ArticleJournal of youth and adolescence2019
Early Environmental Unpredictability: Implications for Youth's Perceptions and Social Functioning.
Article in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Environmental unpredictability predicts positive social risk taking through neural cognitive control.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2026Article
- The impact of social exclusion and interpersonal trust on aggressive behavior among left-behind middle school students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Emotion regulation, not executive functioning, mediates longitudinal links between unpredictability in adolescence and social connectedness in young adulthood.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Early life environmental unpredictability shapes non-suicidal self-injury: dual roles of experiential avoidance as mediator and moderator in Chinese college students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Relations between Yearly and Daily Patterns in Fathering and Mothering: An Application of Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling to the Family System.Parenting, science and practice · 2025Article
- Perspective Taking Ability in Psychologically Maltreated Children: A Protective Factor in Peer Social Adjustment.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Adaptation in the face of adversity: Decrements and enhancements in children's cognitive control behavior following early caregiving instability.Developmental science · 2021Article
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Abstract
According to an evolutionary perspective, early environmental unpredictability induces expectations in youth that their future is uncertain and increases their likelihood of engaging in opportunistic, impulsive, and aggressive behaviors. Although considerable evidence supports the links between environmental unpredictability and such behaviors, less is known about how youth growing up in volatile environments actually perceive their lives and how these perceptions relate to their behavior. In this study, two samples of 10-17 year-olds, one with a history of maltreatment and removal from home (n = 90; 52% female; 67% Hispanic-American) and one without (n = 80; 54% female; 69% Hispanic-American), reported on their perceptions of unpredictability and social functioning. Maltreated youth endorsed greater perceptions of unpredictability than non-maltreated youth. For both groups, greater perceptions of unpredictability were associated with increased aggression and conduct problems and decreased prosociality. Findings advance understanding of a developmental pathway contributing to opportunistic and risky social behavior in youth.
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