Social competence refers to the ability to engage in meaningful interactions with others. It is
a crucial skill potentially malleable to interventions. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to select …

When and how do changes in self-concept emerge in adolescence, and which factors
facilitate positive self-concept development? This review summarizes recent research …

Dealing with a COVID-19 lockdown may have negative effects on children, but at the same
time might facilitate parent–child bonding. Perceived stress may influence the direction of …

Background Since the COVID-19 outbreak at the end of 2019, it has evolved into a global
pandemic with tremendous mental health impact besides the threats to people's physical …

Improving parenting, child attachment, and externalizing behaviors: Meta-analysis of the first
25 randomized controlled trials on the effects of Video-feedback Intervention to promote …

In this review, we describe multiple pathways that may lead to risk-taking in adolescence.
We review behavioral and neuroimaging studies showing heightened risk-taking tendencies …

While it is often argued that continuous exposure to social feedback is specifically
challenging for the hypersensitive develo** brain, empirical evidence is lacking. Across …

Acting prosocially and feeling socially included are important factors for develo** social
relations. However, little is known about the development of neural trajectories of prosocial …

How do we develop a stable and coherent self-concept in contemporary times? Susan
Harter's original work, The Construction of Self (1999; 2012), argues that cognitive and …

Mood variability, the day‐to‐day fluctuation in mood, differs between individuals and
develops during adolescence. Because adolescents show higher mood variability and …