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Most young adults today are following longer educational tracks and postpone entrance into the workforce. This 2-year study aimed to determine factors contributing to occupational self-efficacy in a representative sample of n = 1,891 young adults ( M = 23.92, SD = 2.17 years) with different work statuses (studying, in an apprenticeship, employed, or unemployed). Occupational identity, perceived work quality, the ability to cope with work stress, and symptomatology were assessed. Path analyses revealed that work status was the most important predictor of later occupational self-efficacy, with employment showing the strongest prediction of later agency in the professional domain. Ruminative exploration, work stress, and internalizing symptoms contributed negatively to occupational self-efficacy, whereas commitment making and coping competence contributed positively to later agency in work and study. The discussion focuses on the early developmental roots of occupational self-efficacy.

"Data is the new soil" ("Daten sind der neue Boden"). Daten sind heute im Zuge der Digitalisierung zu einem wesentlichen Element für Innovation und nachhaltiges Wachstum geworden. Wir sind an einem Punkt angelangt, an dem ohne digitale Daten nicht nur Wirtschaft, Politik und Wissenschaft, sondern auch Teile der Gesellschaft zum Stillstand kommen würden. Die fortschreitende Datafizierung erfordert für eine aktive Teilnahme am gesellschaftlichen und wissenschaftlichen Leben, die Fähigkeit zum selbstbestimmten, sozial verantwortlichen und kompetenten Umgang mit Daten. Der Zugang zu Daten, die technischen Möglichkeiten des Umgangs mit ihnen und Data Literacy sind notwendige Voraussetzungen und bilden die Basis für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Innovation. Data Literacy, als kompetenter Umgang mit Daten, muss daher in Bildungseinrichtungen, in Wissenschaft und Forschung und insbesondere an Hochschulen vermittelt werden. Das Projekt data.RWTH der RWTH Aachen University nimmt sich der Herausforderung an, Data Literacy an die Studierenden aller Fakultäten und Disziplinen zu vermitteln. ; "Data is the new soil". Today, in the course of digitalisation, data has become an essential element for innovation and sustainable growth. We have reached a point where without digital data, not only the economy, politics and science, but also aspects of society would grind to a halt. The progressive datafication requires for an active participation in social and scientific life, the ability to deal with data in a self-determined, socially responsible and competent way. Access to data, the technical possibilities of handling it and data literacy are necessary prerequisites and form the basis for science, research and innovation. Data literacy, as the competent handling of data, must therefore be taught in educational institutions, in science and research and especially at universities. The data.RWTH project at RWTH Aachen University takes on the challenge of teaching data skills to students from all faculties and disciplines.

This study investigated how 2000 adolescents from middle‐class families in six countries perceived and coped with parent‐related and peer‐related stress. Adolescents from Costa Rica, Korea, and Turkey perceived parent‐related stress to be greater than peer‐related stress, whereas stress levels in both relationship types were similar in the Czech Republic, Germany, and Pakistan. Female adolescents predominantly reported higher levels of peer‐related stress than male adolescents. Adolescents in all countries used negotiating and support‐seeking to cope with relationship stress more often than emotional outlet or withdrawal. Withdrawal occurred more often to deal with parent‐related than with peer‐related stress. Results suggest that adolescents across countries competently coped with relationship stress. However, patterns of what adolescents perceived as stressful and how they coped varied between countries.

The impact of identity-related risk factors on psychopathology was analyzed in 2,113 emerging adults ( M = 22.0 years; 66% female) from France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Peru, Pakistan, and Poland. Identity stress, coping with identity stress, maternal parenting (support, psychological control, and anxious rearing), and psychopathology (internalizing, externalizing, and total symptomatology) were assessed. After partialing out the influence of stress, coping, and perceived maternal behavior, country did no longer exert a significant effect on symptom scores. The effect for gender remained, as did an interaction between country and gender. Rather unexpected, on average, males reported higher internalizing symptomatology scores than females. Potential causes for the higher scores of males are therefore discussed. Partialing out covariates resulted in a clearer picture of country-specific and gender-dependent effects on psychopathology, which is helpful in designing interventions.