Elementary, Middle and High School Students’ Development of Interpersonal Relationships in Private Persuasive Speech

Author(s):  
Yune Jung Kim ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Szu-Hsien Lee ◽  
Ying-Jhen Wu ◽  
En Chao ◽  
Chun-Wei Chang ◽  
Wang Zhan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: This study aims to explore the prevalence of depression and examine if resilience is a mediator between interpersonal relationships and depression in senior high school students. Methods: Of 463 randomly selected participants from 3,900 high school students in a high school, 450 (97.19%) consented and completed the structured questionnaire which consisted of 4 parts: Demographics, Inventory of Adolescent Resilience, Taiwan Relationship Inventory for Children and Adolescents, and Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children. Results: A total of 94 (20.89%) had depression, out of which 54 (24%) were boys and 40 (17.78%) were girls. Results from the path analysis indicated that resilience and interpersonal relationships were negatively associated with students' depression, and interpersonal relations were partially mediated by resilience to depression after controlling for demographics. Conclusion: Findings support that resilience and better interpersonal relations are protective factors for depression in adolescents. Findings also suggest that better interpersonal relationships can boost resilience to alleviate depression amongst adolescents.


1969 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard E. Dimond ◽  
David T. Hellkamp

The Jourard and Lasakow (1958) Self-disclosure Questionnaire was administered to 120 high school students in order to examine relationships of birth order, race, and sex to self-disclosure. Results indicated that later borns disclosed more than firstborns, whites disclosed more than Negroes, and mother was the favorite target person. Further, firstborn Negroes disclosed less than any other group, females disclosed most to mother and female friend while males disclosed least to female friend, firstborns disclosed most to mother, and whites disclosed more to father than Negroes. Results were discussed in relation to possible child-rearing practices affecting the meaningfulness of interpersonal relationships established by the various birth ranks.


1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 995-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. Holmes ◽  
Yuji Sakano ◽  
Georgia H. Doran ◽  
James R. Doran ◽  
Joseph Cautela

Factor-analyzed correlations among items of the Japanese Adolescent Reinforcement Survey Schedule by Japanese high school students ( N = 939) and college students ( N = 500) were compared to investigate the changes in reinforcers between mid- and late adolescence, gender differences, and the specific groupings of reinforcers which suggest certain interventions for either or both groups of adolescents. The factor analysis yielded ten interpretable factors in both groups. These factors were similar and did not suggest a dramatic shift in reinforcers between mid- and late adolescence. Items related to heterosexual activities and antisocial behaviors were rated as more pleasurable by males and items related to interpersonal relationships and academic activities were rated as more pleasurable by females. Since both groups of students attach high reinforcement value to interpersonal interaction with peers and family members, interventions focusing on social skills development might be popular and well attended.


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