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External Developmental Assets and Positive Identity Among Emerging Adults in Norway, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey

2021

The present study adopts The Developmental Assets and Positive Youth Development (PYD) perspectives which (in contrast to the deficit-based approaches which highlight risks and deficit in youth development) claim that young people have potencies to achieve optimal development if supported by their social environment. Extant research indicates that developmental assets are linked with a variety of thriving indicators. The present research aimed to contribute to the PYD research by examining the external developmental assets (support, empowerment, and boundaries and expectations) emerging adults (N= 2055; age range = 18–28) perceived in their social environment and the level of their positive…

positive identityyouth policiesmedia_common.quotation_subjectIdentity (social science)Ecological systems theory050105 experimental psychologyPsychology0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesEmpowermentGeneral Psychologyhealth care economics and organizationsmedia_commonOriginal Researchpositive youth development05 social sciencesPerspective (graphical)Social environmentthrivingBF1-990Variety (cybernetics)developmental assetsemerging adulthoodThrivingDemographic economicsPositive Youth DevelopmentPsychology050104 developmental & child psychology
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Associations between perceived parental psychological control and internalizing difficulties in emerging adulthood: the role of identity

2016

Our study investigated the associations among two expressions of perceived parental psychological control (dependency-oriented parental control [DPC] and achievement-oriented parental control [APC]), identity, and internalizing difficulties among college-attending emerging adults. In particular, our aim was to examine the potential role of identity in the pathways linking both DPC and APC to internalizing difficulties. Our participants included 495 Italian college students (49% males), between 19 and 28 years of age (mean = 23.37 years, standard deviation = 2.35). Our findings highlighted the existence of associations between APC, identity, and internalizing difficulties. Specifically, APC…

psychological controlSociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyeducationIdentity (social science)050109 social psychologyDevelopmental psychologySettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazioneEmerging adulthoodPsychological controlparentingDevelopmental and Educational Psychologymedicineinternalizing difficulties0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesDepressive symptomsidentityCommunication05 social sciencesDirect effectsEmerging adulthood identity internalizing difficulties parenting psychological controlAnxietymedicine.symptomPsychology050104 developmental & child psychologyParental control
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Examining bedtime procrastination, study engagement, and studyholism in undergraduate students, and their association with insomnia

2023

IntroductionCompulsive overstudying, known as studyholism, is an emerging behavioral addiction. In this study, we examine the prevalence of, and the relationships between, insomnia, study engagement, studyholism, bedtime procrastination among undergraduate students.MethodsThe Studyholism (SI-10), Athens Insomnia (AIS), and bedtime procrastination scales were administered to a convenience sample of 495 university students.ResultsOur findings indicate that the prevalence of insomnia was 75.31%, high studyholism was found in 15.31% of the sample, and increased study engagement was detected in 16.94%. Gender differences analysis revealed that females reported higher studyholism and bedtime proc…

studyholisminsomniaemerging adulthoodundergraduates educationmental healthGeneral Psychologybedtime procrastinationbehavioral addictionFrontiers in Psychology
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