Friendship Quality Moderates the Relation between Maternal Anxiety and Trajectories of Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms

Havewala, Mazneen; Felton, Julia W.; Lejuez, Carl W.

doi:10.1007/s10862-019-09742-1

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“…10,12,13,20,[20][21][22][23]53 Of note, the negative association between peer support and internalizing symptoms was stronger for adolescents relative to children. This suggests that peer support may be particularly important for adolescents during periods of heightened stress, [33][34][35][36][37][38] especially considering the heightened importance of peer relationships during this time. 40 We also examined potential protective social factors by examining the interaction of these factors with pandemic-related stressors in predicting psychopathology.…”

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“…[27][28][29][30] Social support is a key protective factor known to buffer against the onset of psychopathology following stressful life events, [31][32][33] such that adolescents who report greater social support, belonging, and higher quality friendships are less likely to develop psychopathology following exposure to stressors. [33][34][35][36][37][38] Determining whether certain social factors may help to confer resilience against stress-related psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic is important for theory and practice. Here, we evaluate how the pandemic has impacted the social lives of youth, as well as how these social experiences are related to risk for psychopathology.…”

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Social experiences and youth psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Rodman¹,

Ml²,

Kasparek³

et al. 2021

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Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to the lives of youth, including social distancing measures and stay-at-home orders resulting in a sudden and stark reduction in daily social interactions for children and adolescents. Given that peer relationships are especially important during this developmental stage, it is crucial to understand the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on social behavior and risk for mental health problems in children and adolescents. Method: In a longitudinal sample (N=224, aged 7-15 years old) assessed at three strategic time points (prior to the pandemic, during the stay-at-home order period, and again six months later), we examine the social lives of children and adolescents and whether certain social behaviors may protect against increases in internalizing and externalizing problems during the pandemic. Results: Youth who reported lower levels of in-person and digital socialization, greater social isolation, and less peer and parent support had heightened internalizing and externalizing symptoms during the pandemic, controlling for pre-pandemic symptoms. Youth who reported more social connectedness and increased use of digital socialization during the pandemic were less likely to develop psychopathology after experiencing pandemic-related stressors. In addition, children, but not adolescents, who maintained some socialization in-person were less likely to develop internalizing symptoms following exposure to pandemic-related stressors. Conclusion: Using a longitudinal design, we identify social factors that promote well-being and resilience in children and adolescents during this societal event. We provide practical recommendations to mitigate risk of psychopathology resulting from the dramatic changes in youths’ social experiences during the pandemic.

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Social experiences and youth psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

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Ml²,

Kasparek³

et al. 2021

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“…Disclosing their stress and negative thoughts may help them cope (Sharififard et al, 2020). Mikrut et al (2019) gave an additional explanation that emotional disclosure improves psychological adjustment, but only when it occurs within a receptive social environment, such as buffering effect of stress and mental illness (Havewala et al, 2019), how to manage the conflict (Keener et al, 2019), problem-solving for their conflict (Dost-Gozkan, 2019). Social interactions that discourage, limit, or modify another person's expression of thoughts and feelings will hinder emotional disclosure and related to more inadequate adjustment (Mikrut et al, 2019).…”

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Friends’ Support, Motivation to Learn, Emotional Adjustment, and Academic Performance among Indonesian First-year students

Shanti

Janssens²,

Setiadi

2021

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First-year students face academic and social challenges which will undermine their motivation to learn and emotional adjustment. Friends’ support helps them to cope which then influences their academic performance. This study aimed to investigate relations between friends’ support and academic performance, as mediated by a motivation to learn and emotional adjustment. Participants were 327 first-year university students at the end of their first year, recruited from random cluster sampling. Datawereanalyzed using Sobel Test indicated that motivation to learn and emotional adjustment fully mediated the relationship between friendship quality and academic performance, between lack of intimacy with friends and academic performance, and between conflict with friends and academic performance. Friends provide support which enables students to have discussion to solve their difficulties in facing academic challenges and to disclose their thoughts and feelings to face their emotional challenges. We recommend that further studies collect the data from students in each year and universities to design a curriculum that promotes supportive collaboration among students.

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“…In terms of risk factors, a myriad of studies have consistently demonstrated an association between maternal and offspring internalizing symptoms in both children (Barker, Jaffee, Uher, & Maughan, 2011; Weeks et al, 2014) and adolescents (Havewala, Felton, & Lejuez, 2019; Zalewski, Thompson, & Lengua, 2017). The study of paternal psychopathology, however, has been neglected (Wilson & Durbin, 2010).…”

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Prospective association of parental and child internalizing symptoms: Mediation of parenting practices and irritability

Valencia

Penelo

Osa

et al. 2021

British J of Dev Psycho

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Maternal internalizing symptoms have been linked with child internalizing symptoms, but paternal internalizing difficulties have received little attention. Our aims were to prospectively analyse the simultaneous effect of maternal and paternal internalizing symptoms on child internalizing difficulties, examining gender differences, and to verify the mediating effect of parenting practices and child irritability. The sample included 470 families assessed at child ages 3, 6, 8, and 11. Multi‐group structural equation modelling was performed with Mplus8.2. Complete equivalence was found between boys and girls for all paths. Maternal internalizing symptoms at age 3 had an indirect effect on child internalizing symptoms at age 11, via irritability at age 8. Paternal internalizing symptoms at age 3 were not associated with any of the variables under study. Maternal internalizing symptoms and child irritability are targets for intervention in order to prevent child internalizing difficulties.

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Friendship Quality Moderates the Relation between Maternal Anxiety and Trajectories of Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms

Cited by 13 publications

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Social experiences and youth psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Social experiences and youth psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Friends’ Support, Motivation to Learn, Emotional Adjustment, and Academic Performance among Indonesian First-year students

Prospective association of parental and child internalizing symptoms: Mediation of parenting practices and irritability

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