This paper is a tribute to researchers who have significantly contributed to improving and
advancing structural equation modeling (SEM). It is, therefore, a brief overview of SEM and …

Research and theory on the role of emotion and regulation in morality have received
considerable attention in the last decade. Much relevant work has concerned the role of …

This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation
analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology …

The focus of this study was social (ie, family and peer) influences on substance use from
early adolescence to early adulthood. A large, ethnically diverse sample of early …

Monitoring (tracking and surveillance) of children's behavior is considered an essential
parenting skill. Numerous studies show that well‐monitored youths are less involved in …

Parental monitoring has been conceptualized as tracking and surveillance but
operationalized as knowledge of daily activities. This study tested the tracking and …

Individual differences in emotionality and regulation are central to conceptions of
temperament and personality. In this article, conceptions of emotionality and regulation and …

Crime, smoking, drug use, alcoholism, reckless driving, and many other unhealthy patterns
of behavior that play out over a lifetime often debut during adolescence. Avoiding risks or …

Despite the fact that most people become parents and everyone who has ever lived has had
parents, parenting remains a mystifying subject about which almost everyone has opinions …

Text aims to present research methodology to students as readable, understandable,
palatable, useful, and interesting information. The author uses the concept of variability as a …