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Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries

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  • Ann T. Skinner

    (Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA)

  • Leyla Çiftçi

    (Institute for Psychotherapy, Medical School Berlin, 14197 Berlin, Germany)

  • Sierra Jones

    (Department of Psychology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA)

  • Eva Klotz

    (Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands)

  • Tamara Ondrušková

    (Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London W1T 7NF, UK)

  • Jennifer E. Lansford

    (Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA)

  • Liane Peña Alampay

    (Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City 1008, Philippines)

  • Suha M. Al-Hassan

    (Department of Special Education, Hashemite University, Zarqa 13110, Jordan)

  • Dario Bacchini

    (Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80127 Naples, Italy)

  • Marc H. Bornstein

    (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20810, USA
    UNICEF, New York, NY 10001, USA
    Institute for Fiscal Studies, London WC2R 2PP, UK)

  • Lei Chang

    (Department of Psychology, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China)

  • Kirby Deater-Deckard

    (Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002, USA)

  • Laura Di Giunta

    (Department of Psychology, Università di Roma La Sapienza, 00017 Rome, Italy)

  • Kenneth A. Dodge

    (Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA)

  • Sevtap Gurdal

    (Centre for Child and Youth Studies, University West, 46131 Trollhättan, Sweden)

  • Qin Liu

    (Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China)

  • Qian Long

    (Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan 215300, China)

  • Paul Oburu

    (Department of Psychology, Maseno University, Maseno 879-6112, Kenya)

  • Concetta Pastorelli

    (Department of Psychology, Università di Roma La Sapienza, 00017 Rome, Italy)

  • Emma Sorbring

    (Centre for Child and Youth Studies, University West, 46131 Trollhättan, Sweden)

  • Sombat Tapanya

    (Peace Culture Foundation, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand)

  • Laurence Steinberg

    (Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19019, USA
    Department of Psychology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 22230, Saudi Arabia)

  • Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado

    (Department of Psychology, Universidad de San Buenaventura, Medellín 050001, Colombia)

  • Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong

    (Department of Psychology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many young adults’ lives educationally, economically, and personally. This study investigated associations between COVID-19-related disruption and perception of increases in internalising symptoms among young adults and whether these associations were moderated by earlier measures of adolescent positivity and future orientation and parental psychological control. Participants included 1329 adolescents at Time 1, and 810 of those participants as young adults ( M age = 20, 50.4% female) at Time 2 from 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States). Drawing from a larger longitudinal study of adolescent risk taking and young adult competence, this study controlled for earlier levels of internalising symptoms during adolescence in examining these associations. Higher levels of adolescent positivity and future orientation as well as parent psychological control during late adolescence helped protect young adults from sharper perceived increases in anxiety and depression during the first nine months of widespread pandemic lockdowns in all nine countries. Findings are discussed in terms of how families in the 21st century can foster greater resilience during and after adolescence when faced with community-wide stressors, and the results provide new information about how psychological control may play a protective role during times of significant community-wide threats to personal health and welfare.

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  • Ann T. Skinner & Leyla Çiftçi & Sierra Jones & Eva Klotz & Tamara Ondrušková & Jennifer E. Lansford & Liane Peña Alampay & Suha M. Al-Hassan & Dario Bacchini & Marc H. Bornstein & Lei Chang & Kirby De, 2022. "Adolescent Positivity and Future Orientation, Parental Psychological Control, and Young Adult Internalising Behaviours during COVID-19 in Nine Countries," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-23, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:2:p:75-:d:749514
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    1. Guido Alessandri & Antonio Zuffianò & Richard Fabes & Michele Vecchione & Carol Martin, 2014. "Linking Positive Affect and Positive Self-beliefs in Daily Life," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 15(6), pages 1479-1493, December.
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