Internalizing Problems and Mental Well-Being in Adolescence: Evidence for Compensatory Mediation through Parenting Practices (Published)
Internalizing problems are commonly associated with poorer well-being during adolescence, yet family processes may alter this association. Guided by developmental psychopathology and family systems perspectives, this study examined whether parenting practices function as a compensatory pathway linking internalizing problems and mental well-being. Participants were 444 adolescents (aged 10–18 years; 50.7% female) recruited from public secondary schools. Measures of internalizing problems, parenting practices, and mental well-being were administered. Regression-based path analysis with 5,000 bootstrap resamples was used to estimate indirect effects while controlling for age and class level. Internalizing problems were positively associated with parenting practices (β = .187, p < .001), and parenting practices were positively associated with mental well-being (β = .594, p < .001). Although internalizing problems showed a negative direct association with mental well-being (β = −.116, p = .004), a significant positive indirect association emerged through parenting practices (β = .111, 95% CI [.034, .187]). Findings are consistent with compensatory mediation, highlighting parenting practices as a potential family-level resource supporting adolescent well-being.
Keywords: Adolescence, Compensatory mediation, Internalizing problems, Mental well-being, parenting practices
When it begins and what are the first erotic behaviors? (Published)
The purpose of this research was to analyze the ages of the first erotic behaviors of a sample of people living in the city of Campeche, Mexico; It was an ex post-facto investigation with a correlational scope and a quantitative approach. The sample was non-probabilistic of 512 people to whom an adhoc questionnaire was applied in order to know the age of some of their first sex / erotic experiences. After analyzing the results, it was identified that the strongest correlations (p <0.010) were found between the age at which oral sex was given to another person for the first time and the age at which it was experienced to be masturbated by another person. No significant correlations were found between the number of sexual partners and the time of relationship with the current partner, nor between the number of sexual partners and the ages of initiation of erotic-sexual behaviors. Intercourse is associated with the initiation of other sexual behaviors without reproductive purposes.
Keywords: Adolescence, Sexual debut, age of sexual initiation, erotic behaviors