Parental control and adolescent delinquency based on parallel process latent growth curve modeling

X Zhu, DTL Shek - International journal of environmental research and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although ample evidence demonstrates parental influences on delinquent behavior in
adolescent years, few studies have examined how change in adolescent delinquency and …

Crime and social cognition: A meta-analytic review of the developmental roots of adult criminal thinking

GD Walters - Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2022 - Springer
In an effort to investigate and verify the developmental roots of adult criminal thinking, a meta-
analysis was performed on nine social cognitive variables organized into three clusters and …

Materialism, egocentrism and delinquent behavior in Chinese adolescents in mainland China: A short-term longitudinal study

DTL Shek, D Dou, X Zhu, X Li, L Tan - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although research generally showed that holding materialistic beliefs would lead to poor
developmental outcomes, few studies have used adolescent delinquency as an outcome …

Religious coping and delinquent behaviors: Moderated mediation roles of religion affiliation and prosocial moral reasoning

CE Nwafor, PC Ugwu, CFA Okoye… - Journal of Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Religion has been shown to have a positive impact for developing adolescents; however,
the processes underlying this relation are not well known. In his almighty prosocial theory …

Challenges of Latino young men and women: Examining the role of gender in discrimination and mental health

V Lazarevic, F Crovetto, AF Shapiro - Children and Youth Services Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Research shows that ethnic-racial discrimination has a negative impact on individuals'
mental health, specifically contributing to high rates of depression. The Latino population …

Psychometric properties of the PHQ-A among a sample of children and adolescents in Puerto Rico

S López-Torres, C Pérez-Pedrogo… - Current …, 2019 - Springer
This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish translation of the
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 modified for adolescents (PHQ-A) on a sample of children …

'With a little social support…': assessing the moderating effect of social support on risk factors and mental well-being among youth

H Haugstvedt - European Journal of Social Work, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The mental well-being of youth is influenced by life events, which affects mental health in
adulthood. Social support has been shown to have a buffering effect on the impact such …

Diversion as a pathway to improving service utilization among at-risk youth.

JG Barrett, M Flores, E Lee, B Mullin… - … , Public Policy, and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite the high rates of mental illness among youth in the juvenile justice system, many
justice-involved youth do not receive adequate behavioral health services. We examined …

Psychometric properties of the generalized anxiety disorder 7-item scale in adolescents: An effective screening tool for school and community settings

C Pérez-Pedrogo, I Sánchez-Cardona… - Puerto Rico Health …, 2022 - prhsj.rcm.upr.edu
Objective: Anxiety disorders are prevalent among children and adolescents. Identifying
anxiety symptoms in primary care, school, and community settings has implications for …

Positive university environment and agreeableness as protective factors against antisocial behavior in Mexican university students

M Frias Armenta, NS Corral-Frías - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Violence in schools is a global issue. Approximately 32% of Mexican students have
experienced some form of violence in the school setting in their lives. Previous research has …