The paper describes a social-contextual model of the process whereby individuals in
connection with others anticipate and cope with everyday life problems. From this model …

This research assessed whether there is an impact of race-ethnicity on depressed mood
among adolescents, independent of socioeconomic status, whether gender differences in …

Findings from school-based drug prevention interventions indicate that social skills and
personal competence are an effective barrier against adolescent alcohol use. Efficacious …

Late adolescence is a period of the life-span involving extensive change. For some late
adolescents these changes stimulate further growth. For others, the changes may be …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the organization of associations among college-
aged women's perceptions of individual and family-level separation-individuation difficulties …

There is now cumulative research evidence, from diverse fields of study, indicating that (a)
some aspects of adolescents' media use and (b) some forms of risky behaviour and …

Acknowledaemeots This dissertation could not have been completed without the assistance
of a number of exceptional individuals. 1 am especially grateful ta my advisor Dr. Jake …

This five wave longitudinal study examined the contribution of adolescent-parent attachment
relations to differences in the development of adult psychosocial competence. Hypotheses …