroups of identity change to ethnic minority children’s school adjustment. Our longitudinal data on Turkish immigrant-origin children in Germany ( N = 146; MT1 = 10.42 years, 46.6% male) covered three waves of annual measurement. A person-oriented approach using growth mixture modeling revealed two different classes (subgroups) of identity change: Class 1 comprised children with a high and stable Turkish identity, and Class 2 comprised children with a medium and increasing Turkish identity. German identity was medium and stable in both classes. Results further showed generally high levels of school adjustment in both classes but lower levels of school motivation and teacher support among children in Class 2. Our findings point toward heterogeneity in ethnic minority children’s identity development during early adolescence and support the “ethnic identity as a resource” hypothesis.

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Anxiety in Early Adolescence: Heterogeneous Developmental Trajectories, Associations with Risk Factors and Depressive Symptoms

Child Psychiatry & Human Development ◽

10.1007/s10578-019-00936-y ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 51 (4) ◽

pp. 527-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alejandro de la Torre-Luque ◽

Aina Fiol-Veny ◽

Maria Balle ◽

Stefanie A. Nelemans ◽

Xavier Bornas

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

Developmental Trajectories

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Effects of Cyberbullying Experience and Cyberbullying Tendency on School Violence in Early Adolescence

The Open Nursing Journal ◽

10.2174/1874434601711010098 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 98-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mi-Kyoung Cho ◽

Miyoung Kim ◽

Gisoo Shin

Keyword(s):

School Violence ◽

Early Adolescence ◽

School Nurses ◽

Cyber Bullying ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

School Students ◽

Violence Victimization ◽

School Violence Prevention ◽

Violence Prevention Program ◽

Victimization Experience

Background: School violence in early adolescence, whose frequency and status have recently changed significantly. Objective: This study attempts to detect the cyber bullying inclination of youth in early adolescence when aggressiveness reaches its peak, to identify school violence, and to develop a school violence prevention program. Method: This study was a survey research, investigating participants who were 470 middle school students in South Korea. For the analysis, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: It is suggested that the school violence victimization experience and cyber bullying infliction experience has an influence in the school violence infliction. And the cyber bullying victimization experience and school violence victimization experience variables exert effects. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that school nurses who are connecting to the community-school-home should take an active part in the development of school violence mediation education program, considering the cultural characteristics of the country.

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A Twin-Singleton Comparison of Developmental Trajectories of Externalizing and Internalizing Problems in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children

Twin Research and Human Genetics ◽

10.1375/twin.13.1.79 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 79-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Sylvana C. C. Robbers ◽

Meike Bartels ◽

Floor V. A. van Oort ◽

C. E. M. (Toos) van Beijsterveldt ◽

Jan van der Ende ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Adolescence ◽

Internalizing Problems ◽

Externalizing Problems ◽

Internalizing Symptoms ◽

Child Behavior Checklist ◽

Protective Factor ◽

Developmental Trajectories ◽

Population Sample ◽

Growth Curves ◽

Externalizing And Internalizing Problems

AbstractResearch on twin-singleton differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in childhood is largely cross-sectional and yields contrasting results. The goal of this study was to compare developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems in 6- to 12-year-old twins and singletons. Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) maternal reports of externalizing and internalizing problems were obtained for a sample of 9651 twins from the Netherlands Twin Register and for a representative general population sample of 1351 singletons. Latent growth modeling was applied to estimate growth curves for twins and singletons. Twin-singleton differences in the intercepts and slopes of the growth curves were examined. The developmental trajectories of externalizing problems showed a linear decrease over time, and were not significantly different for twins and singletons. Internalizing problems seem to develop similarly for twins and singletons up to age 9. After this age twins' internalizing symptoms start to decrease in comparison to those of singletons, resulting in less internalizing problems than singletons by the age of 12 years. Our findings confirm the generalizability of twin studies to singleton populations with regard to externalizing problems in middle and late childhood. The generalizability of studies on internalizing problems in early adolescence in twin samples should be addressed with care. Twinship may be a protective factor in the development of internalizing problems during early adolescence.

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