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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Young Adulthood"”.
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Stepfamily relationships and attachment in young adulthood
Research exploring the influence of parent-child relationships in stepfamilies has primarily focused on internalizing and externalizing behaviors, and academic outcomes. The purpose of this study is to build on previous research by exploring how parent-child relationship quality influences emerging …
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Siblings’ relational experiences of disability during young adulthood
… disability. This is especially the case during young adulthood, a time when siblings may undergo significant changes and transitions. Using a sociological, relational and phenomenological approach, this qualitative study begins to address this research gap. The study draws on the accounts of 25 …
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Family dynamics and substance use in young adulthood
… adolescent years and substance use during their young adulthood. To carry out this research, a sample of 118 participants (72 women and 46 men) was recruited from a small public university in southern New Jersey. Participants were required to fill-out surveys assessing their memories of their …
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Tectonic shift: a scientific account of my young adulthood
… love affair with science helped to shape the young woman I have become?—is one that has framed much of my thinking in the years since I completed my undergraduate degree. Before my diagnosis, I did not consider my mind a refuge I could escape into to save myself from the chaos of the world …
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Racial Identification Fluidity and Psychological Outcomes from Adolescence Through Young Adulthood
… categories between adolescence and young adulthood have psychological implications in adulthood. The present study was inspired by the work of Hitlin, Brown, and Elder (2006). Although there are many models for racial/ethnic identity development models, the stability of racial …
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The Effect of Maternal Employment on Adolescents' Transition to Young Adulthood
… development and successful transition to adulthood. Finally, directions for future research are discussed.
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The effect of maternal employment on adolescents' transition to young adulthood
… and adolescents’ transition outcomes to young adulthood. The research addressed four main research questions. First, are the characteristics of maternal work (i.e., hours worked, multiple jobs held, work schedules, earnings, and occupation) related to adolescents’ enrollment in …
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Affective and Neural Correlates of Nicotine and Cannabis Co-Use in Young Adulthood
… substance alone. Co-use rates are elevated in young adulthood, but factors that maintain co-use in this age group are less well known. Individual differences in positive affect response to drug use and neural reward reactivity are important predictors of drug use maintenance and potential …
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Longitudinal Interplay of Dating Anxiety and Romantic Cognitions and Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
<p>Dating is normative in adolescence and young adulthood, but can be disrupted and distressing to individuals experiencing dating anxiety. Cognitive-behavioral theories suggest dating anxiety impacts romantic cognitions and behaviors, and romantic cognitions and behaviors impact dating anxiety. …
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The Context of Loneliness in Young Adulthood: An Exploratory Examination of the Construct of Thwarted Belongingness
Suicide rates continue to rise among young adults in the United States despite a general decline among other age groups. Extensive research has documented a link between thwarted belongingness, defined as the absence of sufficiently satisfying, supportive relationships, and suicide risk. However, …
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A Developmental Cascade Model of Maltreatment, Delay Discounting, and Health Behaviors across Adolescence and Young Adulthood
… and across the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. The study sample includes 167 adolescents (aged 13–14 at Time 1; 53% male) who participated across 5 time points over 6 years. At Time 5, adolescents provided retrospective reports of their exposure to maltreatment during …
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Relationships between Adolescent Stress, Depressive Symptoms, Social Support, Coping and Sexual Risk Behavior in Young Adulthood
… symptoms, coping skills, social support, and young adult sexual risk behaviors and sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. Design A total of 18,924 participants aged from 12 to 18 at baseline were included in the analysis. The study's design was a secondary analysis of three …
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Genetic and environmental influences on impulsivity and coping motives for alcohol across emerging and young adulthood
Variation in the gene encoding the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) may moderate the influence of environments (i.e., a gene-environment interaction, GXE) on personality traits and motives associated with alcohol use disorders. This project examines whether variation in DRD4 moderates the environmental …
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Longitudinal Associations between Peer Victimization and Positive and Negative Risk Taking in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
… and physical victimization in adolescence and young adulthood. Data were collected from 167 adolescents across five time points, approximately one year apart. Adolescents completed questionnaires that assessed their risk-taking perceptions and likelihood as well as peer victimization …
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The New Normal: A Bourdieusian Examination of Living into Young Adulthood being a Paediatric Heart Transplant Recipient
… in increased survival of recipients into young adulthood (19 to 29 years of age). Young adults who received a heart transplant during childhood have experienced multiple life sustaining procedures. As survival and longevity increase, it is clear that transplant recipients experience …
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The Influence of Parental and Parent-Adolescent Relationship Characteristics on Sexual Trajectories from Adolescence through Young Adulthood
… of sexual partners from adolescence through young adulthood. Living in a blended family, having at least one college-educated parent and on-time parent-adolescent sexual communication positively predicted later lifetime number of sexual partners. Parent religiosity and parent-adolescent …
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