Peer Stressors and Gender Differences in Adolescents' Mental Health: The TRAILS Study

Bakker, Martin P.; Ormel, Johan; Verhulst, Frank C.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.10.002

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“…One explanation is that boys and girls are getting more similar these days including their reactions toward stressful situations. The findings, however, support a recent study from the Netherlands [7] reporting no gender differences in mental health problems as a result of peer victimization, suggesting that being rejected by peers at school is a universal stressor during early adolescence.…”

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Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents

Undheim

Sund

2010

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

160

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between being bullied and aggressive behavior and self-reported mental health problems among young adolescents. A representative population sample of 2,464 young Norwegian adolescents (50.8% girls) aged 12–15 years was assessed. Being bullied was measured using three items concerning teasing, exclusion, and physical assault. Self-esteem was assessed by Harter’s self-perception profile for adolescents. Emotional and behavioral problems were measured by the Moods and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) and the youth self-report (YSR). Aggressive behavior was measured by four items from the YSR. One-tenth of the adolescents reported being bullied, and 5% reported having been aggressive toward others during the past 6 months. More of the students being bullied and students being aggressive toward others reported parental divorce, and they showed higher scores on all YSR subscales and on the MFQ questions, and lower scores on the global self-worth subscale (Harter) than students not being bullied or aggressive. A few differences emerged between the two groups being bullied or being aggressive toward others: those who were aggressive showed higher total YSR scores, higher aggression and delinquency scores, and lower social problems scores, and reported higher scores on the social acceptance subscale (Harter) than bullied students. However, because social problems were demonstrated in both the involved groups, interventions designed to improve social competence and interaction skills should be integrated in antibullying programs.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents

Undheim

Sund

2010

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

160

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“…Women are thought to be more sensitive to the quality of their social interactions, particularly to negative ones. For example, women have more negative psychological responses to social stress than men (Bakker, Ormel, Verhulst, & Oldehinkel, 2010; Rudolph, Ladd & Dinella, 2007; Shih, Eberhart, Hammen, & Brennan, 2006), are more bothered by negative social exchanges than men (Newsom, Rook, Nishishiba, Sorkin, & Mahan, 2005), demonstrate more cortisol and cardiovascular reactivity to interpersonal laboratory stress (Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001; Stroud, Salovey, & Epel, 2002) and have greater parasympathetic withdrawal in response to interpersonal conflict (Bloor, Uchino, Hicks & Smith,2004; Smith, Uchino, Berg, Florsheim, Pearce, Hawkins et al, 2009; Smith, Cribbet, Nealey-Moore, Uchino, Williams, MacKenzie et al, 2011). …”

Section: Effects Of Negative Interactions May Be Modified By Sex and Agementioning

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Negative social interactions and incident hypertension among older adults.

Sneed¹,

Cohen²

2014

Health Psychology

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Objective To determine if negative social interactions are prospectively associated with hypertension among older adults. Methods This is a secondary analysis of data from the 2006 and 2010 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, a survey of community-dwelling older adults (age >50). Total average negative social interactions were assessed at baseline by averaging the frequency of negative interactions across four domains (partner, children, other family, friends). Blood pressure was measured at both waves. Individuals were considered to have hypertension if they reported use of antihypertensive medications, had measured average resting systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg, or measured average resting diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg. Analyses excluded those hypertensive at baseline and controlled for demographics, personality, positive social interactions, and baseline health. Results Twenty-nine percent of participants developed hypertension over the four-year follow-up. Each one-unit increase in the total average negative social interaction score was associated with a 38% increased odds of developing hypertension. Sex moderated the association between total average negative social interactions and hypertension, with effects observed among women but not men. The association of total average negative interactions and hypertension in women was attributable primarily to interactions with friends, but also to negative interactions with family and partners. Age also moderated the association between total average negative social interactions and hypertension, with effects observed among those ages 51–64, but not those ages ≥65. Conclusion In this sample of older adults, negative social interactions were associated with increased hypertension risk in women and the youngest older adults.

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“…Some studies found that this link was stronger for girls (Leadbeater et al 1999; Slavin and Rainer 1990), while others did not (Meadows et al 2006; Needham 2008). No evidence was found for any gender differences in the relationship from peer victimization to depressive symptoms among adolescents (Bakker et al 2010; Hodges and Perry 1999; McLaughlin et al 2009). This may be explained by the fact that peer victimization may correspond to perceptions about victimization by peers in general, with whom interpersonal connectedness may or may not play a role.…”

Section: Moderating Role Of Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Coping by Masking? Parental Support and Peer Victimization as Mediators of the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Expressive Suppression in Adolescents

Larsen

Vermulst

Eisinga

et al. 2012

J Youth Adolescence

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Expressive suppression is regarded as a generally ineffective emotion regulation strategy and appears to be associated with the development of depressive symptoms among adolescents. However, the mechanisms linking suppression to depressive symptoms are not well understood. The main aim of this study was to examine two potential mediators of the prospective relationship from depressive symptoms to expressive suppression among adolescents: parental support and peer victimization. Structural equation modelling was used to construct a three-wave cross-lagged model (n = 2,051 adolescents, 48.5 % female, at baseline; 1,465 with data at all three time points) with all possible longitudinal linkages. Depressive symptoms preceded decreases in perceived parental support 1 year later. Decreases in parental support mediated the relationship between depressive symptoms and increases in expressive suppression over a 2-year period. Multi-group analyses show that the mediation model tested was significant for girls, but not for boys. No evidence for other mediating models was found. Although initial suppression preceded increases in depressive symptoms 1 year later, we did not find any evidence for the reversed link from suppression to depressive symptoms. Clear evidence for a reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and parental support was found. However, only limited and inconsistent support was found for a reciprocal relationship between depressive symptoms and peer victimization. Finally, although some evidence for a unidirectional relationship from parental support to increases in suppression was found, no significant prospective relationship was found between peer victimization and suppression. The implications of our clear results for parental support, and mostly lacking results for peer victimization, are discussed.

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Peer Stressors and Gender Differences in Adolescents' Mental Health: The TRAILS Study

Cited by 65 publications

References 31 publications

Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents

Prevalence of bullying and aggressive behavior and their relationship to mental health problems among 12- to 15-year-old Norwegian adolescents

Negative social interactions and incident hypertension among older adults.

Social Coping by Masking? Parental Support and Peer Victimization as Mediators of the Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Expressive Suppression in Adolescents

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