"Help Me Control My Impulses!": Adolescent Impulsivity and Its Negative Individual, Family, Peer, and Community Explanatory Factors.

Autor: Carvalho CB; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. celia.mo.carvalho@uac.pt.; Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. celia.mo.carvalho@uac.pt., Arroz AM; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.; Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c/ABG); CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., Martins R; Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., Costa R; Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., Cordeiro F; Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal., Cabral JM; Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.; Cognitive and Behavioural Centre for Research and Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of youth and adolescence [J Youth Adolesc] 2023 Dec; Vol. 52 (12), pp. 2545-2558. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 24.
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-023-01837-z
Abstrakt: The literature shows that impulsivity, prevalent in adolescence, is negatively linked with a variety of psychosocial factors (e.g., positive interpersonal relationships, emotion regulation); however, there is limited research examining the relative contribution of multiple factors for this trait nor exploring how these factors influence the associations between impulsivity and risk-related outcomes. Drawing on multiple components of the unified theory of development (i.e., psychological variables, peers subsystem, community subsystem, family processes subsystem), this cross-sectional study aims to identify explanatory psychosocial variables (i.e., early memories of warmth and safeness, rational decision-making style, resilience, emotion regulation, coping, parental attachment, social group attachment, satisfaction with school and family-related variables) that are negatively related with impulsivity, in younger (13-15) and older (16-19 years) adolescents, and explore their moderating role in the associations between this trait and some risk-related outcomes (i.e., verbal aggression, anger, self-harm, other high-risk behaviors). A representative sample of 6894 adolescents (52.9% female) living in the Azores (Portugal), with ages ranging from 13 to 19 (M = 15.4), was used. Two stepwise multiple regressions, one for each age group, revealed that only emotion regulation, parental attachment, and social group attachment had a negative effect on impulsivity in both age groups; additionally, satisfaction with teachers also had this effect in younger adolescents. The first three variables weakened the positive associations between impulsivity and the risk-related outcomes. These results suggest that the psychological system and all subsystems of the social context measured play a relevant role in explaining adolescent impulsivity and that it may be reduced by promoting emotion regulation, positive parenting practices, healthier relationships with peers, and healthier relationships with teachers.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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