Five images of maturity in adolescence: what does 'grown up' mean?

Article Abstract:

This article examines the way adolescents describe what it means to reach adulthood. A content analysis of adolescents' descriptions of the meaning of adulthood revealed five dominant themes that include increased responsibility, social power, physical development, behavioral maturity, and adult privileges.

Statistical Data Included, Usage, Content analysis (Communication), Content analysis, Maturation (Psychology), Meaning (Psychology)

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Information management: Considering adolescents' regulation of parental knowledge

Article Abstract:

A two-wave panel design is used to test a model of information management incorporating two forms of information regulating (lying and willingness to disclose), adolescents' perception of their parents' knowledge about their activities and adolescent misconduct. The findings reveal that adolescents withhold or divulge information in coordination with their parents, employ impression management techniques, and try to balance safety issues with preservation of the parent-adolescent relationship.

Parent and child, Parent-child relations

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Brief report: The factor structure of mood states in an early adolescent sample

Article Abstract:

The structure of negative mood states among young adolescents is examined using the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales (DASS). It is suggested that items from the DASS are best represented by two factors, namely a generalized negativity factor and a factor comprising items indicating physiological arousal.

Youth, Affective disorders, Mood disorders

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