Measurement properties of the life history of aggression in adolescents: Data from Morocco, Serbia, Sweden, Vietnam, and the USA

Stevanović, Dejan; Damjanović, Rade; Jović, Vladimir; Bador, Kourosh; Nguyen, Hang T.; Senhaji, Meftaha; Kuch-Cecconi, Rachael; Meszaros, Zsuzsa Szombathyne; Kerekes, Nóra

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114504

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“…Our results suggest that hostility is perceived differently in different cultures, with different social norms and approaches being used to regulate opposition. It has been suggested previously that aggressive and antisocial behaviors cannot/should not be assessed cross-culturally [ 63 ]. For instance, two out of five items from the hostility domain asked adolescents about the frequency of outbursts and arguments.…”

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“…Although such overt behaviors may be acceptable in several countries, Vietnamese adolescents, for example, are expected to avoid such behaviors to maintain social harmony. Thus, a review of the BSI’s hostility domain may benefit from considering a multidimensional construct view that includes verbal aggression, physical aggression, hostile affect, covert aggression, and bullying [ 63 , 64 ].…”

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Adolescents’ Psychological Distress: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study

Nguyen¹,

Nguyễn

Zouini

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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued for more than two years, and the impact of this pandemic on mental health has become one of the most important research topics in psychiatry and psychology. The aim of the present study was to assess psychological distress in adolescents across five countries (Sweden, Morocco, Serbia, Vietnam, and the United States of America) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using nonparametric analyses we examined the impact of COVID-19 on distress, measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory, in a sample of 4670 adolescents. Results: Our results showed that the association between the COVID-19 impact and psychological distress in adolescents’ lives was positive and moderate in Morocco and Serbia, positive and weak in Vietnam and the United States of America, and negative and weak in Sweden. We also found that female adolescents reported higher distress levels than male adolescents. Conclusions: COVID-19 impacted adolescents and their psychological distress differently depending on their residence.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Adolescents’ Psychological Distress: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study

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“…Beside substance use, we measured aggressive and antisocial behaviors demonstrated since the respondents turned 13 years old. The measure we used (AA-LHA), however, proved to not have cross-cultural validity, and researchers were warned not to use it for the comparison of aggressive and antisocial behaviors between genders (Stevanovic et al, 2022). Interestingly, the Hostility domain of the BSI was the only one that did not show validity in cross-cultural and cross-gender analyses (Nguyen et al, 2022).…”

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“…The Adolescent-Adapted Life History of Aggression (AA-LHA) is a version of Coccaro's Life History of Aggression self-reported scale (Coccaro et al, 1997). It is adapted for a multinational, adolescent population (Stevanovic et al, 2022). It measures the occurrence of aggressive and antisocial behaviors from the age of 13.…”

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“…It measures the occurrence of aggressive and antisocial behaviors from the age of 13. In a recent study, we analyzed cross-cultural validity and the optimal structure of the LHA, which resulted in the AA-LHA (Stevanovic et al, 2022). The AA-LHA contains nine questions that can be divided into two subscales, the Aggression subscale with five questions, and the Antisocial behaviors/ Consequences subscale with four items.…”

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Gender non-binary adolescents’ somatic and mental health throughout 2020

Johansson

Kullgren

Bador³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundNon-binary gender adolescents are particularly vulnerable and more likely to be exposed to several socio-psychological difficulties and disorders. It is vital to discover and act on the vulnerabilities they encounter. The present study aims to describe the somatic and mental health, affect state, frequency of risk behaviors, victimization and negative psychosocial factors, as well as the personality profiles of non-binary adolescents. In this study the concept of gender non-binary is used and captured respondents who selected “neither of these” as their gender from the possible options (female/male/neither of these).Materials and methodsData was collected between September 2020 and February 2021 in Sweden, Morocco, Serbia, Vietnam, and the United States. The cross-sectional, retrospective study utilized the electronic version of the Mental and Somatic Health without borders (MeSHe) survey. From the over 5,000 responses of 15–19-year-old adolescents, 58 respondents identified as being non-binary, and built our study population. Their data was analyzed with descriptive statistic methods.ResultsClose to a fourth of adolescents identifying as non-binary reported the existence of at least one somatic disease. The most prevalent somatic disease was allergies. Almost one-third had suffered from pain either often or all the time in the past 12 months. The highest levels of perceived psychological distress were measured using obsessive–compulsive symptoms, depression, and interpersonal sensitivity. The average level of alcohol and drug use during the past 12 months was low. About 40% of non-binary adolescents reported having experienced physical abuse, and half of them experienced psychological abuse at some point in their lives. Seventeen percent reported living with adults with alcohol-use problems. Non-binary adolescents’ personalities were found to be dominated by high scores in Openness, Neuroticism, and Agreeableness.ConclusionThis study presents a detailed biopsychosocial picture of a multinational sample of non-binary adolescents. Our study suggests that awareness and support are required from all fields of society, including family, school, healthcare, and educational institutions, for cis-normative culture to progress toward a greater understanding of and respect for gender diversity.

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Measurement properties of the life history of aggression in adolescents: Data from Morocco, Serbia, Sweden, Vietnam, and the USA

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Adolescents’ Psychological Distress: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Adolescents’ Psychological Distress: A Multinational Cross-Sectional Study

Gender non-binary adolescents’ somatic and mental health throughout 2020

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