Deviant Peer Affiliation and Adolescents’ Online Gaming Addiction: The Moderating Role of Impulsivity

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 772-779
Author(s):  
Hu Jianping ◽  
Ren Dongyu
Keyword(s):  
Online Gaming ◽  
Gaming Addiction ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Moderating Role

Pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in late adolescence: The moderating role of individual, peer, and parental factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie Benoit ◽  
Eric Lacourse ◽  
Michel Claes
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Early Puberty ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractThis longitudinal study examined personal-accentuation and contextual-amplification models of pubertal timing. In these models, individual and contextual risk factors during childhood and adolescence can magnify the effects of early or late puberty on depression symptoms that occur years later. The moderating role of prepubertal individual factors (emotional problems in late childhood) and interpersonal factors (deviant peer affiliation, early dating, perceived peer popularity, and perceived parental rejection during adolescence) were tested. A representative sample of 1,431 Canadian adolescents between 10–11 and 16–17 years of age was followed biannually. In line with the personal-accentuation model, early puberty has been shown to be a predictor for depression in both girls and boys who presented emotional problems in childhood. This effect was also noted for late maturing boys. Consistent with the contextual-amplification model, early puberty predicted later depression in youth who perceived greater parental rejection. Interpersonal experiences such as early dating in girls and deviant peer affiliation in boys predicted depression in early maturers as well. For girls, early dating was also found to be amplified by childhood emotional problems. In line with biopsychosocial models, results indicate that the effect of pubertal timing on depressive symptoms must be conceptualized through complex interactions between characteristics of adolescents' interpersonal relationships and prepubertal vulnerabilities.

scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Deviant Peer Affiliation in the Relation between Cyber-Victimization, Tobacco and Alcohol Use, and Age Differences

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8294
Author(s):  
Xiaojun Sun ◽  
Liangshuang Yao ◽  
Gengfeng Niu ◽  
Shanyan Lin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Cyber Victimization ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Moderating Role

Cyber-victimization, tobacco and alcohol use are all prominent public health problems among adolescents throughout the world. Against this background, this study examined the association between cyber-victimization and tobacco and alcohol use, as well as the moderating role of deviant peer affiliation and the potential age differences among elementary, middle, and high school students. A survey conducted among 1488 school students (aged 9–19 years, consisting of 702 elementary school students, 318 middle school students, and 468 high school students) found that cyber-victimization was positively correlated with tobacco and alcohol use among students of all stages. However, the moderating mechanism was different. Among elementary school students, deviant peer affiliation played a positive moderating role. For individuals with high deviant peer affiliation, this association was stronger. Among middle school students, the moderating role of deviant peer affiliation was insignificant. Among high school students, deviant peer affiliation played a negative moderating role; this association was significant for individuals with low deviant peer affiliation. The results of this study clarify the relationship between cyber-victimization and tobacco and alcohol use by examining the moderating role of deviant peer affiliation and age differences, providing intervention guidance for reducing the negative influences of cyber-victimization on children and adolescents with respect their use of tobacco and alcohol.

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