Latent Growth in Self-Regulatory Subdimensions in Relation to Adjustment Outcomes in Youth Aged 12–19

Keywords

Latent growth, adolescents, self-regulatory subdimensions

Abstract

This study assessed latent growth in behavioral inhibition, anger regulation, and goal‐setting from ages 12 to 18, as well as links between latent growth and depression, externalizing behavior, and prosocial behavior at age 19. A second goal included examining whether latent growth in these constructs and associations with distal outcomes varied by sex. Generally speaking, self‐regulatory subdimensions displayed distinct patterns of developmental growth from ages 12 to 18. Growth in self‐regulatory subdimensions did not vary by sex, though initial levels of anger regulation and goal‐setting did vary by sex. In addition, self‐regulatory subdimensions from ages 12 to 18 were differentially related to adjustment outcomes at age 19. However, sex did not moderate associations between growth in self‐regulatory subdimensions and distal outcomes.

Original Publication Citation

Memmott-Elison, M. K., Moilanen, K., & Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2020). Latent growth in self-regulatory subdimensions in relation to adjustment outcomes in youth aged 12-19. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30, 651-668

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2020-02-20

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7756

Publisher

Journal on Research of Adolescence

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Family Life

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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