Behavioral Psychology

How adolescents’ lives were disrupted over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in 12 cultural groups in 9 nations from March 2020 to July 2022

Abstract/Overview It is unclear how much adolescents’ lives were disrupted throug

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

Abstract/Overview The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many young adults’ lives educat

Influence of Parent-Adolescent Communication on Adolescent Peer Relations and Gender Implications

Abstract/Overview This study was conceptualized against a backdrop of Kenya’s a t

Effect of cognitive behaviour therapy on depressive symptoms among HIV-infected outpatients in Kenya

Abstract/Overview Timely diagnosis and treatment of depression among persons livi

Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents’ Discipline Practices, and Children’s Behavior Problems: An International Perspective

Abstract/Overview This study investigated the association between perceived mater

Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/ irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries

Abstract/Overview The present study examined parents’ self-efficacy about anger r

Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures

Abstract/Overview We investigated the effects of parental warmth and behavioral c

Pre-pandemic psychological and behavioral predictors of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine countries

Abstract/Overview Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents (N = 1,330; Mages =

Dyadic coping, parental warmth, and adolescent externalizing behavior in four countries

Abstract/Overview This study examined parental warmth as a mediator of relations

Personality as a Predictor of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour: A Study Conducted Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya

Abstract/Overview Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in

Extraversion and Involvement in Risky Sexual Behaviour Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-county Kisumu County, Kenya

Abstract/Overview Risky sexual behaviour is a common habit among young people in

Psychoticism as a Correlate of Involvement in Risky Sexual Behavior Among Students in Secondary Schools in Nyakach Sub-County Kisumu County, Kenya

Abstract/Overview Risky sexual Behavior is a common habit among young people in t

Moderating effects of age gender and orphan hood on Social Exclusion and Sexual risk-taking Behaviors associated with HIV/AIDS among youth in Bondo District, Kenya

Abstract/Overview Numerous studies on adolescents have explored factors associate

Childrearing violence and child adjustment after exposure to Kenyan post-election violence.

Abstract/Overview This study examines parents' and children's exposure to short-t

Neighborhood danger, parental monitoring, harsh parenting, and child aggression in nine countries

Abstract/Overview Exposure to neighborhood danger during childhood has negative e

‘Mixed blessings’: parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective

Abstract/Overview Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parent

Within-and between-person and group variance in behavior and beliefs in cross-cultural longitudinal data

Abstract/Overview This study grapples with what it means to be part of a cultural

Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent–Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups

Abstract/Overview Internalizing and externalizing problems increase during adoles

Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries

Abstract/Overview Research supports the beneficial role of prosocial behaviors on