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Continuity, stability, and change in daily emotional experience across adolescence

Larson, Reed W, Moneta, Giovanni, Richards, Maryse H, Wilson, Suzanne·2002·Child Development

Abstract

This longitudinal study examined change in adolescents’ daily range of emotional states between early and late adolescence. A sample of 220 youth provided reports on their daily emotions at random times during two 1–week periods. At Time 1 they were in the fifth through eighth grades; 4 years later, at Time 2, they were in the ninth through twelfth grades. Results showed that average emotional states became less positive across early adolescence, but that this downward change in average emotions ceased in grade 10. The results also showed greatest relative instability between youth in the early adolescent years—correlations over time were lower—with stability increasing in late adolescence. Lastly, the study found that adolescents’ average emotions had relatively stable relations to life stress and psychological adjustment between early and late adolescence. As a whole, the findings suggest that late adolescence is associated with a slowing of the emotional changes of early adolescence.

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Authors
Larson, R. W., Moneta, G., Richards, M. H., & Wilson, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Loyola University Chicago (US)
Venue
Child Development
Published
2002-07-01
Volume
73
Issue
4
Pages
1151-1165
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W2159650826
Cited by
560
References
70
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Commercializations Promotion Agency for R and D Outcomes
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh053846-03)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH53846)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
everyday emotions, adolescence, emotional stability, emotional change, life events, psychological adjustment, early adolescence, late adolescence, within-person variability
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Child, Depression, Emotions, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Personality Development, Reference Values, Self-Assessment

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