Developmental Psychology

Special Virtual Issue on Adolescence

Read recent articles on adolescence from across Wiley-Blackwell journals in psychology and related disciplines.

Featured journal:

Journal of Research on Adolescence
Special Issue: Decade in Review
Stephen T. Russell, Noel A. Card and Elizabeth J. Susman, Guest Editors

Related articles:

Relationship Proximity to Victims of Witnessed Community Violence: Associations With Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors
Sharon F. Lambert, Rhonda C. Boyd, Nicole L. Cammack and Nicholas S. Ialongo
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Transformational Teaching and Adolescent Self-Determined Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Intentions to Engage in Leisure Time Physical Activity: A Randomised Controlled Pilot Trial
Mark R. Beauchamp, Julian Barling and Katie L. Morton
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Antisocial behaviour across the life course: An examination of the effects of early onset desistence and early onset persistent antisocial behaviour in adulthood
Tara Renae McGee, Mohammad R. Hayatbakhsh, William Bor, Michael Cerruto, Angela Dean, Rosa Alati, Ryan Mills, Gail M. Williams, Michael O'Callaghan and Jake M. Najman British
Australian Journal of Psychology

Morality, values, traditional bullying, and cyberbullying in adolescence
Ersilia Menesini, Annalaura Nocentini and Marina Camodeca
British Journal of Developmental Psychology

No smoke without fire: The impact of future friends on adolescent smoking behaviour
L. Mercken, M. Candel, L. van Osch and H. de Vries
British Journal of Health Psychology

A qualitative comparison of perceived stress and coping in adolescents with and without autistic spectrum disorders as they approach leaving school James Browning, Lisa A. Osborne, Phil Reed
British Journal of Special Education

A Friend In Deed? Can Adolescent Girls Be Taught to Understand Relational Bullying?
Deborah James, Ann Flynn, Maria Lawlor, Pat Courtney, Niamh Murphy and Bernie Henry
Child Abuse Review

The effect of adolescents' image of parents on children's self-image and mental health
Sayuri Hashimoto, Francis N Onuoha, Mika Isaka and Noriko Higuchi
Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Special Issue: Transition to adulthood
Child: care, health and development

Development of Ethnic, Racial, and National Prejudice in Childhood and Adolescence: A Multinational Meta-Analysis of Age Differences
Tobias Raabe and Andreas Beelmann
Child Development

Adolescent Neurobehavioral Characteristics, Alcohol Sensitivities, and Intake: Setting the Stage for Alcohol Use Disorders?
Linda Patia Spear
Child Development Perspectives

‘The terrorist in my home’: teenagers' violence towards parents – constructions of parent experiences in public online message boards
Amanda Holt
Child & Family Social Work

Years of Conflict: Adolescence, Political Violence and Displacement
Samaneh Maddah
Children & Society

Comorbid depression and anxiety in childhood and adolescent anorexia nervosa: Prevalence and implications for outcome
Elizabeth K. Hughes
Clinical Psychologist

Genetically influenced change in sensation seeking drives the rise of delinquent behavior during adolescence
K. Paige Harden, Patrick D. Quinn and Elliot M. Tucker-Drob
Developmental Science

Special Issue: Psychological Anthropology and Adolescent Well-Being: Steps Toward Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy
Eileen P. Anderson-Fye and Jill E. Korbin, Guest Editors
Ethos

Stressful Events and Temperament Change during Early and Middle Adolescence: The TRAILS Study
O. M. Laceulle, E. Nederhof, A. Karreman, J. Ormel and M. A. G. van Aken
European Journal of Personality

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Hispanic American and White American Adolescents’ Use of Reference Agents for Apparel Shopping
Yoo-Kyoung Seock and Jan M. Hathcote
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal  

Adolescents of the USA National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study: Can Family Characteristics Counteract the Negative Effects of Stigmatization?Henny Bos and Nanette Gartrell
Family Process

Who's the Boss? Patterns of Control in Adolescents' Sibling Relationships
Corinna Jenkins Tucker, Kim Updegraff and Megan E. Baril
Family Relations

Tempering the Decline in College Student Physical Activity Using Informational Interventions: Moderating Effects of Stress and Stage of Change Angela Liegey Dougall, Jeffrey N. Swanson, Jessica R. Grimm, Colin T. Jenney and Mark C. Frame
Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research

Lay Beliefs About Psychological and Social Problems Among Adolescents: Motivational and Cognitive Antecedents
Sylvia Xiaohua Chen and Michael Harris Bond
Journal of Applied Social Psychology

"Adolescents with psychopathic traits reporting reductions in physiological responses to fear" and "I don't second that"
Podcast and articles
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Mental Health Problems and Coping Styles of Urban and Rural High School Students in China
Hongjing Zhang, Kyle Chang, Fan Zhang, Ellen Greenberger and Chuansheng Chen
Journal of Community Psychology

Preschool Pretend Play Behaviors and Early Adolescent Creativity
Paula Y. Mullineaux and Lisabeth F. Dilalla
Journal of Creative Behavior

Theoretical Perspectives on Sibling Relationships
Shawn D. Whiteman, Susan M. McHale and Anna Soli
Journal of Family Theory & Review

Predictors of treatment attendance among adolescent substance abusing runaways: a comparison of family and individual therapy modalities Natasha Slesnick, Gizem Erdem, Jennifer Collins, Denitza Bantchevska and Heather Katafiasz
Journal of Family Therapy

Adolescent Sexuality and the Risk of Marital Dissolution
Anthony Paik
Journal of Marriage and Family

A Process-Content Approach to Adolescent Identity Formation: Examining Longitudinal Associations Between Identity Styles and Goal Pursuits
Bart Duriez, Koen Luyckx, Bart Soenens and Michael Berzonsky
Journal of Personality

Text-message abbreviations and language skills in high school and university students
Sarah De Jonge, Nenagh Kemp
Journal of Research in Reading

Loneliness, friendship quality and the social networks of adolescents with high-functioning autism in an inclusive school setting
Jill Locke, Eric H. Ishijima, Connie Kasari, Nancy London
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

Comorbidity among depression, conduct disorder, and drug use from adolescence to young adulthood: Examining the role of violence exposures Magdalena Cerdá, Melissa Tracy, Brisa N. Sánchez and Sandro Galea
Journal of Traumatic Stress

Naturally Acquired Mentoring Relationships and Young Adult Outcomes Among Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
Kym Ahrens, David Lane DuBois, Paula Lozano and Laura P. Richardson
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice

Correlations Among Social-Cognitive Skills in Adolescents Involved in Acting or Arts Classes
Thalia R. Goldstein
Mind, Brain and Education

Delinquent behaviour patterns in adolescence: Development and associated personality traits
Jenny M. Eklund, Jenny Freidenfelt Liljeberg and Britt af Klinteberg
Personality and Mental Health

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones: Protective Factors for the Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Social Competence in Adolescence Shannon E. Myrick and Gabriela A. Martorell
Personal Relationships

Socialization of Physical and Social Aggression in Early Adolescents' Peer Groups: High-status Peers, Individual Status, and Gender
Bing Shi and Hongling Xie
Social Development

High School Bullying as a Risk for Later Depression and Suicidality
Anat Brunstein Klomek, Marjorie Kleinman, Elizabeth Altschuler, Frank Marrocco, Lia Amakawa and Madelyn S. Gould
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Effectiveness of the Coping Power Program in middle-school children with disruptive behaviours and hyperactivity difficulties
Diomaris E. Jurecska, Elizabeth B. Hamilton, Mary A. Peterson
Support for Learning

Coming of Age in the Bubble: Suburban Adolescents' Use of a Spatial Metaphor as a Symbolic Boundary
Yuki Kato
Symbolic Interaction