Jennifer D Shapka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4415009 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer D Shapka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer D |
| FAMILY NAME | Shapka |
| SIGNATURE | SHAPKA J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8914-6951 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 105 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Rethinking smartphone use and attention regulation among adolescents: A focus on habit and online basic psychological needs satisfaction
Fear of Missing Out, Depression, and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Developmental Cascade Model
INTRODUCTION: Although research has established a link between adolescents' problematic smartphone use and mental health, the nuances and directionality of this relationship remain unclear. This study offers a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between problematic smartphone use, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), and depression in Canadian adolescents. METHODS: The participants included 1,298 students from Southern British Columbia, Canada (Mage…
Canadian adolescents’ feelings and internalizing problems during the pandemic: A longitudinal sentiment analysis
Beyond Restriction: Relationship Quality and Gender as Moderators of the Association Between Parental Restrictive Mediation and Adolescent Cyberbullying in China
Background/Objectives : Although parental mediation has been widely recognized as a protective factor against cyberbullying, evidence regarding restrictive mediation remains inconsistent and sometimes contradictory. This inconsistency underscores the need to identify potential moderators. The present study examines whether parent-child relationship qualities (trust and alienation) and child gender moderate the associations between restrictive med…
How Do Young Adults Feel About Receiving “Likes” on Social Media? The Moderating Role of Shyness and Cybervictimization
The current study explored the emotional effects on individuals of receiving fewer "Likes" than others on social media, as well as the potential moderating roles of participant shyness and previous experiences with cybervictimization. Participants were 1,007 undergraduate students (751 women; M age = 19.33 years, SD = 7.2 years) from a university in Eastern Ontario, Canada. During a standardized social media task, participants were randomly assig…
The Longitudinal Association Between Habitual Smartphone Use and Peer Attachment: A Random Intercept Latent Transition Analysis
Although many peers socialize online, there is evidence that adolescents who spend too much time online are lonely, depressed, and anxious. This study incorporates habitual smartphone use as a new way of measuring smartphone engagement, based on the shortcomings of simply measuring 'hours spent online'. Drawing on a large 2-year longitudinal study, the current research aims to investigate the association between habitual smartphone use and peer a…
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Parallel Latent Growth Modeling Approach
Developmental Trajectories of Cyber-Aggression among Early Adolescents in Canada: The Impact of Aggression, Gender, and Time Spent Online
The objective of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of cyber-aggression in early adolescence, as well as their relationship with predictive factors related to cyber-aggression (e.g., overt aggression, gender, and time spent online). Participants were 384 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at Time 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.62 years, SD = 0.74 year…
Developmental Trajectories of Cybervictimization Among Canadian Adolescents: The Impact of Socializing Online and Sharing Personal Information
The goal of the present study was to investigate the developmental trajectories of cybervictimization, as well as to identify how risk factors such as the sharing of personal information online and engaging in online socializing was related to cybervictimization from age 13 to 16 for Canadian adolescents. Participants included 354 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who were in Grades 6 and 7 at Wave 1 of the study (193 boys, …
Smartphones as attachment targets: An attachment theory framework for understanding problematic smartphone use
Predicting Patterns of Problematic Smartphone Use among University Students: A Latent Class Analysis
University students are consistently ranked among the highest users of smartphones. As such, recent research has focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use among university students. While this work has been instrumental to our understanding of the risk and protective factors of developing problematic smartphone use, it has been largely variable-centered and thus fails to recognize the diversity with which…
Counsellors’ experiences of online therapy
The study provides insight into counsellors’ experiences of counselling clients online. The foci include (a) counsellors’ experience of negotiating the therapeutic relationship online, (b) their experiences of utilising and adapting their clinical skills to assess clients in an online capacity, and (c) ethical issues associated with practicing online. Open-ended interviews were conducted with three counsellors located in Canada and one in the Uni…
Should We Be Worried about Smartphone Addiction? An Examination of Canadian Adolescents’ Feelings of Social Disconnection in the Time of Covid-19
As the COVID-19 global pandemic limited face-to-face social contact, mental health concerns increased for adolescents. Additionally, many adolescents turned to technology to communicate with their peers, which also raised concerns about adolescent smartphone addiction. However, research has yet to examine how mental health and technology engagement are related to adolescents' feelings of social connection-an important developmental predictor of w…
Cybervictimization, time spent online, and developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns among early adolescents
The goal of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns, as well as to identify predictive factors (e.g., cybervictimization, time spent online, and socializing online) related to online privacy concerns among early adolescents. Participants were 378 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at wave 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.93 years, …
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Examining how online risk exposure and online social capital influence adolescent psychological stress
Who might flourish and who might languish? Adolescent social and mental health profiles and their online experiences and behaviors
Extant research has identified associations between social media and internet use on the social and mental wellbeing of adolescents. While associations are clear, less apparent is why some adolescents respond and behave differently to the risks and benefits associated with social media use. Specifically, a paucity of work has examined how mental (i.e. anxiety and depression) and social (i.e. peer acceptance) factors work together to impact techno…
Moving beyond addiction: An attachment theory framework for understanding young adults' relationships with their smartphones
Adolescent technology engagement: It is more complicated than a lack of self‐control
A Comparative analysis of rhythmic patterns in settler-heritage English and Blackfoot English in Southern Alberta
In this paper we explore differences in prosodic rhythm between two English speech communities in rural Southern Alberta, Canada: speakers of Blackfoot First Nation descent and those of settler descent. Using the Variability Index (VI), we show that there are statistically significant differences between English speakers of settler descent and those of Blackfoot descent, where those of Blackfoot descent have a higher VI, that is, they are further…
Factors predicting the stratified academic achievement trajectories of foreign-born Canadian adolescents: A population-based study
The study looked at the stratified math and language arts trajectories of foreign-born adolescents (aged 14–19) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and identified social position factors that predicted this variation. Leveraging data from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the study looked longitudinally at a population-based cohort of foreign-born adolescents in BC (N = 9,113), in comparison to a …
Teachers’ psychological functioning in the workplace: Exploring the roles of contextual beliefs, need satisfaction, and personal characteristics.
The purpose of the current study was to provide a greater depth of knowledge about teachers’ psychological functioning at work—including the contextual, basic psychological need satisfaction and personal factors relevant to this. We examined the extent to which perceived autonomy support predicts basic psychological need satisfaction and, in turn, whether need satisfaction predicts teachers’ perceptions of well-being, motivation, job satisfaction…
Teacher Well-Being: Exploring Its Components and a Practice-Oriented Scale
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teacher Well-Being Scale, which assesses three factors of teachers’ work-related well-being: workload, organizational, and student interaction well-being. With a sample of Canadian teachers, results confirmed the reliability, approximate normality, and factor structure of the scale; provided support for a higher order factor of teacher well-being; showed the instrument functioned similarly ac…
Moving beyond grades: The social and emotional well-being of Chinese Canadians at school
Does One Size Fit All? Ethnic Differences in Parenting Behaviors and Motivations for Adolescent Engagement in Cyberbullying
Gendered motivational processes affecting high school mathematics participation, educational aspirations, and career plans: A comparison of samples from Australia, Canada, and the United States
In this international, longitudinal study, we explored gender differences in, and gendered relationships among, math-related motivations emphasized in the Eccles (Parsons) et al. (1983) expectancy-value framework, high school math participation, educational aspirations, and career plans. Participants were from Australia, Canada, and the United States (Ns = 358, 471, 418, respectively) in Grades 9/10 at Time 1 and Grades 11/12 at Time 2. The 3 sam…
Does One Size Fit All? Ethnic Differences in Parenting Behaviors and Motivations for Adolescent Engagement in Cyberbullying
An Examination of the Reciprocal Relationships Between Adolescents’ Aggressive Behaviors and Their Perceptions of Parental Nurturance
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Effects of a Girls-Only Curriculum During Adolescence: Performance, Persistence, and Engagement in Mathematics and Science
This article investigates the benefits of girls-only classroom instruction in math and science during Grades 9 and 10, in the context of a public coeducational high school. It is based on a longitudinal investigation with 786 participants: 85 girls in all-girl classes, and 319 girls and 382 boys in a regular coeducational program. Preexisting achievement, background, and psychological characteristics were included as covariates to ensure comparab…
The Impact of Pubertal Timing and Parental Control on Adolescent Problem Behaviors
Adolescent Children of Adolescent Mothers: The Impact of Family Functioning on Trajectories of Development
Patterns and Correlates of Pubertal Development in Canadian Youth: Effects of Family Context
The Family Antecedents and the Subsequent Outcomes of Early Puberty
Examining Self-Regulation and Problematic Smartphone Use in Canadian Adolescents: A Parallel Latent Growth Modeling Approach
Effects of a Girls-Only Curriculum During Adolescence: Performance, Persistence, and Engagement in Mathematics and Science
This article investigates the benefits of girls-only classroom instruction in math and science during Grades 9 and 10, in the context of a public coeducational high school. It is based on a longitudinal investigation with 786 participants: 85 girls in all-girl classes, and 319 girls and 382 boys in a regular coeducational program. Preexisting achievement, background, and psychological characteristics were included as covariates to ensure comparab…
Adolescent Children of Adolescent Mothers: The Impact of Family Functioning on Trajectories of Development
Patterns and Correlates of Pubertal Development in Canadian Youth: Effects of Family Context
The Impact of Pubertal Timing and Parental Control on Adolescent Problem Behaviors
The Family Antecedents and the Subsequent Outcomes of Early Puberty
An Examination of the Reciprocal Relationships Between Adolescents’ Aggressive Behaviors and Their Perceptions of Parental Nurturance
The changing face of bullying: An empirical comparison between traditional and internet bullying and victimization
School climate and social–emotional learning: Predicting teacher stress, job satisfaction, and teaching efficacy.
The aims of this study were to investigate whether and how teachers' perceptions of social-emotional learning and climate in their schools influenced three outcome variables--teachers' sense of stress, teaching efficacy, and job satisfaction--and to examine the interrelationships among the three outcome variables. Along with sense of job satisfaction and teaching efficacy, two types of stress (workload and student behavior stress) were examined. …
Gendered motivational processes affecting high school mathematics participation, educational aspirations, and career plans: A comparison of samples from Australia, Canada, and the United States
In this international, longitudinal study, we explored gender differences in, and gendered relationships among, math-related motivations emphasized in the Eccles (Parsons) et al. (1983) expectancy-value framework, high school math participation, educational aspirations, and career plans. Participants were from Australia, Canada, and the United States (Ns = 358, 471, 418, respectively) in Grades 9/10 at Time 1 and Grades 11/12 at Time 2. The 3 sam…
Does One Size Fit All? Ethnic Differences in Parenting Behaviors and Motivations for Adolescent Engagement in Cyberbullying
Moving beyond grades: The social and emotional well-being of Chinese Canadians at school
Teacher Well-Being: Exploring Its Components and a Practice-Oriented Scale
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Teacher Well-Being Scale, which assesses three factors of teachers’ work-related well-being: workload, organizational, and student interaction well-being. With a sample of Canadian teachers, results confirmed the reliability, approximate normality, and factor structure of the scale; provided support for a higher order factor of teacher well-being; showed the instrument functioned similarly ac…
Teachers’ psychological functioning in the workplace: Exploring the roles of contextual beliefs, need satisfaction, and personal characteristics.
The purpose of the current study was to provide a greater depth of knowledge about teachers’ psychological functioning at work—including the contextual, basic psychological need satisfaction and personal factors relevant to this. We examined the extent to which perceived autonomy support predicts basic psychological need satisfaction and, in turn, whether need satisfaction predicts teachers’ perceptions of well-being, motivation, job satisfaction…
Adolescent technology engagement: It is more complicated than a lack of self‐control
A Comparative analysis of rhythmic patterns in settler-heritage English and Blackfoot English in Southern Alberta
In this paper we explore differences in prosodic rhythm between two English speech communities in rural Southern Alberta, Canada: speakers of Blackfoot First Nation descent and those of settler descent. Using the Variability Index (VI), we show that there are statistically significant differences between English speakers of settler descent and those of Blackfoot descent, where those of Blackfoot descent have a higher VI, that is, they are further…
Factors predicting the stratified academic achievement trajectories of foreign-born Canadian adolescents: A population-based study
The study looked at the stratified math and language arts trajectories of foreign-born adolescents (aged 14–19) in British Columbia (BC), Canada, and identified social position factors that predicted this variation. Leveraging data from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the study looked longitudinally at a population-based cohort of foreign-born adolescents in BC (N = 9,113), in comparison to a …
Examining how online risk exposure and online social capital influence adolescent psychological stress
Who might flourish and who might languish? Adolescent social and mental health profiles and their online experiences and behaviors
Extant research has identified associations between social media and internet use on the social and mental wellbeing of adolescents. While associations are clear, less apparent is why some adolescents respond and behave differently to the risks and benefits associated with social media use. Specifically, a paucity of work has examined how mental (i.e. anxiety and depression) and social (i.e. peer acceptance) factors work together to impact techno…
Moving beyond addiction: An attachment theory framework for understanding young adults' relationships with their smartphones
Cybervictimization, time spent online, and developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns among early adolescents
The goal of the present study was to examine developmental trajectories of online privacy concerns, as well as to identify predictive factors (e.g., cybervictimization, time spent online, and socializing online) related to online privacy concerns among early adolescents. Participants were 378 adolescents from the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada who were in grade six and grade seven at wave 1 of the study (192 boys, Mage = 13.93 years, …
Social Disconnection During Covid‐19: The Role of Attachment, Fear of Missing Out, and Smartphone Use
This mixed-methods study explored adolescents' (n = 682) feelings of social connection in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and examined potential risk (fear of missing out, problematic smartphone use) and protective (parent/peer attachment, smartphone use) factors to social disconnection. Data were collected from two schools in Canada using an online survey with questionnaires and open-ended questions. Three themes regarding adolescents' feeling…
Predicting Patterns of Problematic Smartphone Use among University Students: A Latent Class Analysis
University students are consistently ranked among the highest users of smartphones. As such, recent research has focused on examining the antecedents and consequences of problematic smartphone use among university students. While this work has been instrumental to our understanding of the risk and protective factors of developing problematic smartphone use, it has been largely variable-centered and thus fails to recognize the diversity with which…
Counsellors’ experiences of online therapy
The study provides insight into counsellors’ experiences of counselling clients online. The foci include (a) counsellors’ experience of negotiating the therapeutic relationship online, (b) their experiences of utilising and adapting their clinical skills to assess clients in an online capacity, and (c) ethical issues associated with practicing online. Open-ended interviews were conducted with three counsellors located in Canada and one in the Uni…
Should We Be Worried about Smartphone Addiction? An Examination of Canadian Adolescents’ Feelings of Social Disconnection in the Time of Covid-19
As the COVID-19 global pandemic limited face-to-face social contact, mental health concerns increased for adolescents. Additionally, many adolescents turned to technology to communicate with their peers, which also raised concerns about adolescent smartphone addiction. However, research has yet to examine how mental health and technology engagement are related to adolescents' feelings of social connection-an important developmental predictor of w…
Smartphones as attachment targets: An attachment theory framework for understanding problematic smartphone use
Psychology (30 works) · Developmental psychology (27 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (13 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (9 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works)