Goda Kaniušonytė
Biographic Data
| ID | 390538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Goda Kaniušonytė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Goda |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaniušonytė |
| SIGNATURE | KANIUŠONYTĖ G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mykolas Romeris University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9941-3275 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
School structure explains age group differences in friend selection similarity
The present study tests the hypothesis that friend selection similarity increases after the transition into middle school but only for those attending schools with an expanded pool of similar others who could potentially serve as friends. Participants included 456 (247 girls, 209 boys) students (ages 10–15) attending public primary and middle schools in Florida (USA) and Lithuania. In Florida, 40.2% were European American, 26.5% were Hispanic-Ame…
Friend loss exacerbates adjustment difficulties among shy children
The current study tested the hypothesis that friend loss amplifies longitudinal associations from shyness to adjustment difficulties. Participants were 533 (245 girls, 288 boys) 4th- to 7th-grade students (ages 9–14 years) attending public schools in Lithuania. Self-reports of shyness, victimization and emotional problems, and peer nominated acceptance were measured at the beginning and middle of the same school year, approximately 13 weeks apart…
The Friends They Have and the Friends They Want
Desired friends represent aspirational relationships. But are they realistic? Two longitudinal studies were conducted, each with two waves of data within a single school year. Participants included 340 boys and 385 girls, ages 10–14, from Florida (U.S.) and Lithuania. Participants identified and rank-ordered classmates who were desired friends and existing friends. Peer nominations assessed status and attributes (i.e., academic achievement , attr…
What’s best about best friends
Best friends differ from other friends in terms of their perceived quality, but much is unknown about features that set them apart. This study examines the stability and reciprocity of friend nominations as a function of their rank. Participants included 580 (312 girls and 268 boys) public primary and middle school students (ages 9–13) in Florida (United States) and Lithuania. Twice during a single academic year, participants nominated and rank-o…
Maternal disapproval of friends in response to child conduct problems damages the peer status of pre‐ and early adolescents
BACKGROUND: Herein, we consider the hypothesis that mothers harm peer relations when they respond to child conduct problems by expressing disapproval of friends, which exacerbates the behavior problems they were presumably attempting to deter. METHODS: A community sample of Lithuanian adolescents (292 boys and 270 girls, aged 9-14 years) completed surveys three times during an academic year. Classmate nominations indexed peer status (acceptance a…
The Correlates and Consequences of Friendship Change and Friendlessness During Late Childhood and Early Adolescence
The present study is designed to identify the consequences of losing friends, gaining friends, and being friendless. Participants were public primary and middle school students (ages 8–14 years, M ag e = 11.35, SD age = 1.41) in Florida and Lithuania (481 boys). Participants completed friend and peer reputation nominations twice during an academic year (fall and spring semesters), with friendships defined by reciprocated nominations. Six friend c…
Age Differences in Academic Suasion
Friends are assumed to be particularly influential at the onset of adolescence, as adult oversight declines and the salience of peers increases. The present longitudinal study tested this claim, comparing the strength of friend influence over academic achievement during late childhood (grades 4–5, ages 8 to 11) to that in early adolescence (grades 6–7, ages 11 to 14) in youths from the United States (Florida) and Lithuania. Participants included …
The Social Dynamics of Fun
Perceptions of relationship quality that predict friendship dissolution during childhood and adolescence
The present study examines perceptions of relationship quality as antecedents of best friendship dissolution. Participants included 230 students in Florida (United States; 54.3% girls; ages = 8-13; 39.6% European American, 27.0% Hispanic American, 21.7% African American, and 2.6% Asian American) and 496 students in Lithuania (49.0% girls; ages = 8-14; 358 boys; nearly all ethnic Lithuanian) attending public schools in Florida (United States) and …
Positive classroom climate buffers against increases in loneliness arising from shyness, rejection sensitivity and emotional reactivity
Loneliness is detrimental to well-being, particularly during the transition into and early years of adolescence when peer relations are ascendant. Shy and emotionally sensitive youth, who often spend considerable time alone, have known vulnerabilities to loneliness. Studies of young children suggest that a supportive classroom context may mitigate adjustment risks, reducing victimization and improving a sense of belonging. Herein we extend this w…
The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic
Not Letting Go
There is a growing body of work showing the negative outcomes of parents who limit the autonomy of their emerging‐adult children. However, there has been little work examining children who limit their own autonomy in emerging adulthood by maintaining dependence on their parents. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of culture in the direct and indirect associations (via self‐processes such as self‐efficacy and self‐concept…
The Trajectories of Positive Youth Development in Lithuania
“My Words Matter”
A substantial body of research provides evidence for the role of parents in transferring pro-environmental attitudes, values, and behaviors to their children. However, little research has focused on children’s active attempts to influence parents’ pro-environmental behavior. In a survey involving 508 Lithuanian families, we examined the bidirectional influences of parents’ and adolescents’ information-induced proenvironmental intentions and behav…
A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development
The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents resp…
Parenting styles revisited
The pernicious consequences of parent psychological control are well-established. Parenting style classification schemes, however, typically exclude this behavioral practice, focusing instead on demandingness and responsiveness. The present study applies a person-oriented approach to the classification of parenting styles, taking into account psychological control. Lithuanian adolescents (239 girls, 215 boys; M age = 15.14 at the outset) complete…
Toward Reducing Adolescents’ Bottled Water Purchasing
Policy awareness increases the likelihood of policy-congruent behavior. Yet individuals may differ in the extent to which they notice certain policies; thus, psychological factors that explain behavior can have a differing effect on policy-congruent behavior of individuals. We investigated to what extent the relationship between normative, habitual, intentional, and situational factors that explain bottled water purchasing behavior vary regarding…
Objective and subjective markers of transition to adulthood in emerging adults
The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect (via objective and subjective markers of adulthood) relations of parental trust and emerging adults' life satisfaction in samples of Lithuanian ( N = 399, ages 18-25) and Japanese ( N = 585, ages 18-25) emerging adults. Results revealed that parental trust was associated with emerging adults' life satisfaction both directly and indirectly via subjective markers of adulthood (i.e…
Prevalence and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence in a Nationally Representative Sample in Lithuania
Developing Morality, Competence, and Sociability in Adolescence
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Relationships between Emotional Separation, Parental Trust, and Identity in Adolescents
Adolescents’ Self-Perception of Morality, Competence, and Sociability and their Interplay with Quality of Family, Friend, and School Relationships
Relationships With Parents, Identity Styles, and Positive Youth Development During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood
The purpose of this study was to examine the links between relationships with parents, identity styles, and positive youth development (PYD), conceptualized as “contribution” to self, family, and community, in Lithuanian youth during the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. In Study I, we sought to examine how positive relationships with parents predict contribution with the potential mediating role of autonomy-supportive parenting.…
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Relationships between Emotional Separation, Parental Trust, and Identity in Adolescents
Parenting styles revisited
The pernicious consequences of parent psychological control are well-established. Parenting style classification schemes, however, typically exclude this behavioral practice, focusing instead on demandingness and responsiveness. The present study applies a person-oriented approach to the classification of parenting styles, taking into account psychological control. Lithuanian adolescents (239 girls, 215 boys; M age = 15.14 at the outset) complete…
Objective and subjective markers of transition to adulthood in emerging adults
The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect (via objective and subjective markers of adulthood) relations of parental trust and emerging adults' life satisfaction in samples of Lithuanian ( N = 399, ages 18-25) and Japanese ( N = 585, ages 18-25) emerging adults. Results revealed that parental trust was associated with emerging adults' life satisfaction both directly and indirectly via subjective markers of adulthood (i.e…
Perceptions of relationship quality that predict friendship dissolution during childhood and adolescence
The present study examines perceptions of relationship quality as antecedents of best friendship dissolution. Participants included 230 students in Florida (United States; 54.3% girls; ages = 8-13; 39.6% European American, 27.0% Hispanic American, 21.7% African American, and 2.6% Asian American) and 496 students in Lithuania (49.0% girls; ages = 8-14; 358 boys; nearly all ethnic Lithuanian) attending public schools in Florida (United States) and …
The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic
Developing Morality, Competence, and Sociability in Adolescence
A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development
The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents resp…
Adolescents’ Self-Perception of Morality, Competence, and Sociability and their Interplay with Quality of Family, Friend, and School Relationships
Relationships With Parents, Identity Styles, and Positive Youth Development During the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood
The purpose of this study was to examine the links between relationships with parents, identity styles, and positive youth development (PYD), conceptualized as “contribution” to self, family, and community, in Lithuanian youth during the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. In Study I, we sought to examine how positive relationships with parents predict contribution with the potential mediating role of autonomy-supportive parenting.…
A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Relationships between Emotional Separation, Parental Trust, and Identity in Adolescents
Adolescents’ Self-Perception of Morality, Competence, and Sociability and their Interplay with Quality of Family, Friend, and School Relationships
Prevalence and Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence in a Nationally Representative Sample in Lithuania
Developing Morality, Competence, and Sociability in Adolescence
Toward Reducing Adolescents’ Bottled Water Purchasing
Policy awareness increases the likelihood of policy-congruent behavior. Yet individuals may differ in the extent to which they notice certain policies; thus, psychological factors that explain behavior can have a differing effect on policy-congruent behavior of individuals. We investigated to what extent the relationship between normative, habitual, intentional, and situational factors that explain bottled water purchasing behavior vary regarding…
Objective and subjective markers of transition to adulthood in emerging adults
The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect (via objective and subjective markers of adulthood) relations of parental trust and emerging adults' life satisfaction in samples of Lithuanian ( N = 399, ages 18-25) and Japanese ( N = 585, ages 18-25) emerging adults. Results revealed that parental trust was associated with emerging adults' life satisfaction both directly and indirectly via subjective markers of adulthood (i.e…
The Trajectories of Positive Youth Development in Lithuania
“My Words Matter”
A substantial body of research provides evidence for the role of parents in transferring pro-environmental attitudes, values, and behaviors to their children. However, little research has focused on children’s active attempts to influence parents’ pro-environmental behavior. In a survey involving 508 Lithuanian families, we examined the bidirectional influences of parents’ and adolescents’ information-induced proenvironmental intentions and behav…
A Longitudinal Examination of Perceived Parent Behavior and Positive Youth Development
The advent of the 21st Century brought a new interest in promoting Positive Youth Development and a renewed emphasis on understanding transactional relations between parenting and adolescent development. The present study examined conventional parent-driven pathways, which describe the putative role of parents in the formation of positive characteristics in children, as well as the prospect of child-driven effects, which describe how parents resp…
Parenting styles revisited
The pernicious consequences of parent psychological control are well-established. Parenting style classification schemes, however, typically exclude this behavioral practice, focusing instead on demandingness and responsiveness. The present study applies a person-oriented approach to the classification of parenting styles, taking into account psychological control. Lithuanian adolescents (239 girls, 215 boys; M age = 15.14 at the outset) complete…
Not Letting Go
There is a growing body of work showing the negative outcomes of parents who limit the autonomy of their emerging‐adult children. However, there has been little work examining children who limit their own autonomy in emerging adulthood by maintaining dependence on their parents. The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating role of culture in the direct and indirect associations (via self‐processes such as self‐efficacy and self‐concept…
Positive classroom climate buffers against increases in loneliness arising from shyness, rejection sensitivity and emotional reactivity
Loneliness is detrimental to well-being, particularly during the transition into and early years of adolescence when peer relations are ascendant. Shy and emotionally sensitive youth, who often spend considerable time alone, have known vulnerabilities to loneliness. Studies of young children suggest that a supportive classroom context may mitigate adjustment risks, reducing victimization and improving a sense of belonging. Herein we extend this w…
The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic
The Social Dynamics of Fun
Perceptions of relationship quality that predict friendship dissolution during childhood and adolescence
The present study examines perceptions of relationship quality as antecedents of best friendship dissolution. Participants included 230 students in Florida (United States; 54.3% girls; ages = 8-13; 39.6% European American, 27.0% Hispanic American, 21.7% African American, and 2.6% Asian American) and 496 students in Lithuania (49.0% girls; ages = 8-14; 358 boys; nearly all ethnic Lithuanian) attending public schools in Florida (United States) and …
What’s best about best friends
Best friends differ from other friends in terms of their perceived quality, but much is unknown about features that set them apart. This study examines the stability and reciprocity of friend nominations as a function of their rank. Participants included 580 (312 girls and 268 boys) public primary and middle school students (ages 9–13) in Florida (United States) and Lithuania. Twice during a single academic year, participants nominated and rank-o…
Maternal disapproval of friends in response to child conduct problems damages the peer status of pre‐ and early adolescents
BACKGROUND: Herein, we consider the hypothesis that mothers harm peer relations when they respond to child conduct problems by expressing disapproval of friends, which exacerbates the behavior problems they were presumably attempting to deter. METHODS: A community sample of Lithuanian adolescents (292 boys and 270 girls, aged 9-14 years) completed surveys three times during an academic year. Classmate nominations indexed peer status (acceptance a…
The Correlates and Consequences of Friendship Change and Friendlessness During Late Childhood and Early Adolescence
The present study is designed to identify the consequences of losing friends, gaining friends, and being friendless. Participants were public primary and middle school students (ages 8–14 years, M ag e = 11.35, SD age = 1.41) in Florida and Lithuania (481 boys). Participants completed friend and peer reputation nominations twice during an academic year (fall and spring semesters), with friendships defined by reciprocated nominations. Six friend c…
Age Differences in Academic Suasion
Friends are assumed to be particularly influential at the onset of adolescence, as adult oversight declines and the salience of peers increases. The present longitudinal study tested this claim, comparing the strength of friend influence over academic achievement during late childhood (grades 4–5, ages 8 to 11) to that in early adolescence (grades 6–7, ages 11 to 14) in youths from the United States (Florida) and Lithuania. Participants included …
School structure explains age group differences in friend selection similarity
The present study tests the hypothesis that friend selection similarity increases after the transition into middle school but only for those attending schools with an expanded pool of similar others who could potentially serve as friends. Participants included 456 (247 girls, 209 boys) students (ages 10–15) attending public primary and middle schools in Florida (USA) and Lithuania. In Florida, 40.2% were European American, 26.5% were Hispanic-Ame…
Friend loss exacerbates adjustment difficulties among shy children
The current study tested the hypothesis that friend loss amplifies longitudinal associations from shyness to adjustment difficulties. Participants were 533 (245 girls, 288 boys) 4th- to 7th-grade students (ages 9–14 years) attending public schools in Lithuania. Self-reports of shyness, victimization and emotional problems, and peer nominated acceptance were measured at the beginning and middle of the same school year, approximately 13 weeks apart…
The Friends They Have and the Friends They Want
Desired friends represent aspirational relationships. But are they realistic? Two longitudinal studies were conducted, each with two waves of data within a single school year. Participants included 340 boys and 385 girls, ages 10–14, from Florida (U.S.) and Lithuania. Participants identified and rank-ordered classmates who were desired friends and existing friends. Peer nominations assessed status and attributes (i.e., academic achievement , attr…
Psychology (20 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Friendship (5 works) · Longitudinal study (5 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (5 works)