Melanie J. Zimmer‐Gembeck

Appearance-related social media behavior and eating disorder pathology: evidence from the german social media appearance preoccupation scale in nonclinical and clinical samples

Abstract Background Image- and video-based social media have been linked to body dissatisfaction and eating pathology, partly through increased appearance-based social comparison and self-focused attention. The Social Media Appearance Preoccupation Scale (SMAPS) assesses three be...

Psychological and Educational Outcomes of Chinese Rural Migrant Youths in Urban Schools: A Person-Centered Examination of Cross-Time Transitions

Abstract This study adopts a person-centered approach to examine how profiles of relationships with parents, teacher recognition, and peer relationships conjoin and influence the academic and psychological wellbeing of Chinese migrant adolescents. Drawing upon two-wave data from...

“Teenagers are a reflection of your parenting – everyone is judging”: Perceived Pressures and Coping Among Parents of Older Adolescents at the Transition

Parents face unique challenges as their children leave secondary school and advance into the emerging adulthood years. This study explores parents’, primarily mothers’, experiences of parenting as their children (16 – 19 years) were in their last months of school. Thirty Australi...