Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School

Passiatore, Ylenia; Capitello, Teresa Grimaldi; Stasio, Simona De; Millioni, Michela; Gentile, S.; Fiorilli, Caterina

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01912

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“…Among these, problems with classmates, friends, and parents impacted on depression, similarly to the findings of previous studies ( Ng et al, 2007 ). Previous findings indeed showed that young adolescents are at higher risk when they feel high criticism and rejection by peers (i.e., friends and classmates) ( Passiatore et al, 2017 ). Moreover, parental warmth and emotional support may be an important factor in protection against depression in children and adolescents ( Capitello et al, 2016 ).…”

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Predicting Adolescent Depression: The Interrelated Roles of Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Stressors

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Depression in adolescents can lead to social and educational impairment and is a major risk factor for suicide and substance misuse. Thus, predicting and preventing this disorder are extremely important. The current study aimed to analyze the contribution of adolescents’ self-esteem (i.e., quality of interpersonal relationships, control of life events, and management of negative emotions) and interpersonal stressor sources (relationships with parents, teachers, classmates and friends) in predicting several depression manifestations (i.e., depressed mood, sense of inadequacy, and insecurity). Participants were 182 Italian pre-adolescents and adolescents, aged 10–14 years, were recruited from three Italian schools. They were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire. Results showed that self-esteem was a major factor to be considered in adolescents’ depression. In particular, adolescents’ perception of negative emotion management was the most important protective factor against depression manifestations. Conversely, sources of interpersonal stressors contributed only marginally to depression. Among these, problems with parents and friends increased adolescents’ depressed mood, while troubles with classmates impacted on their sense of inadequacy and insecurity. Implications of these results for positive practices which could enhance adolescents’ self-esteem and further expansions of the study are discussed.

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Predicting Adolescent Depression: The Interrelated Roles of Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Stressors

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“…Rejection sensitivity refers to individuals’ tendency to anxiously anticipate negative information and easily perceive rejection information, as well as the degree to which individuals tend to overreact [ 42 , 43 ]. Rejection sensitivity is a crucial risk factor for adolescent Internet addiction [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ]. This is mainly because the Internet provides a place to escape the frustration of interpersonal rejection [ 48 ].…”

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Parent-Adolescent Communication, School Engagement, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Rejection Sensitivity

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Although a large body of research has indicated that parent-adolescent communication is a crucial protective factor for adolescent Internet addiction, the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. To address this research gap, this study, based on social control theory and the organism-environment interaction model, was designed to test whether school engagement mediated the relationship between parent-adolescent communication and adolescent Internet addiction and whether this mediating effect was moderated by rejection sensitivity. A sample of 1006 adolescents (Meanage = 13.16 years, SD = 0.67) anonymously completed the questionnaires. The results showed that the positive association between parent-adolescent communication and adolescent Internet addiction was mediated by school engagement. Moreover, this indirect link was stronger among adolescents with high rejection sensitivity than those with low rejection sensitivity. These findings highlighted school engagement as a potential mechanism linking parent-adolescent communication to adolescent Internet addiction, with high rejection sensitivity being an important risk factor amplifying this indirect effect. Intervention programs aimed at reducing Internet addiction among adolescents might benefit from the current research.

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“…Early mathematic skills are predictive of later achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines (Benbow & Arjmand, 1990). Failure to become proficient in mathematic skills represents a major academic obstacle for children and is related to risks for anxiety, internalizing problems, and other socioemotional maladjustment (Lauer, Esposito, & Bauer, 2018; Passiatore et al, 2017). Given that RAN has been shown as a robust predictor of children's arithmetic performance (Cui et al, 2017; Georgiou et al, 2013; Koponen et al, 2017), the underlying mechanisms that may account for the relation between RAN and arithmetic performance remain unclear.…”

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Exploring mechanisms of rapid automatized naming to arithmetic skills in Chinese primary schoolers

Wang

Deng

2020

Psychology in the Schools

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Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is associated with children's arithmetic performance, which is multifactorial by nature and consists of arithmetic fluency, arithmetic procedure, and word problems. Yet, it is unclear whether RAN can predict all key aspects of arithmetic skills independently and what cognitive mechanisms may explain this relation. Using a sample of Chinese primary school students (N = 170), results showed that while RAN was associated with all key aspects of arithmetic skills, the relations of RAN–arithmetic procedure and RAN–word problems may be dependent on that of RAN–arithmetic fluency. Supporting the processing speed hypothesis, results further suggested that processing speed may underlie the relation between RAN and arithmetic performance. Findings made unique contribution to understanding the effect of RAN on arithmetic performance and cognitive mechanisms that may underpin this association in the context of Chinese culture.

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Children’s Mathematics and Verbal Self-concepts and Externalizing Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Peer Rejection at School

Cited by 6 publications

References 90 publications

Predicting Adolescent Depression: The Interrelated Roles of Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Stressors

Predicting Adolescent Depression: The Interrelated Roles of Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Stressors

Parent-Adolescent Communication, School Engagement, and Internet Addiction among Chinese Adolescents: The Moderating Effect of Rejection Sensitivity

Exploring mechanisms of rapid automatized naming to arithmetic skills in Chinese primary schoolers

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