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  • Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries 

    Jennifer E Lansford, Laura Gorla, W Andrew Rothenberg, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Jeremy DW Clifton, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini (Wiley, 2025-04-23)
    Primal world beliefs (“primals”) capture understanding of general characteristics of the world, such as whether the world is Good and Enticing. Children (N = 1215, 50% girls), mothers, and fathers from Colombia, Italy, ...
  • Prosocial behavior and school performance in the transition to adolescence: A multicultural study 

    Flavia Cirimele, Concetta Pastorelli, Marc H Bornstein, Antonio Zuffianò, Chiara Remondi, Maria Gerbino, Dario Bacchini, Laura Di Giunta, Paul Oburu, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Jennifer E Lansford (Routledge, 2025-05-02)
    The present study explored the bidirectional longitudinal associations between prosocial behavior and school performance during adolescence in six countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the ...
  • Rubbing off on each other: Applying a developmental science perspective to variance in primal world beliefs by family and culture 

    Natasha Duell, Jennifer E Lansford, W Andrew Rothenberg, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Laurence Steinberg (Routledge, 2025-05-07)
    Primals are beliefs about the world’s character (e.g. good, safe, enticing, or alive) that are associated with well-being and behavioral patterns. But primals’ developmental origins remain mysterious, hampering theoretical ...
  • Positive risk taking across the world 

    Natasha Duell, Jennifer E Lansford, W Andrew Rothenberg, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Laurence Steinberg (Wiley, 2025-06)
    Around the world, adolescence is characterized by increased risk taking. Much research has focused on negative risk taking, but there is growing recognition of positive risk tak ing, which can benefit adolescent ...
  • Physical activity and two‐year change in adolescent well‐being in nine countries 

    Christina Bertrand, Laurence Steinberg, Natasha Duell, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Jennifer E Lansford, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Marc H Bornstein, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al‐Hassan, Dario Bacchini, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater‐Deckard (Wiley, 2025-06)
    The benefits of physical activity (PA) for well- being are well known; however, studies examining longitudinal effects across diverse international samples in late adolescence are limited. This study advances prior ...

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