Early Adolescent Family Experiences and Perceived Social Support in Young Adulthood

Gayman, Mathew D.; Turner, R. Jay; Cislo, Andrew M.; Eliassen, A. Henry

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“…Family conflict, but not peer aggression or scripts, was related to social support. These findings are consistent with literature suggesting that early negative interactions with family directly impact perceived overall social support later in adolescence (Gayman et al 2011). Findings additionally indicated that family conflict and peer aggression, but not scripts, was related to criminal history.…”

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Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

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This study tested the hypothesis that basic social information-processing components represented by family conflict, peer aggression, and pro-aggression cognitive scripts are related to aggression and social problems among adolescents in substance abuse treatment. The sample consisted of 547 adolescents in two community-based residential facilities. Correlation results indicated that more peer aggression is related to more pro-aggression scripts; scripts, peer aggression, and family conflict are associated with social problems; and in-treatment physical altercation involvement is predicted by higher peer aggression. Findings suggest that social information-processing components are valuable for treatment research.

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“…These findings also suggest that social support mitigates the deleterious effects of stress on heath (Gayman, Turner, Cislo, & Eliassen, 2011) and academic success (Danielsen et al, 2010). Stress is known to be deleterious to health by promoting maladaptive behavioural coping responses (e.g.…”

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Social support, stress, health, and academic success in Ghanaian adolescents: A path analysis

Glozah

Pevalin

2014

Journal of Adolescence

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The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the role psychosocial factors play in promoting the health and academic success of adolescents. A total of 770 adolescent boys and girls in Senior High Schools were randomly selected to complete a self-report questionnaire. School reported latest terminal examination grades were used as the measure of academic success.Structural equation modelling indicated a relatively good fit to the posteriori model with four of the hypothesised paths fully supported and two partially supported. Perceived social support was negatively related to stress and predictive of health and wellbeing but not academic success. Stress was predictive of health but not academic success. Finally, health and wellbeing was able to predict academic success. These findings have policy implications regarding efforts aimed at promoting the health and wellbeing as well as the academic success of adolescents in Ghana.Keywords: adolescents; perceived social support; stress; health; wellbeing; academic success 3 INTRODUCTIONThe academic success of children does not occur within a vacuum, but rather is situated within nested environments characterised by dynamic and subtle influences. Data from the Global School-based Health Survey in Ghana indicates that over 80% of adolescents report experiences such as feeling worried, feeling sad and hopeless, and feeling lonely which in turn had a negative effect on their daily life activities (Owusu, 2008). The psychosocial needs of adolescents play a critical role in their academic success. Several studies have demonstrated that social support has a positive effect on adolescents' health and wellbeing (Gini, Carli, & Pozzoli, 2009;Lindsey, Joe, & Nebbitt, 2010) and on their academic success (Azmitia, Cooper, & Brown, 2009;Danielsen, Wiium, Wilhelmsen, & Wold, 2010).Conversely, stress has negative effects on health and wellbeing (Flouri & Kallis, 2011;Hjern, Alfven, & Ostberg, 2008) and on academic success (Alva & de los Reyes, 1999;Chung & Cheung, 2008;Flook & Fuligni, 2008). These findings also suggest that social support mitigates the deleterious effects of stress on heath (Gayman, Turner, Cislo, & Eliassen, 2011) and academic success (Danielsen et al., 2010). Stress is known to be deleterious to health by promoting maladaptive behavioural coping responses (e.g. smoking, alcohol intake, binge eating). Cohen, Gottlieb, and Underwood (2000) assert that beliefs of perceived social support may reduce or even annihilate an emotional reaction to stressful situations and prevent or alter maladaptive behavioural response, and may also alleviate the deleterious effects of stress appraisal by providing a solution to a problem, either in terms of health or academic success.In response to concerns that academic standards are falling in Ghana, policy makers have placed considerable emphasis on factors such as school feeding programmes, curriculum modification, and education reforms among others (Ghana Ministry of Education, 2003). Although these school-b...

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“…Assim, a confi guração familiar vem perdendo relevância em detrimento da relação estabelecida precocemente com os pais. Os efeitos do divórcio dependem mais da maneira que o casal gere todo o processo (Mathew et al, 2011;Orbuch, Thornton, & Cancio, 2000). Por vezes a separação parental leva à conquista de menores confl itos o que pode ser mais benéfi co para os fi lhos em termos de segurança e autonomia comparativamente aos fi lhos que vivem em famílias pautadas por confl itos parentais (Amato, 2010;Moura & Matos, 2008).…”

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“…Assim, perante acontecimentos que desencadeiam sentimentos negativos, como poderá ser a dinâmica do processo de divórcio, o indivíduo tende a adotar estratégias que lhe permitam a minimização desse sofrimento (e.g. Amato, 2010;Mathew, Gayman, Turner, Cislo, & Eliassen, 2011 No que diz respeito à capacidade de lidar com eventos geradores de stress, as crianças têm apresentado menos recursos do que adolescentes e adultos, principalmente quando esses eventos implicam as fi guras parentais, situações familiares ou domínio escolar (Lisboa et al, 2002). De acordo com Ramires (2004), os adolescentes enfrentam melhor as transições familiares, pois se encontram mais desenvolvidos em termos afetivos, cognitivos e sociais comparativamente com as crianças.…”

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Individuação e coping em adolescentes de famílias tradicionais e divorciadas

Mota

2016

Temas Psicol.

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ResumoO divórcio é marcado por mudanças e a necessidade de reorganização familiar. A literatura tem abordado as implicações deste processo no desenvolvimento dos adolescentes, nomeadamente a existência de aspetos como a qualidade da vinculação aos pais que potenciam o desenvolvimento de coping e protegem face a fatores de risco. O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar o processo de individuação face às fi guras parentais, bem como o seu papel no desenvolvimento de estratégias de coping em adolescentes de diferentes confi gurações familiares (tradicionais e divorciadas). A amostra foi composta por 399 participantes, com idades entre 15 e 18 anos, de ambos os gêneros, e provenientes de famílias tradicionais e divorciadas/separadas. Os resultados obtidos demonstraram associações entre a individuação parental e o coping. Verifi cou-se ainda que a confi guração familiar não apresenta um efeito moderador na associação entre a individuação parental e o coping, sendo que o divórcio parece não se constituir per si um fator que infl uencia necessariamente de forma negativa o desenvolvimento do coping em adolescentes, destacando-se a importância da individuação parental neste processo. Palavras-chave:Individuação, coping, adolescência, confi guração familiar. Individuation and Coping in Adolescents from Traditional and Divorced Families AbstractDivorce is marked by change and the need of family reorganization. The literature has addressed the implications of this process in the development of adolescents, namely the existence of aspects like quality of attachment with parents that improve the development of coping and protect from risk factors. This study aims to analyse the process of individuation to parental fi gures, as well as, its role in the development of coping strategies in adolescents from different family confi gurations (traditional and divorced). The sample comprised 399 participants aged 15 to 18 from both genders and from intact and divorced/separated families. The results showed associations between parental individuation and coping. It has been found that familiar confi guration doesn´t have a moderating effect on the association between parental individuation and coping, and that divorce doesn´t seem itself a negatively infl uences the development of coping in adolescents, highlighting the importance of parental individuation in this process.

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Early Adolescent Family Experiences and Perceived Social Support in Young Adulthood

Cited by 26 publications

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Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Social support, stress, health, and academic success in Ghanaian adolescents: A path analysis

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