Journal article
Youth’s Responses to Peer Provocation: Links to Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression
Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, Vol.36(3), pp.339-349
09/2014
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9406-5
PMID: 15733505
Abstract
Youth experiencing anxiety and depression are more likely to be targeted aggressively by peers, making it critical that we understand how they respond to these challenging interpersonal situations. We addressed this issue by recruiting a school-based sample of lower-income youth (N = 327) in grades 6, 7, and 8 (M age =13.10, SD =0.99) to complete a multiple-choice measure asking them to select responses to 11 scenarios describing physical, relational, and verbal provocation by a peer. We found that increasing anxiety was negatively associated with endorsement of aggressive behaviors, whereas greater levels of depressive symptoms were linked to higher rates of aggressive responding, and, for girls, decreased endorsement of assertive strategies. Implications for understanding and intervening on social competence and psychopathology are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Youth’s Responses to Peer Provocation: Links to Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression
- Creators
- Melanie Dirks - Department of Psychology, Stewart Biological Sciences McGill University W7/3J, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue Montreal Quebec H3A1B1 CanadaTeresa Treat - University of Iowa Iowa IA USAV Weersing - San Diego State University/University of California at San Diego San Diego CA USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, Vol.36(3), pp.339-349
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10862-014-9406-5
- PMID
- 15733505
- NLM abbreviation
- J Psychopathol Behav Assess
- ISSN
- 0882-2689
- eISSN
- 1573-3505
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984002464502771
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