To understand the dynamics of mental health, it is essential to develop measures for frequency and patterning processes in every-day-life situations. The Experience-Sampling Method (ESM) an attempt provide a valid instrument describe variations self-reports processes. It can be used obtain empirical data on following types variables: a) daily activity, social interaction, changes location; b) frequency, intensity, psychological states, i.e., emotional, cognitive, conative dimensions...

This article analyzes the development of initiative as an exemplar one many learning experiences that should be studied part positive youth development. The capacity for is essential adults in our society and will become more important 21st century, yet adolescents have few opportunities to learn it. Their typical during schoolwork unstructured leisure do not reflect conditions initiative. context best suited appears structured voluntary activities, such sports, arts, participation...

The authors review studies on time use of children and adolescents around the world discuss developmental implications population differences. Industrialization schooling are linked to dramatic declines in spent household wage labor. This labor is often unchallenging, sometimes hazardous; benefits do not increase above a limited number hours; hence, reduction these activities opens for that may be more developmentally beneficial. Adolescents East Asian postindustrial societies spend this...

In a cross-sequential study spanning 5th-12th grade, 220 White working-and middle-class youth provided reports on their experience at 16,477 random moments in lives. Amount of time spent with family was found to decrease from 35% 14% ofwaking hours across this age period. indicating disengagement. However, transformation and continued connection were evident stability talking alone parents; an increase conversation about interpersonal issues, particularly for girls; age, adolescents' more...

This research inventoried adolescents' reports on different developmental and negative experiences in organized youth activities, including extracurricular community‐based activities. High school students' were assessed using a newly developed instrument, the Youth Experiences Survey (YES). These reported higher rates of learning activities than 2 other major contexts their lives. associated with related to initiative, identity exploration reflection, emotional learning, developing teamwork...

The study employs time-sampling data to examine age differences in the quantity and quality of children's young adolescents' daily experience with their families, friends, alone. Participants (ages 9-15) carried electronic pagers for 1 week reported companionship, location, affect at random times when signaled by pagers. Findings show a dramatic decline amount time spent family, older students reporting half as much families younger students. Among boys, this family was replaced alone; among...

This study inventoried the types of developmental and negative experiences that youth encounter in different categories extracurricular community-based organized activities. A representative sample 2,280 11th graders from 19 diverse high schools responded to a computer-administered protocol. Youth faith-based activities reported higher rates related identity, emotional regulation, interpersonal development comparison with other Sports arts programs stood out as providing more initiative,...

This longitudinal study examined change in adolescents' daily range of emotional states between early and late adolescence. A sample 220 youth provided reports on their emotions at random times during two 1-week periods. At Time 1 they were the fifth through eighth grades; 4 years later, 2, ninth twelfth grades. Results showed that average became less positive across adolescence, but this downward ceased grade 10. The results also greatest relative instability adolescent years--correlations...

This collection of articles brings together studies that examine the transmission emotions between family members. All employ repeated diary or experience-sampling data to daily within-person and within-family variations in emotional experience. Emotional is evaluated by assessing circumstances which events one member's immediate experience show a consistent, predictive relationship subsequent behaviors another member. introduction places this empirical paradigm context other approaches...

This article uses time-sampling data to evaluate fifth ninth graders' experiences of boredom both as a state, related specific school and nonschool activities, trait, individual dispositions that students bring school. Data come from study in which 392 youths carried pagers reported on their activities emotions at random times over week when signaled. Results show that, while is frequently during schoolwork, it also prevalent outside the same persons report across these contexts. High rates...

An innovative sampling method was used to compare normal-weight bulimic patients normal controls on four dimensions: (1) overall moods, (2) extent of mood fluctuating, (3) degree social isolation, and (4) food-related behavior. In addition, a sequence analysis conducted explore the impact binging purging episodes various affective states among bulimics. Results indicated that bulimics experienced significantly more dysphoric fluctuating moods than they spent much time alone in behavior...