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01-11-2008

Coping with Social Stress: Implications for Psychopathology in Young Adolescent Girls

Auteurs: Lisa M. Sontag, Julia A. Graber, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Michelle P. Warren

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 8/2008

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Abstract

This study investigated the impact of social stress on symptoms of psychopathology at the entry into adolescence (111 girls, Mage = 11.84, SD = 0.77). We examined whether peer stress and pubertal timing were associated with internalizing distress and aggression, and whether responses to stress and cortisol reactivity mediated or moderated these associations. Cortisol samples were collected from saliva samples during in-home visits, and the YSR was used to assess psychopathology. Interestingly, pubertal timing demonstrated a trend association with cortisol. Responses to stress mediated the association between social stress and symptoms of internalizing distress and aggression. Specifically, early maturers and girls with higher levels of peer stress exhibited more problematic responses to stress, in turn demonstrating higher levels of internalizing distress and aggression. Significant moderation effects also emerged. For example, early maturers who experienced higher levels of emotional/cognitive numbing in response to peer stress were at greater risk for aggression. Findings identify coping strategies that may be used in evidence-based programming to help girls transition more successfully into adolescence will be discussed.
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A complete list of tasks is available from the author.
 
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Comparing the sample at the original assessment to the assessment used in this study, there was a loss of 19.5% of the sample of girls. The authors conducted univariate analyses of non-response bias to determine if the remaining sample differed on key demographic factors, pubertal development variables, and outcomes (depression, peer problems, internalizing and externalizing behavior) assessed at baseline. Results showed that participants did not differ on variables used in this study.
 
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In addition to AUCcortisol, the authors conducted preliminary multi-level analyses to examine whether or not patterns of change over time in cortisol were associated with symptoms of psychopathology. Results indicated that pattern of change was not associated with internalizing distress or aggression, suggesting that the multi-level analyses added no additional information to the study beyond what AUCcortisol demonstrated. A complete description of the multi-level analyses is available upon request.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Coping with Social Stress: Implications for Psychopathology in Young Adolescent Girls
Auteurs
Lisa M. Sontag
Julia A. Graber
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Michelle P. Warren
Publicatiedatum
01-11-2008
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 8/2008
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-008-9239-3

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