OBJECTIVES:A robust literature documents parents' influence on children's and adolescents' emotion regulation, but far fewer studies have examined whether parental socialization and adolescent emotion regulation continue to have influence on adjustment outcomes in emerging or early adulthood particularly among bicultural youth. This study addresses this gap by tracing these developmental pathways into a critical transitional period, thereby clarifying the continuity of emotion regulation processes across adolescence and early adulthood. METHOD:In this longitudinal study, we examined whether parental psychological control during adolescence indirectly predicts internalizing and externalizing problems in early adulthood through adolescents' emotion regulation difficulties in 107 Chinese American youth (64 females, 43 males; Mage 16 years, SD 1.4) and their first-generation immigrant parents. RESULTS:Direct associations emerged between parental psychological control and adolescent emotion dysregulation and between emotion dysregulation and externalizing problems but not internalizing problems. Emotion dysregulation also mediated the link between psychological control and externalizing problems but not internalizing problems. CONCLUSION:Results underscore emotion regulation as a central mechanism linking youths' internalization of emotion-related parenting practices to their later adjustment in early adulthood. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

The quality of life for cancer patients has become a crucial indicator for assessing the effectiveness of treatment and the rehabilitation process. The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the latest research advancements in oncopsychology and exercise science aimed at improving the quality of life for cancer patients. Additionally, it seeks to explore the practical application of interdisciplinary approaches in cancer rehabilitation. Through a thorough examination of relevant literature both domestically and internationally, this paper highlights the significant role of tumor psychology in helping patients adjust their psychological state, enhance treatment compliance, and strengthen mental resilience throughout the cancer treatment and rehabilitation process. Meanwhile, advancements in exercise science research, particularly breakthroughs in aerobic exercise and resistance training, provide a scientific basis for the recovery of bodily functions in cancer patients, the alleviation of treatment side effects, and the enhancement of their quality of life. Building on this foundation, this paper emphasizes the importance of an interdisciplinary approach that integrates psychological interventions with exercise therapy to create a comprehensive, personalized rehabilitation model. This model focuses not only on the disease itself but also on the overall well-being of the patient. The purpose of this study is to offer robust theoretical support for cancer rehabilitation by conducting an in-depth analysis of the application of oncopsychology and exercise science in clinical practice. Additionally, it aims to provide new perspectives on future research directions, to maximize the quality of life for cancer patients while respecting their differences. This study seeks to contribute new knowledge and insights to the field of cancer rehabilitation.

Racial-ethnic discrimination is a prevalent stressor for Mexican-origin individuals that potentiates health inequities in depressive symptoms. However, existing research has primarily focused on individual-level associations between discrimination and depressive symptoms, neglecting the interdependent nature within family systems. Little is known about how one family member's discriminatory experiences relate to the depressive symptoms of others. Although ethnoracial socialization may disrupt the link from discrimination to depressive symptoms, how different ethnoracial socialization practices operate and influence parents themselves have not been examined. This study examines the associations among discriminatory experiences, depressive symptoms, and ethnoracial socialization among 604 Mexican-origin adolescents and their parents from low-income families. The findings revealed intraindividual and interindividual discrimination-depressive symptoms associations. Parental ethnoracial socialization's role in the link varied over time, individuals, and practices. Mental health research and services should consider shared and nonshared experiences among family members and adopt personalized approaches to support different family members.

In an increasingly globalized world, individuals need to navigate between national and global identities. Yet, there is limited understanding of the different types of relations between these two types of identities that individuals can hold simultaneously. The present study addresses this need through a scoping review that summarizes the types of relations and associated factors, which are critical to guide research and practice in balancing national and global identities for individuals to thrive in both their nations and globalized societies. The present scoping review included 45 eligible empirical studies and identified 10 distinct types of relations between national and global identities. The associations between nations/regions, participants’ developmental periods and genders, perturbation factors (changes in participants’ contexts), and types of relations were summarized. Explanations for the types of relations in the reviewed studies were also summarized. In most regions of the world, participants’ national and global identities were negatively associated with each other, with national identity is prioritized. Adolescents and emerging adults tended to prioritize national identity, whereas adults’ national and global identities tended to increase or decrease simultaneously. Females were more likely to exhibit a balanced emphasis of both identities than males. Perturbation factors at the individual, country, between-country, and global levels each related to the types of relations in distinct ways. These factors also overlapped with rationales provided in the reviewed studies. Suggestions for future researchers and practitioners were offered to address gaps identified in the reviewed studies.

Guided by the Family Stress Model, this study investigated the moderating role of a culturally resilient factor (i.e., family obligation values) in the associations between maternal sociocultural stress (i.e., cultural stress and economic stress) and maternal warmth across two waves. Participants included 595 mothers (Mage = 38.39, SD = 5.74) and adolescents (54% female, Mage = 12.41, SD = 0.97) as dyads in Central Texas, United States. The results showed that maternal family obligation values played a protective role in both concurrent and longitudinal associations between cultural stress and warmth and in the concurrent link between economic stress and warmth among Mexican immigrant mothers. The findings suggest that a culturally resilient factor may buffer the negative impact of sociocultural stress on maternal warmth both concurrently and longitudinally. The findings offer significant insights for developing intervention programs aimed at enhancing maternal warmth despite experiencing high sociocultural stress. By emphasizing the importance of promoting maternal warmth and highlighting the value of promoting a culturally resilient factor (i.e., family obligation values), these programs may empower Mexican immigrant mothers to maintain resilience in the context of stress. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Comprising a substantial proportion of the global youth population, Chinese youth play critical roles in Chinese and global societies. Yet extensive research on the development of Chinese youth has mainly taken a deficit approach. A comprehensive understanding of their holistic developmental profiles and their profiles' associations with social determinants of health (SDOHs) is needed. This person-centered study collected data from a nationally representative sample of 16,317 Chinese youth (M age  = 13.13 ± 2.52 years, 47.94% girls) on their negative and positive developmental indicators and key SDOHs. Four distinct profiles were identified: lower positive , moderately positive, thriving , and higher positive but highest negative (troubled). The likelihood of different profile memberships among youth was significantly predicted by the SDOHs examined. The findings revealed diverse coexisting patterns of negative and positive indicators and underscored the need to attend to SDOHs, which may generate differentially favorable profiles among youth through unequal exposure to stress or benefit from allocated resources.

Out-of-school time programs are important contexts for youth to gain and grow leadership. The youth leadership development conceptual model (Redmond & Dolan, 2016) identified authentic opportunities, mentor access, motivating endeavors, and mastering endeavors as four core program processes for youth leadership development. Yet few studies have empirically tested the model's applicability to youth-serving programs. To fill this gap, the current study examines the associations between the four program processes and leadership development in youth participating in the 4-H Foods and Nutrition program. The role of program dosage was also examined. Questionnaire data were collected from 290 youth aged between 11 and 19 years from the 4-H Foods and Nutrition program. The levels of the four program processes were positively correlated with each other and with youth leadership. When modeled together as predictors, authentic opportunities and mastery were significant predictors of leadership. However, when program duration was controlled, none of the program processes remained as significant predictors, despite the model's overall significance in explaining variances in youth leadership. Further mediation analysis revealed that program dosage predicted youth leadership through authentic opportunities and mastering endeavors. The findings expanded the understanding of the youth leadership development conceptual model and informed its adapted application to the 4-H Foods and Nutrition program.

Family health history (FHH) is an evidence-based genomics tool used in cancer prevention and education. Chinese Americans, the largest Asian American group, face unique barriers in FHH collection and communication. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of culturally and linguistically appropriate community health worker (CHW)–delivered FHH-based breast cancer (BC) education and services to Chinese Americans. A total of 1129 Chinese Americans received FHH-based BC education and service delivered by our trained Chinese American CHWs. Participants responded to evaluation surveys before, immediately after, and 3 months after the education and service. Participating Chinese Americans showed significant increases in rates of collecting FHH of BC, discussing FHH of BC with family members, informing their primary care physicians of their FHH of BC, and discussing their FHH of BC with their primary care physicians at 3 months post-education and service compared to the baseline data (all Ps < 0.01). Attitudes, intention, and self-efficacy related to FHH of BC communication and collection and FHH of BC knowledge were improved both immediately after and 3 months after the delivery of the education and services (all Ps < 0.01). Within 3 months, 14.3

Objective: To develop a comprehensive assessment of foods and nutrition competencies with robust psychometric properties for the 4-H Foods and Nutrition Project.Design: The Assessment of Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Adolescents was developed through a systematic measurement development process by a group of researchers, practitioners, and program alumni familiar with the theory of change and implementation procedures of the 4-H Foods and Nutrition Project. Setting: Recruitment was conducted through the 4-H Online membership management program for 4-H members throughout Texas to complete online survey questions.Participants: Four hundred twenty-four Texas 4-H members in grades 6-12.Variables Measured: Survey items addressing 6 specific foods and nutrition competencies dimensions.Analysis: A series of reliability and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to assess the psychometric qualities of Assessment of Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Adolescents.Results: Assessment of Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Adolescents was found to possess good factor structure, reliability, validity, and measurement invariance. Program participants showed an advantage over nonparticipants in most core foods and nutrition competencies concerning positive behavioral changes.Conclusions and Implications: Assessment of Foods and Nutrition Competencies in Adolescents compre-hensively captures the core competencies promoted by the 4-H Foods and Nutrition Project and possesses the psychometric qualities critical for program evaluation. A more diversity-focused outreach effort is needed for inclusive youth programs like the 4-H Foods and Nutrition Project to benefit the general youth population.

Korean Chinese is one of the 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities in China. The protective effects of strong bicultural (ethnic and national) identities and the detrimental effects of ethnic discrimination on adjustment outcomes are well documented for ethnic minority youth in W.E.I.R.D. societies. Yet, ethnic minority youth in non-W.E.I.R.D. societies, such as Korean Chinese, may experience a unique form of discrimination-national discrimination. It is not known how multiple social identities and experiences of dual discrimination may intersect to predict youth adjustment. Thus, this study explored profiles of ethnic and national identities and ethnic and national discrimination among Korean Chinese youth and examined their psychological, health, and academic adjustment. The analytic sample included 267 Korean Chinese youth aged from 12 to 18 (M = 15.21, SD = 1.65) residing in Northeast China. Three latent profiles were identified. The dominant profile of Korean Chinese youth was characterized by high bicultural identity and low ethnic and national discrimination (BILD; n = 171). The second profile was characterized by high bicultural identity and high national discrimination (BIND, n = 50). The third profile was characterized by moderate ethnic and national identities and moderate ethnic and national discrimination (MIMD, n = 46). Regression analyses found that the BILD profile showed fewer depressive symptoms compared to the BIND profile and showed better perceived physical health compared to the MIMD profile. The findings highlight strong bicultural identities as a cultural asset and discrimination-particularly national discrimination-as a contextual risk to Korean Chinese adolescents' well-being.

Depressive symptoms can be serious, but often overlooked, health risk factors, especially for Asian Americans who are vulnerable to acculturation stress but tend to underreport mental health problems. The present study examines how specific cultural values and parenting practices are associated with Chinese American adolescents’ depressive symptoms. One hundred and nine Chinese American adolescents (61% females; M age = 15.93 years, SD age = 1.39 years) and their parents completed online surveys about their endorsement of traditional Chinese cultural values that reflect integrity and achievement as two forms of face-saving, parents’ use of psychological control, and adolescents’ depressive symptoms. Parents’ endorsement of Conformity To Norms was positively associated with adolescents’ endorsement of the same value, which further correlated positively with adolescents’ depressive symptoms. However, adolescents’ endorsement of Family Recognition Through Achievement was neither associated with parents’ endorsement of the value nor with adolescents’ depressive symptoms. In addition, while parental psychological control was positively related to adolescents’ value belief in Conformity To Norms and depressive symptoms, parental psychological control was negatively related to adolescents’ value belief in Family Recognition Through Achievement. The findings suggest the richness and complexities of the face-saving cultural values and the usefulness of unpacking parenting dimensions in understanding familial processes and developmental specificity among immigrant youth.

Although Mexican-origin youth with first-generation immigrant parents are relatively good at retaining their heritage language of Spanish, limited research has been conducted on their Spanish language development during adolescence. From three-wave longitudinal data across six years (Nwave1 = 604, Mage.wave1 = 12.91, 54% female), distinct groups of adolescents with consistently high, improved, declined, and consistently low Spanish proficiencies were identified. Family relationship quality was more predictive of adolescents' Spanish proficiency than family language environment. The benefits of Spanish proficiency were consistent across adolescents' ethnic identity, resilience, and life meaning. More research and practical attention to parent–adolescent relationships is needed to capitalize on the continued plasticity of adolescents' Spanish language development and to promote consequent positive outcomes.

Despite being the largest archipelago and the fourth populous country in the world, Indonesia has received limited research attention to the socioemotional development of its diverse child populations. As the corona virus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic significantly interrupted the life of individuals and families all over the world, it is also critical time to better understand the status and need of Indonesian young children's socioemotional development to inform corresponding practices and policies. This study investigated the differences in Indonesian preschoolers' socioemotional competencies between the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods, as well as across three representative provinces of DKI Jakarta, DI Yogyakarta, and West Java. Teachers of 546 preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years old (M = 4.94, SD = .88, 51.3% male) were collected on children's self-regulation, emotion and expression, and social interaction before and during the pandemic and across the three provinces. Research Findings: Results indicated significantly worse socioemotional competencies of preschoolers during the pandemic in comparison to the pre-pandemic period. In addition, preschoolers from DKI Jakarta displayed significantly worse socioemotional competencies than their counterparts from the other two provinces. Practice or Policy: Findings highlighted the socioemotional challenges that Indonesian preschoolers encountered during the pandemic as well as the heterogeneity embedded in diverse Indonesian children's development. Implications for parenting and interventions were generated to reduce children's socioemotional challenges and to support their development.

The present study is the first of its kind using a dyadic and prospective research design to test whether traditional Asian cultural values and internalized racism among Chinese American adolescents and their first-generation immigrant parents are influential factors in the educational and vocational goals of the adolescents by the time they become young adults. While results show that traditional Asian cultural values and internalized racism were not related to adolescents’ educational aspiration or young adults’ major choice, results do show an intergenerational correlation in internalized racism. Furthermore, results show that youth who planned to pursue science/health professions had significantly higher levels of internalized racism than those who planned to pursue business/law professions. Findings suggest that internalized racism may restrict parents’ expectations and goals for their children and, in tandem, serve as a barrier for youths’ self-determination or sense of autonomy in their selection of college majors and career development.

Children are expected to self-regulate their behaviour, even in emotionally charged situations. Yet, such expectations for self-regulation, the degree to which compliance is expected, and the specific regulatory behaviours deemed desirable, vary by culture, age of child, and specific situation. In this study, 34 Chinese (17 females) and 39 U.S. (19 females) preschoolers were observed and compared in two socioemotionally challenging situations. Children's compliance to explicit and implicit rules, their regulatory behaviours, and the associations between regulatory behaviours and rule compliance were analysed across the two samples. U.S. children showed greater resistance to temptation and similar levels of repair of mishap as compared to Chinese children. In addition, Chinese children used more avoidance and self-soothing strategies and fewer distractive strategies than U.S. children. The effectiveness of regulatory behaviours in predicting rule compliance varied by both task condition and cultural group. Object and self distractions were associated with lower rule compliance in the mishap task. Social distraction was positively predictive of U.S. children's rule compliance in the mishap task, but negatively associated with their compliance in the temptation task. Social distraction was unhelpful for Chinese children's compliance in both tasks. The complexities of cultural variations and dynamics in their relations to children's rule compliance and regulatory behaviours are discussed. Highlights The study highlights the importance of considering context and sociocultural background when studying regulatory processes in young children. The study collected and analyzed detailed real-time observational data on children's behavioral responses in two representative socioemotionally challenging tasks. The study found cross-national and cross-contextual variations in rule compliance, regulatory behaviors, and the associations between regulatory behaviors and rule compliance.

Mexican‐origin children from immigrant families are impacted by various systemic oppressions in life. The study seeks to examine how adolescents’ developmental outcomes are associated with specific phenotypic, psychological, and social features of skin color, as manifested by skin tone, skin color satisfaction, and foreigner stress. By taking a holistic approach, we examine both positive and negative adjustment outcomes, including delinquency, resilience, and effortful control. Participants were 604 Mexican‐origin adolescents aged between 11.08 and 15.29 (Mage = 12.91, SD = 0.92) with at least one immigrant parent. The findings highlight the harm of foreigner stress and the benefit of skin color satisfaction in Mexican‐origin adolescents’ development of delinquency, resilience, and effortful control, especially for those with a darker skin color.

Grounded in the basic psychological need theory (BPNT) and the relationships motivation theory (RMT), this study investigated 1) the dynamic mechanism between teacher support (i.e., autonomy support, structure, and involvement) and need satisfaction (i.e., needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness) in relation to regulatory styles (i.e., external, introjected, identified regulations and intrinsic motivation) among Chinese elementary school students; 2) the unique involvement-need for relatedness link to regulatory styles; and 3) the equivalence of the above investigations across lower- and upper-grade elementary students. We found: 1) the involvement -> need satisfaction -> regulatory styles paths to be aligned with the universality claim of BPNT and complementary function of need support in satisfying psychological needs for all the students; 2) the uniqueness of relatedness to be aligned with RMT for all the students; 3) the invariance across the lower- and upper-grade students in most of the direct and indirect paths, except that 4) the autonomy support -> need satisfaction -> autonomous regulation paths benefited more for upper-grade students.

One important attribute involved in Positive Youth Development (PYD) is character, which is associated with having a moral or ethical compass, or the proclivity to “do the right thing” at the right time and in the right place. Youth developmental programs represent key ecological contexts for the development of positive attributes among youth, including character development. Being a part of the worldwide umbrella organization of Scouting, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) constitutes an exemplar character focused youth development program, serving approximately 2.5 million youth across the United States. In this chapter, we provide empirical evidence from a mixed-methods longitudinal evaluation project to illustrate what works in BSA programs in promoting youth character development, and how the process is similar or different across diverse participant populations. We explain the common features (e.g., the Big Three) that should be implemented in youth serving programs, as well as the areas to be individualized and contextualized considering the specific youth population being served. We discuss the usefulness of the relational developmental systems metatheory in guiding research, policy, and practice and advocate for more research-practice collaboration to embrace evaluative thinking and intentional programming.

The positive development of migrant children in China is hampered due to their unequal accessibility to quality urban education resources. This research aimed at exploring the developmental trajectories of migrant and urban children's literacy and mathematics performance, as well as the impact of family socioeconomic status (SES) and parenting styles, including the mediating effect of parenting styles, by comparing migrant children with their urban counterparts. Growth mixture modeling identified distinguishable trajectories of mathematics development for migrant children (i.e., "falling behind" and "keeping pace" groups) and urban children (i.e., "catching up" and "keeping pace" groups), as well as distinguishable trajectories of literacy development for migrant children (i.e., "jumpstarting" and "keeping pace" groups) and urban children ("falling behind" and "steadily progressing" groups). Multinomial logistic regression analyses further clarified that authoritative parenting increased the likelihood of favorable trajectories of migrant children's mathematics development and urban children's literacy and mathematics development. Family SES enhanced migrant children's mathematics development. Family SES contributed to urban children's literacy development through authoritative parenting, yet such a mediating effect was not observed for migrant children. This study highlights the importance of focusing on distinct trajectories of migrant and urban children's literacy and mathematics in improving their school achievement.