Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	O'Connor, Meredith; Sanson, Ann; Hawkins, Mary T.; Letcher, Primrose; Toumbourou, John W.; Smart, Diana; Vassallo, Suzanne; Olsson, Craig A.
Titel	Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40 (2011) 7, S.860-874 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-010-9593-7
Schlagwörter	Individual Characteristics; Young Adults; Family Relationship; Adolescents; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Child Development; Adolescent Development; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Peer Relationship; Adjustment (to Environment); Socioeconomic Status; Self Control; Emotional Response; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Kindesentwicklung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Peer-Beziehungen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Selbstbeherrschung; Emotionales Verhalten; Australien
Abstract	This article responds to recent calls for a focus on successful development in young people and examination of its developmental precursors, in order to identify potentially modifiable targets for interventions. The current study examined child and adolescent precursors of positive functioning in emerging adulthood, including individual characteristics, relationship factors, and connections to the community, using a multidimensional positive development measure at 19-20 years. The sample consisted of 511 males and 647 females who were participants in the Australian Temperament Project, a population based longitudinal study that has followed young people's psychosocial adjustment from infancy to early adulthood. Higher levels of positive development in emerging adulthood were associated with stronger family and peer relationships, better adjustment to the school setting, higher family socioeconomic status, and better emotional control. Some significant gender differences were observed, with emotional control, family relationships, and community orientation all being stronger predictors of males' than of females' positive development. The findings provide possible targets for child and adolescent interventions to promote positive development in early adulthood. (As Provided).
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