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Youth friendship synchrony, the temporal linking of behavioral and biological processes between friends during an interaction, has been documented as a useful indicator of friendships with implications for socioemotional adjustment. Despite the utility of measuring friendship synchrony in relation to youth functioning, there has yet to be a systematic review synthesizing known friendship synchrony literature. To fill this gap, the present investigation conducted a comprehensive literature search, yielding 30 studies that met inclusion criteria. Youth from included studies ranged from 25-months- to 20-years-old. Friends were comprised of cisgender, boy-boy and girl-girl dyads. All data were collected in the United States (n = 26), Canada (n = 3), and Germany (n = 1). Behavioral synchrony differed by dyad-age, but not gender. Strong, positive behavioral synchrony of positive processes (BSPP; i.e., highly concordant dyadic coordination of adaptive behaviors) positively related to adaptive socioemotional adjustment (e.g., higher observed friendship quality). In one study, strong, positive behavioral synchrony of negative processes (BSNP; i.e., highly synchronized mutual resignation on a dyadic stress task) was positively associated with less dyadic cooperation. No clear pattern of effects was identified between friends? biological synchrony and socioemotional adjustment. Taken together, modeling, coaching, and promoting strong, positive BSPP between friends on the dyad-level is likely an effective tool for enhancing youth?s socioemotional adjustment across development. Such a tool may be especially important for adolescent populations, a developmental stage in which friends serve as a primary influence on youth?s socioemotional adjustment.

Young people who self-harm require support and resources to address their self-harm. However, they are often reluctant to seek help for their self-harm. Despite efforts to increase help-seeking, the rates of self-harm in this population continue to increase. A better understanding of the factors that influence help-seeking for self-harm in young people is necessary. This systematic review aimed to synthesize the existing literature on the known facilitators and barriers to help-seeking for self-harm in young people. Across the 33 studies included in this review, the age range of young people was 11 to 30 years. Facilitators and barriers to help-seeking for self-harm were extracted and mapped onto a systems thinking framework. The synthesis indicated that there were 17 known facilitators and twice as many barriers across the help-seeking system hierarchy. Most of these facilitators and barriers were related to lower levels of the system (i.e., service delivery and the social environment, and young people who self-harm). There was limited consideration of broader systemic factors that influence help-seeking for self-harm and the interactions between these facilitators and barriers in influencing help-seeking. Future research should consider the use of systems thinking frameworks and methods in understanding and addressing this complex problem.

Anxiety and depression are among the most common mental health problems in children and adolescents, and evidence-based digital programs may help in their prevention. However, existing reviews lack a detailed overview of effective program elements, including structural features and supporting content. This umbrella review synthesizes the main elements of effective, evidence-based digital programs which facilitate the prevention of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. Based on an analysis of 11 existing reviews that describe 45 programs, key components and content contributing to program effectiveness were identified. These included a focus on modular and linear structure, which means organizing the program in a clear and sequential manner. Additionally, approaches based on cognitive behavioral therapy and gamification to engage and motivate users, were identified as effective components. The findings provide a better understanding of what makes digital programs effective, including considerations for sustainability and content, offering valuable insights for the future development of digital programs concerning the prevention of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. Critically noted is that the differentiation between prevention and intervention in the program description is not always clear and this could lead to an overestimation of prevention effects.

Social capital provides young people with a web of supportive relationships that can be leveraged in pursuit of education, career, and life goals. Organized activities, an umbrella term for extracurricular activities, after-school programs, and youth development programs, are important developmental contexts for building social capital. The purpose of this study was to illuminate the developmental pathway through which social capital development occurs in organized activities. A qualitative meta-synthesis was conducted using 33 articles that met inclusion criteria across five databases (e.g., ERIC, PsycINFO) between June 2022 and May 2023. Thematic analysis was used to identify malleable organized activity features that act as levers for social capital promotion. Seven thematically aligned features were identified, including (1) organizational partnerships, (2) organizational supporting structures, (3) relationally strong climate, (4) staff mindsets and skills, (5) youth mindsets and skills, (6) increased social capital opportunities, and (7) increased social capital activation. These seven themes were used to construct an empirically-grounded model that posits a process through which organized activities support youth social capital development. Implications for intentionally strengthening organized activities’ capacity to support youth social capital are discussed.

Loneliness is prevalent during emerging adulthood (approximately 18–25 years) and is an important issue given it has been linked to poorer physical and mental health outcomes. This preregistered scoping review aimed to provide an overview of the literature on loneliness in emerging adulthood, including the (a) conceptualization and measurement of loneliness, (b) loneliness theories used, (c) risk factors and outcomes examined, (d) sex-gender differences observed, and (e) characteristics of emerging adult samples previously researched. Following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines, seven electronic databases were searched for articles focused on loneliness published from 2016 to 2021, where the mean age of participants was ≥ 18 and ≤ 25 years. Of the 4068 papers screened, 201 articles were included in the final review. Findings suggest the need for a clearer consensus in the literature regarding the conceptualization of loneliness for emerging adults and more qualitative work exploring emerging adults’ subjective experiences of loneliness. Results highlight an over-reliance on cross-sectional studies. Over two thirds of articles described their sample as university students and the median percentage of females was 63.30%. Therefore, fewer cross-sectional studies using convenience samples and more population-based, longitudinal research is needed to understand the factors predicting loneliness over time, and the downstream impact of loneliness for emerging adults.

Parental experiences of discrimination can impact ethnic minority adolescents’ developmental outcomes. To explicate this link, this study reviewed 30 articles in which the research sample includes target adolescents in the age range of 10 to 18, examining the effect of parental discriminatory experiences on adolescent adjustment and how family factors (parenting, racial socialization, family relationships, parental mental health, familism, family economic factors) function in the association between parental discriminatory experiences and adolescent outcomes. Findings reveal that parental discriminatory experiences can have a direct effect on adolescent adjustment, most notably on psychological adjustment. Moreover, family factors (especially parenting, racial socialization, family relationships, and parental mental health) often function as mediators, and different family factors may work sequentially (e.g., from parental mental health to parenting) in the pathway from parental discriminatory experiences to adolescent outcomes. A few studies focused on the moderating role of family factors. When functioning as moderators, familism may be a protective factor and low family income may be a risk factor for ethnic minority adolescents whose parents experience discrimination. Study findings suggest that interventions focused on family factors may be effective at reducing the negative impact of parental discriminatory experiences on adolescent outcomes.

Youth civic engagement is usually framed positively by existing literature, which finds that it can benefit young people’s well-being. Despite that, the literature lacks summarized evidence of the effects of various forms of youth civic engagement on different dimensions of well-being (i.e., psychological, emotional, social, and mental health). This scoping review identified 35 studies on this topic. Results demonstrated that social engagement (e.g., volunteering) generally positively affected psychological and social well-being and mental health. In contrast, the effects of other forms of civic engagement (i.e., protest action, conventional and online engagement) on these dimensions were more heterogeneous. Mixed evidence was found for the effects of all forms of civic engagement on emotional well-being. The issue of possible opposite effects, i.e., from well-being dimensions to civic engagement, was also addressed. They were found mainly for emotional well-being, which usually predicted civic engagement but not vice versa. Overall, this scoping review stresses the importance of distinguishing between different forms of civic engagement and between different dimensions of well-being in future research.

Filial piety, a core value in Chinese culture, emphasizes the importance of children showing respect, obedience, and care toward their parents. The dual filial piety model distinguishes between reciprocal filial piety, associated with love and care, and authoritarian filial piety, associated with hierarchy. This study systematically reviewed the associations between dual filial piety and mental disorders and symptoms. The authors reviewed 17 studies among Chinese and Korean adolescents published between 2004 and 2022 on filial piety and mental disorders/symptoms and distinguished reciprocal filial piety and authoritarian filial piety based on the dual filial piety model. Meta-analyses based on quantitative analyses were also conducted to examine the relationship between dual filial piety and depression/anxiety. The results indicate that reciprocal filial piety is negatively associated with mental disorders/symptoms, including depression, anxiety, aggression, deviant behaviors, internet addiction, self-harm and eating disorders. Conversely, authoritarian filial piety is not related to mental disorders/symptoms but is negatively associated with suicide and positively associated with eating disorders. Based on the results, it is evident that filial piety has a significant relationship with various mental disorders and symptoms and that different forms of filial piety may have distinct associations with mental health.

The increasing prevalence of the Internet gaming disorder has created an interest in identifying the factors associated with its development, including emotional intelligence, which has been negatively associated with many addictions. This work aimed to provide a narrative and quantitative synthesis of the association between emotional intelligence and Internet gaming disorder symptomatology. An online search of four electronic databases and an additional manual search identified 49 studies that met the inclusion criteria provided 54 independent samples (N = 43,289) and a total of 166 correlation coefficients. The selected studies used different definitions of emotional intelligence (i.e., emotional regulation, social-emotional competence, ability and trait). Random-effect models were used to estimate the pooled correlation coefficient between emotional intelligence and Internet gaming disorder symptomatology. The results revealed a small-to-moderate negative association between any measure of emotional intelligence and Internet gaming disorder symptomatology. However, the various characteristics involved in its study, such as methodological quality, research design, geographical location and the means of assessing emotional intelligence, could modify the association between both variables. In short, any deficits in emotional regulation or social competence could be a risk factor for developing Internet gaming disorder.