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Larson R, Csikszentmihalyi M, Graef R. Mood variability and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents. J Youth Adolesc. 1980;9(6):469-90doi: 10.1007/BF02089885.
Larson, R., Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Graef, R. (1980). Mood variability and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents. Journal of youth and adolescence, 9(6), 469-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02089885
Larson, R, et al. "Mood variability and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents." Journal of youth and adolescence vol. 9,6 (1980): 469-90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02089885
Larson R, Csikszentmihalyi M, Graef R. Mood variability and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents. J Youth Adolesc. 1980 Dec;9(6):469-90. doi: 10.1007/BF02089885. PMID: 24318310.
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J Youth Adolesc. 1980 Dec;9(6):469-90. doi: 10.1007/BF02089885.

Mood variability and the psychosocial adjustment of adolescents.

Journal of youth and adolescence

R Larson, M Csikszentmihalyi, R Graef

Affiliations

  1. Training Program in Adolescent Clinical Research, Michael Reese Hospital and the University of Chicago, USA.

PMID: 24318310 DOI: 10.1007/BF02089885

Abstract

This research uses a new time sampling method to compare adolescent and adult mood variability. Over 9000 self-reports from 182 people are used to evaluate the widespread theoretical assumption that adolescents experience greater mood variability as part of a syndrome of psychosocial disequilibrium. The findings confirm that adolescents experience wider and quicker mood swings, but do not show that this variability is related to stress, lack of personal control, psychological maladjustment, or social maladjustment within individual teenagers. Rather than representing turmoil, wide mood swings appear to be a natural part of an adolescent peer-oriented life style. However, there are indications that adolescent mood variability interferes with capacity for deep involvement, especially in school.

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