scholarly journals The Role of Pubertal Timing and Heterosocial Involvement in Early Adolescents’ Media Internalization: A Moderated Moderation Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
pp. 1167-1194
Author(s):  
Ann Rousseau ◽  
Helene Laporte ◽  
Felix Grundmann ◽  
Steven Eggermont
Keyword(s):  
Peer Interactions ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Developmental Factors ◽  
Early Pubertal Timing ◽  
Media Internalization

The present three-wave panel study ( N = 968, [Formula: see text] = 11.30, SD = 1.06) examines how developmental factors—pubertal timing and heterosocial involvement (i.e., one’s involvement in cross-sex activities)—influence early adolescents’ level of media internalization. We hypothesized that early pubertal timing positively moderates the association between sexualizing magazine reading and media internalization. Next, we argued that increased heterosocial involvement will weaken the amplifying influence of early pubertal timing on the aforementioned relationship. Both hypotheses were confirmed. For early adolescents who mature earlier than same-age/sex peers, reading sexualizing magazines resulted in more media internalization. Furthermore, our results showed that moderate to high cross-sex peer interactions can serve as a protective force against the negative influence of early pubertal timing. These results highlight the influential role of appearance-related developmental factors in the processing of sexualizing magazine content and point to the potential protective role of cross-sex peer interactions in media internalization.

scholarly journals A Biopsychosocial Model for Understanding Media Internalization and Appearance Dissatisfaction Among Preadolescent Boys and Girls

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 346-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Rousseau ◽  
Rachel F Rodgers ◽  
Steven Eggermont
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Media Internalization ◽  
Over Time

Sociocultural models emphasize the role of media internalization in preadolescents’ appearance dissatisfaction. The present three-wave panel study sought to examine how biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors jointly contribute to preadolescents’ ( N = 973, Mage = 11.15 years) media internalization and appearance dissatisfaction over time. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test a hypothetical model in which media internalization mediated the effect of (a) pubertal timing, (b) media-related conversations with friends, and (c) perceptions of media as a good source of information regarding appearance and attractiveness, on change in appearance satisfaction. The model also examined the protective role of social self-esteem against the internalization of media ideals. For girls, pubertal timing was associated with increases in media internalization over time, directly and indirectly through media information and media-related conversations. For boys, pubertal timing indirectly predicted increases in media internalization over time, through media-related conversations. Media internalization positively predicted body dissatisfaction over time, and vice versa. Social self-esteem did not serve as a buffer against media internalization.

scholarly journals A Good Friend’: The Role of Peer Networks in Juvenile Treatment Courts

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
Pamela Linden ◽  
Shelly Cohen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Peer Interactions ◽  
New York State ◽  
Protective Role ◽  
Good Friend ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Treatment Courts ◽  
Treatment Court

A primary goal of Juvenile Treatment Courts is participant abstention from the use of alcohol and drugs. The present paper seeks to understand the role of social networks in participant abstention by examining the accounts of peer interactions of 37 current and former youth participants in New York State. This qualitative study found that while severing deviant network ties were involved in abstention in some cases, the dominant theme was the perceived protective role of emotionally close, albeit drug using, peers in supporting abstention. Although most cognitively based adolescent chemical abuse treatment programs explore the role of social networks in youth chemical use and abuse, the findings that youth in Juvenile Treatment Court programs have continued exposure to drugs and alcohol through interaction with their social networks suggest that social network interactions also enter into the discourse taking place within Juvenile Treatment Court settings.

scholarly journals Preadolescents’ Reliance on and Internalization of Media Appearance Ideals: Triggers and Consequences

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1074-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Rousseau ◽  
Jolien Trekels ◽  
Steven Eggermont
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Current Literature ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Early Maturation ◽  
Body Concerns ◽  
Media Internalization

The present three-wave panel study ( N = 973, [Formula: see text] = 11.14) sought to advance the current literature on media internalization in preadolescence by examining triggers and consequences related to preadolescents’ media internalization and use of media for appearance information. We sought to examine whether (a) media internalization and use of media for appearance information could be explained by pubertal timing and peer appearance criticism, and (b) such media internalization and use of media for information could foster dysfunctional body image investment. Structural equation analyses showed that early maturation relative to peers and peer appearance criticism predicted preadolescents’ use of media for appearance information and media internalization, 6 months later. Such media use, in turn, predicted preadolescents’ development of dysfunctional appearance beliefs, 6 months later. These results highlight the importance for future studies to examine whether preadolescents’ reliance on appearance media stems from their need to cope with current body concerns.

scholarly journals The Role of Pubertal Timing in the Development of Peer Victimization and Offending From Early- to Mid-Adolescence

2021 ◽  
pp. 027243162110022
Author(s):  
Therése Skoog ◽  
Sabina Kapetanovic
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Growth Curve Analysis ◽  
Early Puberty ◽  
Early Pubertal Timing ◽  
Latent Growth Curve Analysis

We used latent growth curve analysis to extend research on associations between early puberty and adverse peer relations by examining the role of pubertal timing in the developmental trajectories of peer victimization and offending from early- to mid-adolescence. We made use of three-wave longitudinal data collected annually from a cohort of Swedish adolescents ( N = 1,515, 51% girls, [Formula: see text]age at T1 = 13.0 years). The results revealed negative developmental trends for peer victimization and offending. Early pubertal timing was linked to higher initial levels and a steeper decrease of peer victimization and offending. The only effect of pubertal timing that differed between the genders was that the initial level of offending was stronger for boys than girls. In conclusion, the negative impact of early pubertal timing on peer victimization and offending occurs in the early stages of adolescence and disappears thereafter.

scholarly journals Parenting Styles as a Moderator of the Association between Pubertal Timing and Chinese Adolescents’ Smoking Behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 8903
Author(s):  
Hui Ling ◽  
Yaqin Yan ◽  
En Fu ◽  
Amin Zhu ◽  
Jianren Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Style ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Adolescent Smoking ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Early Pubertal Timing ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Pubertal timing refers to the timing of an individual regarding pubertal sexual maturation, both physiologically and psychologically. Existing research shows that pubertal timing is associated with behavioral problems. This study investigated the role of parenting style in the relationship between pubertal timing and Chinese adolescents’ smoking behavior. Methods: The study examined the association of pubertal timing, parenting style and adolescents’ smoking behavior, using the Pubertal Development Scale (Chinese version), Simplified Parenting Style Scale-Chinese version, and three items related to adolescents’ smoking situation. Participants were 1391 Chinese adolescents aged 11–16 years old (53.41% boys). Hierarchical linear regression analyses assessed the moderating role of parenting style on the association between pubertal timing and adolescent smoking behavior. Results: The results indicated that parenting style moderates the relationship between pubertal timing and adolescent smoking behavior. For male adolescents, father rejection moderated the relationship between early pubertal timing and smoking behavior. For female adolescents, father rejection, father emotional warmth, and mother emotional warmth moderated the relationship between pubertal timing and smoking behavior. Conclusions: Findings from the study highlight the importance of parenting style, which may influence the negative outcomes associated with early pubertal timing and can help improve interventions aimed at reducing these negative outcomes.

scholarly journals Reward sensitivity and internalizing symptoms during the transition to puberty: An examination of 9-and 10-year-olds in the ABCD Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. McNeilly ◽  
Natalie Marie Saragosa-Harris ◽  
Kathryn L. Mills ◽  
Ronald Dahl ◽  
Lucía Magis-Weinberg
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Internalizing Disorders ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Reward Sensitivity ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Early Pubertal Timing ◽  
Adolescents And Adults ◽  
Window Of Vulnerability

Early pubertal timing has been linked to increased risk for internalizing disorders. Work in older adolescents and adults suggests that heightened reward sensitivity may buffer risk for internalizing symptoms, but few studies have investigated these associations during the early transition to puberty, a window of vulnerability to mental health risk. In this preregistered study, we investigated the associations among pubertal timing, internalizing symptoms, and reward sensitivity in 11,243 9-10 year-olds from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®. Using split-half analysis, we tested hypothesized effects across two subsets of the sample (Sample 1 N=5,631 ; Sample 2 N=5,612). Across samples, early pubertal timing was associated with higher internalizing symptoms in females and males, with highest symptoms evident in mid-pubertal adolescents. Additionally, early pubertal timing was robustly associated with greater self-reported reward sensitivity in both females and males. We observed preliminary evidence of a moderating role of self-reported and neural reward sensitivity in the association between early pubertal timing and internalizing symptoms, but several of these effects differed by sex, and no moderation effects replicated across samples. Together, these findings provide novel insights into early indicators of risk for internalizing disorders during the transition to puberty.

scholarly journals Overparenting, Parent-Child Conflict and Anxiety among Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Lagged Panel Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (22) ◽  
pp. 11887
Author(s):  
Janet Tsin-Yee Leung
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adolescent Anxiety ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Bidirectional Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Parent Child

Background: Overparenting is an emerging parenting style in which parents over-protect their children from difficulties and challenges by intruding into their lives and providing extensive assistance to them. Unfortunately, longitudinal studies related to overparenting were severely lacking, particularly on its impacts on early adolescents. Moreover, studies examining the mediational pathways through which overparenting is associated with adolescent anxiety are scant. This study examined the mediating role of parent-child conflict (father-child and mother-child) in the relationship between overparenting (paternal and maternal) and adolescent anxiety over time. Method: Based on a three-wave longitudinal data of 1074 Chinese early adolescents in Hong Kong, the relationships among paternal and maternal overparenting, father- and mother-child conflict, and adolescent anxiety were assessed. Results: Mother-child conflict mediated the relationship between maternal overparenting and adolescent anxiety over time. Besides, a reverse association of prior adolescent anxiety with subsequent maternal overparenting via mother-child conflict was also identified. In addition, adolescent gender and family intactness did not moderate the relationships among overparenting, parent-child conflict, and adolescent anxiety. Discussion: This present study identified that the bidirectional relationship between maternal overparenting and adolescent anxiety via mother-child conflict over time, which sheds new light on the study of overparenting on adolescent well-being in the Chinese communities.

Prior exposure to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial beliefs

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. McCann
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Prior Exposure ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Entrepreneurial Process ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Entrepreneurial Beliefs

Purpose To contribute to the knowledge of factors that shape entrepreneurial beliefs, the purpose of this paper is to theorize and empirically test how individuals’ general attitudes toward entrepreneurship based on exposure to others’ prior entrepreneurial activities are related to beliefs surrounding current entrepreneurial opportunities. Positive attitudes based on prior exposure can lead to bias in the beliefs about current opportunities being evaluated, suggesting that positive affect can be a negative influence in the entrepreneurial process. Design/methodology/approach The sample is the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics I, a nationally representative, longitudinal data set of US adults in the process of starting businesses. Regression analyses demonstrate how general attitudes are associated with beliefs about level of future sales, probability of venture survival, and levels of financial, competitive, and operational uncertainty. Findings Nascent entrepreneurs with more positive general attitudes toward entrepreneurship form more optimistic estimates of the financial performance and survival likelihood of their future ventures. They also estimate lower levels of environmental uncertainty. Originality/value This research extends understanding of the impact of prior exposure to entrepreneurship in the entrepreneurial process. It also contributes to increasing understanding of the determinants of entrepreneurial beliefs and extends prior work that has considered cognitive determinants (knowledge and motivation) to consider emotional determinants (affect-infused attitudes), consistent with the heightened recent interest in the role of emotion in entrepreneurship. This research provides a different perspective on the role of affect in the entrepreneurial process. While prior work addressing affect in entrepreneurship has explored the positive aspects of affect, the present study suggests that affect may not have a uniformly positive influence.

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