As students transition to university, they experience significant social changes that can affect
their behaviors, including self‐damaging behaviors like disordered eating, problematic …

Research suggests that adolescents' engagement in nonsuicidal self-injurious (NSSI)
behaviors may be increasing over time, yet little is known regarding distal longitudinal …

This study examined direct and indirect forms of peer socialization of nonsuicidal self‐injury
(NSSI) in adolescent friendship networks. Data were collected among 348 adolescents …

We investigated deviant peer associations as a mediator of the influences of general and
peer-oriented self-esteem on problem behavior using data from a 2-year longitudinal study …

Background Peer problems have emerged as important predictors of Non‐Suicidal Self‐
Injury (NSSI) development during adolescence. However, the possibility that adolescents …

Peers play a significant role in adolescent mental well-being and suicidality. While social
integration among peers is often assumed to benefit mental health, a growing literature …

The current study examined how implicit and explicit self-esteem and time spent drinking
with friends influence college student drinking after a friendship threat manipulation. Poisson …

Two longitudinal studies conducted with early adolescents (ages 10–13) examined the
hypothesis that self‐continuity, or the degree to which individuals feel that they remain the …

We investigated how 5th–8th graders' self-and peer-identified withdrawal motivations
predicted peer-reported peer relationships and aggression. Participants (N= 221; 47% male) …

The transition from primary to secondary school is often associated with an increase in
behavioral disengagement, which undermines students' academic development. Prior …