THE IMPACT OF CUMULATIVE CHANGE IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE
THE IMPACT OF CUMULATIVE CHANGE IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1987.tb01453.x
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发表时间：
1987-10-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
BLYTH, DA
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作者：
SIMMONS, RG;BURGESON, R;BLYTH, DA
这篇文章考察了在青春期早期同时经历几个主要的人生转变的影响。对于许多孩子来说，进入青春期的新生活期标志着从相对亲密的小学环境过渡到更复杂、更客观的初中环境。组织环境的这种重大转变往往伴随着生物学和社会定义的戏剧性变化。我们假设，如果不同的青春期变化集中在不同的阶段，而不是同时发生，孩子们将更容易应对过渡。在中西部一个大城市进行的一项纵向研究中，两种不同类型的学校系统对学童从六年级到七年级进行了跟踪调查。分析了多重生活变化(学校转变、青春期发育、早恋行为、住所迁移、家庭破裂)对学生自尊、学业平均成绩和参与课外活动的影响。结果发现，被迫同时应对几次人生转变的儿童是一个面临风险的群体。讨论了理论含义，发展了个人至少需要在他们生活的某些领域中有一个“舒适的舞台”的概念。
This article examines the impact of experiencing several major life transitions simultaneously in early adolescence. For many children, entry into the new life period of adolescence is marked by the transition from a relatively intimate elementary school setting into a more complex, impersonal junior high school environment. This major shift in organizational context is often accompanied by dramatic changes in biology and social definition. We hypothesized that transitions will be easier for children to cope with if the various adolescent changes come into focus at different stages rather than simultaneously. In a longitudinal study conducted in a large Midwestern city, schoolchildren were followed from sixth into seventh grade in 2 different types of school systems. The effect of multiple life changes (school transition, pubertal development, early dating behavior, residential mobility, family disruption) on students'' self-esteem, academic grade-point average, and participation in extracurricular activities was analyzed. The results identify children who are forced to cope with several life transitions concurrently as a group at risk. Theoretical implications are discussed, with development of the notion that individuals need an "arena of comfort" in at least some spheres of their lives.