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Medicine and Health Sciences

2015

Adolescence

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The Link Between Emotion Identification Skills And Socio-Emotional Functioning In Early Adolescence: A 1-Year Longitude Study, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Sunila Supavadeeprasit Jul 2015

The Link Between Emotion Identification Skills And Socio-Emotional Functioning In Early Adolescence: A 1-Year Longitude Study, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Sunila Supavadeeprasit

joseph Ciarrochi

No abstract provided.


Learned Social Hopelessness: The Role Of Explanatory Style In Predicting Social Support During Adolescence, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi Jul 2015

Learned Social Hopelessness: The Role Of Explanatory Style In Predicting Social Support During Adolescence, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi

joseph Ciarrochi

No abstract provided.


Do Difficulties With Emotions Inhibit Help-Seeking In Adolescence? The Role Of Age And Emotional Competence In Predicting Help-Seeking Intentions, Joseph Ciarrochi, Coralie Wilson, Frank Deane, Debra Rickwood Jul 2015

Do Difficulties With Emotions Inhibit Help-Seeking In Adolescence? The Role Of Age And Emotional Competence In Predicting Help-Seeking Intentions, Joseph Ciarrochi, Coralie Wilson, Frank Deane, Debra Rickwood

joseph Ciarrochi

We examined whether adolescents who are poor at identifying, describing, and managing their emotions (emotional competence) have lower intentions to seek help for their personal-emotional problems and suicidal ideation, as observed in adult studies. We also examined whether age moderated the relationship between competence and help-seeking. Two hundred and seventeen adolescents completed measures of emotional competence, help-seeking, hopelessness, and social support. Results indicated that adolescents who were low in emotional competence had the lowest intentions to seek help from informal sources (i.e., family and friends) and from some formal sources (e.g., mental health professionals), and the highest intentions to seek …


Cognitive Ability, Personality, And Academic Performance In Adolescence, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Peter Leeson Jul 2015

Cognitive Ability, Personality, And Academic Performance In Adolescence, Patrick Heaven, Joseph Ciarrochi, Peter Leeson

joseph Ciarrochi

No abstract provided.


Cognitive Ability And Health-Related Behaviors During Adolescence: A Prospective Study Across Five Years, Joseph Ciarrochi, Patrick Heaven, Timothy Skinner Jul 2015

Cognitive Ability And Health-Related Behaviors During Adolescence: A Prospective Study Across Five Years, Joseph Ciarrochi, Patrick Heaven, Timothy Skinner

joseph Ciarrochi

Longitudinal research on the links between intelligence and health behaviors among adolescents is rare. We report longitudinal data in which we assessed the relationships between intelligence as assessed in Grade 7 and consequential health outcomes in Grade 11. The mean age of respondents (N=420; 188 males, 232 females) was 12.30 years (SD=0.49) in Grade 7and 16.17 years (SD=0.45) in Grade 11. They completed standardized verbal and numerical ability tests and a measure of conscientiousness in Grade 7 and health related questions in Grade 11. Results indicated that higher intelligence was associated with a number of healthy behaviors including delay in …