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2. Long-Term Self-Regulation Moderates the Role of Internal Resources for Resilience in Positive Youth Development in Portugal
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Gómez-Baya, Diego, Tomé, Gina, Reis, Marta, Matos, MG, and Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
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Adult ,Male ,Youth ,Adolescent ,Selfregulation ,Human Development ,050109 social psychology ,Self-Control ,Developmental psychology ,Young Adult ,Sex Factors ,Positive youth development ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Life-span and Life-course Studies ,Resilience (network) ,Portugal ,Resilience ,05 social sciences ,Gender ,Adolescent Development ,Resilience, Psychological ,Term (time) ,Clinical Psychology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Positive Youth Development ,Psychology ,050104 developmental & child psychology - Abstract
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., Positive Youth Development (PYD) presents a strength-based conception of transition to adulthood that has been well-supported by literature to date. However, research is needed to integrate the pathways to PYD and the possible moderators. This study aimed to analyze the relationships between internal resources for resilience and PYD and to examine the moderating role of short-term and long-term self-regulation by gender. To reach this overall aim, a cross-sectional study was performed with a national sample of 2700 youths (73.3% girls; Mage = 21.3, SD = 2.79) from Portugal, who completed self-report measures. Regression-based moderation models were developed. Results indicated that greater presence of internal resources for resilience was related to higher PYD. Long-term self-regulation and gender moderated this relationship, such that a greater effect was observed in men with high levels of long-term self-regulation. These results highlight the need to integrate prevention and promotion paradigms to foster healthy development in youth, as well as the importance of taking self-regulation skills and gender into account in program design., The research leading to this publication was co-funded by different partial supports such as the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (Grants: Gina Tomé – SFRH/BPD/108637/2015; Marta Reis – SFRH/BPD/110905/ 2015), WJCR/ISPA, Instituto Universitário; ISAMB, FML/University of Lisbon; FMH/University of Lisbon. This manuscript was performed during a research period in Faculty of Human Kinetics – Universidade de Lisboa, granted by “Becas Iberoamerica Santander Investigacion” to Diego Gomez-Baya.
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- 2020
3. Positive Youth Development and Wellbeing: Gender Differences.
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Tomé, Gina, Gaspar de Matos, Margarida, Reis, Marta, Gomez-Baya, Diego, Coelhoso, Filipa, and Wiium, Nora
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YOUTH development ,GENDER differences (Psychology) ,GENDER ,TEENAGERS ,SOCIAL alienation - Abstract
The five C's of positive youth development (PYD) (competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection) have been associated with adaptive development among young people. Gender differences in young people's wellbeing and mental health have been studied and analyzed, but the investigation into their association with the five C's is still in its infancy. In the present study, we analyzed the influence of the five C's on the wellbeing, more specifically, anxiety, social alienation, general wellbeing, physical symptoms, and psychological symptoms, of Portuguese adolescents, by gender. Participants were 5
th –12th grade students attending public schools in Lisbon, Portugal. The questionnaire was administered to 384 adolescents. The results indicated important gender differences in young people's wellbeing. The results revealed some differences between genders that should be considered in interventions that aim to promote the wellbeing of adolescents. On the other hand, confidence was positively associated with mental health and wellbeing for both boys and girls, skill should be promoted among young people, because it was competence that revealed the greatest association with wellbeing, among the variables analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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4. Interpreting Survey Questions About Sexual Aggression in Cross-Cultural Research: A Qualitative Study with Young Adults from Nine European Countries
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Krahé, Barbara, de Haas, Stans, Vanwesenbeeck, Wilhelmina, Bianchi, Gabriel, Chliaoutakis, Joannes, Fuertes, Antonio, de Matos, Margarida Gaspar, Hadjigeorgiou, Eleni, Hellemans, Sabine, Kouta, Christiana, Meijnckens, Dwayne, Murauskiene, Liubove, Papadakaki, Maria, Ramiro, Lucia, Reis, Marta, Symons, Katrien, Tomaszewska, Paulina, Vicario-Molina, Isabel, Zygadlo, Andrzej, Youth in Changing Cultural Contexts, Leerstoel Vollebergh, Afd ASW, Youth in Changing Cultural Contexts, Leerstoel Vollebergh, and Afd ASW
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Cultural Studies ,Research design ,Sexual aggression ,Social Sciences ,050109 social psychology ,Qualitative property ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Developmental psychology ,Gender Studies ,RAPE ,Cross-cultural ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Young adult ,Survey ,MULTILEVEL ,05 social sciences ,COLLEGE-STUDENTS ,WOMEN ,Gender ,MEN ,Interview study ,COERCION ,Cross-cultural studies ,PREVALENCE ,EXPERIENCES SURVEY ,Cultural studies ,Clinical Medicine ,Psychology ,VIOLENCE ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,Clinical psychology ,Qualitative research - Abstract
Examining equivalence in the interpretation of survey items on sexual assault by participants from different cultures is an important step toward building a valid international knowledge base about the prevalence of sexual aggression among young adults. Referring to the theoretical framework of contextualism, this study presents qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 128 young adults from nine EU countries on their understanding of survey items from the Sexual Aggression and Victimization Scale (SAV-S). The measure had previously been used to collect quantitative data on the prevalence of sexual aggression perpetration and victimization in the same countries that had yielded substantial differences in the rates of victimization and perpetration between countries. Based on the methodological approach of a mixed research design, the current study was conducted as a follow-up to the quantitative study with a new sample to explore whether systematic differences in the interpretation of the survey items in the different countries might explain part of the variation in prevalence rates. The interviews showed that participants from the nine countries interpreted the items of the SAV-S in a similar way and as intended by the authors of the scale. Systematic differences between men and women in interpreting the survey items were revealed. Implications of the findings for conducting survey research on sexual aggression across cultures are discussed.
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