Relationships With Parents, Identity Styles, and Positive Youth Development During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Goda Kaniušonytė ◽  
Rita Žukauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Positive Relationships ◽  
Identity Styles ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Supportive Parenting

The purpose of this study was to examine the links between relationships with parents, identity styles, and positive youth development (PYD), conceptualized as “contribution” to self, family, and community, in Lithuanian youth during the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. In Study I, we sought to examine how positive relationships with parents predict contribution with the potential mediating role of autonomy-supportive parenting. Participants ( N = 153) filled a self-reported questionnaire in the final year of school and 1 year later. In Study II, we aimed at investigating how parental autonomy support is related to the contribution and the potential mediating role of identity processing style. Participants ( N = 254) were assessed 1 year after graduating high school. Overall, the findings indicated that positive relationships with parents play an important role in successful adjustment and that this relationship is partially mediated by identity style. To conclude, the way in which parents respond to their children’s need for autonomy and relatedness affects the adequate identity management and overall positive development during emerging adulthood.

scholarly journals Air Pollution and Adolescent Development: Evidence from a 3-Year Longitudinal Study in China

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 987
Author(s):  
Na Ni ◽  
Xinli Chi ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
Xiumin Cui
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Adolescent Development ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to investigate the impact of air pollution on the development of adolescents and the mediating role of students’ emotional disorders. Participants came from a longitudinal sample group of adolescents (n = 1301) in Southern China from the years 2016 to 2018. They were assessed for the Positive Youth Development and emotional disorders, and air pollution was measured by the Air Quality Index. The results show that students’ higher degree of exposure to air pollution was negatively associated with their positive development. Three out of four emotional disorders (i.e., anxiety, neuroticism, and withdrawal) mediate this association. The results suggest that the physical environment can have a paramount influence on the emotional status and overall development of adolescents, calling for intervention programs by policymakers.

Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Padilla-Walker ◽  
Larry J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
Developmental Time ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Broad Definition ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Definition Of

This opening chapter of the volume provides a broad definition of flourishing and argues that there are a variety of ways to flourish during emerging adulthood. It urges researchers to consider both the positive and negative sides of this time period. Emerging adulthood has been referred to as a time of arrested development, during which young people avoid responsibilities that are thought to be typical of adulthood. Yet this is also a unique developmental time period in which positive development is fostered. There are many opportunities available for positive development, civic engagement, and moral development. There has also been a surge in the study of positive youth development. This chapter reviews this research, and also highlights how the following chapters meet the goals of the volume.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development: Child-Driven Effects

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 369
Author(s):  
Goda Kaniušonytė ◽  
Mary Page Leggett-James ◽  
Brett Laursen
Keyword(s):  
Youth Development ◽  
Positive Youth Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Longitudinal Examination ◽  
Insight Into

The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents respond to evidence of Positive Youth Development by potentially increasing support and reducing psychological control. We tested these pathways in a sample of 458 Lithuanian adolescents (52.2% girls; M = 15.14 years old at the outset) who completed surveys assaying perceptions of parent behaviors and self-reports of positive development (character, competence, connection, caring, and confidence) at annual intervals from ages 15–18. Across most lags, children’s perceptions of parenting changed in response to their own positive development with increased support and decreased psychological control. In contrast, there were no longitudinal associations from perceptions of parenting to subsequent Positive Youth Development. The results offer insight into parenting in the 21st Century, a time when youth are increasingly encouraged/required to acquire volunteer experiences designed to promote positive development. To the extent that these experiences are successful, one unexpected offshoot may be better relationships with parents.

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