Category Archives: Adolescent

Survival of the Fittest and the Sexiest: Evolutionary Origins of Adolescent Bullying

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

The central idea of evolutionary psychology theory (EPT) is that species evolve to carry or exhibit certain traits/behaviors because these characteristics increase their ability to survive and reproduce. Proponents of EPT propose that bullying emerges from evolutionary development, providing an … Continue reading →

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The Social Context of Adolescent Friendships: Parents, Peers, and Romantic Partners

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Giorgio Bertini

We argue that adolescent friendships flourish, or wither, within the “linked lives” of other salient social network ties. Based on structural equation modeling with data from two-time points, we find that young people tend to be in high-quality friendships when … Continue reading →

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Relations between Parenting and Adolescents’ Academic Functioning

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

We investigated whether and how adolescents’ perceived parental psychological control and autonomy support influence their maladaptive academic functioning through their achievement goal orientations. Participants were 845 tenth-grade students (447 boys, Mage = 15.20 ± 0.54 years; 398 girls, Mage = … Continue reading →

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Adolescents- Relationships among physical activity, sleep duration, diet, and academic achievement

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

This study supports the link between daily physical activity, diet, and academic achievement in a sample of adolescents. This relationship is independent of sex, age, BMI percentile, and race/ethnicity. Additionally, meeting criteria on multiple health behaviors seem to have a … Continue reading →

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Adolescent’s collective intelligence

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

How effective groups are in making decisions is a long-standing question in studying human and animal behavior. Despite the limited social and cognitive abilities of younger people, skills which are often required for collective intelligence, studies of group performance have … Continue reading →

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The Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Giorgio Bertini

Bing Bong represents innocence, imagination, creativity, and childlike joy mixed with love. This is the second greatest time of brain change, the first being birth to three years of age. Inside Out embraces this development in a very visual and … Continue reading →

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