Stability and Change in Portuguese Adolescents’ Affective Profiles over a 2-Year and a 6-Year Period
Pedras, Susana ; Rocha, Magda ; Garcia, Danilo LU
; Faria, Sara
and Moreira, Paulo A.S.
(2023)
p.287-312
- Abstract
Background: The affective profiles model, operationalized as the combination of individuals’ high/low positive/negative affective experience, is a well-established method for providing insights into adolescents’ affective functioning and self-regulation: self-fulfilling (high positive affect, low negative affect), high affective (high positive affect, high negative affect), low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect), and self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect). However, there is lack of longitudinal studies investigating profile stability and change during adolescence. Objective: We aimed to investigate if having a specific affective profile at one point in time predicted adolescents’ affective profile... (More)
Background: The affective profiles model, operationalized as the combination of individuals’ high/low positive/negative affective experience, is a well-established method for providing insights into adolescents’ affective functioning and self-regulation: self-fulfilling (high positive affect, low negative affect), high affective (high positive affect, high negative affect), low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect), and self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect). However, there is lack of longitudinal studies investigating profile stability and change during adolescence. Objective: We aimed to investigate if having a specific affective profile at one point in time predicted adolescents’ affective profile 2 and 6 years later. Methods: Two cohorts of adolescents (Nwave 1 = 4054), each one assessed over a 2-year period (Nwave 2 = 2646), participated in our study by responding to the Portuguese version of the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). Cohort 1 included adolescents who were at their 7th grade in the first wave and in their 8th grade in the second wave. The adolescents in cohort 2 were at their 10th grade in wave 1 and in their 11th grade in wave 2. Finally, a subsample from cohort 1 (n = 677) were also tested about 6 years later (i.e., at the 7th grade and at the 12th grade). Results: For adolescents in both cohorts, the affective profiles assessed at the beginning of the study predicted the affective profiles assessed about 2 years later. Specifically, self-reporting a self-fulfilling profile in wave 1 increased the odds of having a self-fulfilling profile in wave 2. Conversely, reporting any other type of affective profile in wave 1 increased the odds of having either a high affective or a self-destructive profile in wave 2. Adolescents with a low affective profile had the most fluctuations between profiles. This trend was also found among adolescents who were assessed 6 years later. Conclusion: At a general level, the results suggest that having a self-fulfilling profile at the 7th grade might protect well-being through adolescence. Moreover, the fact that individuals with certain profiles are at more risk of keeping low levels of positive emotions or high levels of negative emotions has important implications for the promotion of adaptive and functional affective regulation during adolescence. Knowing when and which students are at risk of maintaining or changing to a dysfunctional and non-adaptive profile, from one year to the next, may allow the implementation of interventions that meet the emotional and affective characteristics of each adolescent.
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- author
- Pedras, Susana
; Rocha, Magda
; Garcia, Danilo
LU
; Faria, Sara
and Moreira, Paulo A.S.
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-01-01
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adolescence, Affective development, Affective profiles model, Longitudinal study, School health
- host publication
- The Affective Profiles Model : 20 Years of Research and Beyond - 20 Years of Research and Beyond
- pages
- 26 pages
- publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85206034731
- ISBN
- 9783031242205
- 9783031242199
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-24220-5_16
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 2893a631-542a-4fc9-b94e-bbd0e02ecef1
- date added to LUP
- 2024-12-16 13:18:43
- date last changed
- 2025-07-29 06:47:41
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author = {{Pedras, Susana and Rocha, Magda and Garcia, Danilo and Faria, Sara and Moreira, Paulo A.S.}},
booktitle = {{The Affective Profiles Model : 20 Years of Research and Beyond}},
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keywords = {{Adolescence; Affective development; Affective profiles model; Longitudinal study; School health}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{01}},
pages = {{287--312}},
publisher = {{Springer International Publishing}},
title = {{Stability and Change in Portuguese Adolescents’ Affective Profiles over a 2-Year and a 6-Year Period}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24220-5_16}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-031-24220-5_16}},
year = {{2023}},
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