Alex A Gardner

Biographic Data

ID4370474
NAMEAlex A Gardner
GIVEN NAMESAlex A
FAMILY NAMEGardner
SIGNATUREGARDNER A A
AFFILIATIONSGriffith University
ORCID0000-0002-4750-6565
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Daily use of digital technologies to feel better

    Open AccessRiley A Scott, Melanie J Zimmer-Gembeck et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2024

    INTRODUCTION: Adolescents report using digital technologies for emotion regulation (digital ER), with the aim of feeling better (i.e., improving emotions and reducing loneliness). In this 7-day diary study, we investigated associations of digital ER, emotions, and loneliness, and tested whether prior emotional problems moderated these associations. METHOD: = 13.91, SD = 1.52; 44% boys). Daily surveys measured digital ER; end-of-day happiness, sad…

  • Extracurricular activity participation, school belonging, and depressed mood

    Open AccessAlexander W O’donnell, G Redmond et al.ARTICLEApplied Developmental Science2024

    Feelings of acceptance within school communities can promote positive psychological outcomes. Despite occurring outside of the classroom, youth who engage in extracurricular activities typically report greater school belonging. Accordingly, we examined the longitudinal effect of extracurricular activities on school belonging and depressed mood in a nationally representative, Australian sample of adolescents (N 3,850, M age 12.41) followed for fou…

  • A pattern‐centered analysis of adolescents' concerns and hopes about future crises

    Open AccessMelanie J Zimmer-Gembeck, Kathryn L Modecki et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2023

    INTRODUCTION: Many adolescents are concerned about global and future crises, such as the health of the planet or terrorism/safety. Yet, adolescents can also express hope about the future. Thus, asking adolescents about their concern and hope could yield subgroups with different ways of coping and personal adjustment. METHOD: Australian adolescents (N = 863; age 10-16) completed surveys to report their concern (worry and anger) and hope about the …

  • Parental Support and Adolescents’ Coping with Academic Stressors

    Open AccessMelanie J Zimmer-Gembeck, Ellen A Skinner et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2023Cited by: 3References: 38

    Adolescents face many academic pressures that require good coping skills, but coping skills can also depend on social resources, such as parental support and fewer negative interactions. The aim of this study was to determine if parental support and parental negative interactions concurrently and longitudinally relate to adolescents’ ways of academic coping, above and beyond the impact of three types of academic stress, students’ achievement at s…

  • Rejection sensitivity and the development of social anxiety symptoms during adolescence

    Open AccessMelanie J Zimmer-Gembeck, Alex A Gardner et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Rejection sensitivity is a bias toward expecting rejection that can result from negative social experiences and degrade emotional adjustment. In this study, rejection sensitivity was expected to predict patterns of adolescent social anxiety over 5 years when considered alongside other known or expected risk and protective factors: peer rejection (peer-reported), emotion dysregulation, self-worth, temperament (parent-reported), female gender, and …

  • Emotion regulation and support from others

    Open AccessAlex A Gardner, Tanya Hawes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Adolescence2021

    INTRODUCTION: Adolescents and young adults who overemphasize the social values placed on an attractive appearance may develop body dysmorphic symptoms (BDS), defined as over-preoccupation with perceived appearance flaws and repetitive behaviors to conceal the flaws. Further, research has found that a heightened expectation of judgement and rejection by others because of appearance (i.e., appearance-based rejection sensitivity [appearance-RS]) is …

  • A longitudinal model of rejection sensitivity and internalizing symptoms

    Open AccessAlex A Gardner, Melanie J Zimmer-Gembeck et al.ARTICLEJournal of Personality2020

    OBJECTIVE: Individuals who experience heightened rejection sensitivity (RS) are at greater risk of increased internalizing symptoms over time. This is especially so for adolescents and young adults, as this is a time of many social transitions and an average increase in such symptoms. Yet, little longitudinal research has explored specific mechanisms that may help explain how RS lends itself to increased symptomology during adolescence and young …

  • A Contextual Examination of the Associations Between Social Support, Self-Esteem, and Psychological Well-Being among Jamaican Adolescents

    Open AccessAlex A Gardner, Haley J WebbARTICLEYouth & Society2019Cited by: 2References: 34

    Research on adolescent development and well-being has demonstrated the beneficial effects of social support and self-esteem for positive adjustment. However, there has been little examination of the associations between adolescents' social support, self-esteem, and well-being within a Caribbean framework, and consideration to family factors that may moderate such associations. Accordingly, the current study explored the associations of perceived …