Predictors of Physical Altercation among Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment

Abstract

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.

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Improve Children's Social Information-Processing Skills

“…Prior studies suggest that SIP skills are related strongly to developmental outcomes in childhood and adolescence. Biased information-processing is associated with internet addiction (Hsieh et al, 2019;Jiang et al, 2016), elevated risk for experimentation with harmful or illicit substances (Chen, 2016;Crawley et al, 2015;McLaughlin et al, 2020;Nickoletti & Taussig, 2006), alcohol misuse (Ogle & Miller, 2004;Sayette et al, 1993), fighting and other violent behavior (Liu, 2015;Terzian et al, 2015;Verhoef et al, 2022), bullying (Espelage et al, 2015;Liu et al, 2021;Luo, 2010), gambling (Smith et al, 2012), theft (Fontaine, 2006), robbery (Nas et al, 2005), depressed mood and symptoms (Geukens et al, 2022;Li et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2016;Pössel et al, 2006;Ross et al, 2023;Venta et al, 2014), and suicidal ideation (Fan, 2005;Yao, 2015). Maladaptive behavior such as disruptive comportment in the classroom, delinquent or criminal involvement in the community, and noncompliance in the home are associated with biased information-processing (Arsenio et al, 2009;Fang, 2006;Lemerise & Maulden, 2010;Orue et al, 2021;Zhong et al, 2015).…”

The moderating effects of school resources on the impact of a school‐based intervention on the social information‐processing skills of third graders in rural China

“…On the other hand, biased SIP is associated with maladaptive behavior such as noncompliance in the classroom and relational aggression with peers (Arsenio et al, 2009; Fang, 2006; Lemerise & Maulden, 2010; Zhong et al, 2015). Biased processing is correlated also with experimentation with harmful or illicit substances, including alcohol (Chen, 2016; Crawley et al, 2015; Nickoletti & Taussig, 2006; Ogle & Miller, 2004; Sayette et al, 1993), gambling (Smith et al, 2012), aggressive and illegal behavior (Fontaine, 2006; Liu, 2015; Nas et al, 2005; Terzian et al, 2014), bullying (Espelage et al, 2015; Luo, 2010), depressive symptoms (Li et al, 2016; Liu et al, 2016; Pössel et al, 2006; Venta et al, 2014), and self‐harm ideation (Fan, 2005; Yao, 2015). In sum, skills in information processing are negatively associated with a range of behavioral health problems and positively associated with a range of healthy life course outcomes, including work and community engagement.…”

Strengthening the Social Information Processing Skills of Third Graders in Rural China

“…Biased information processing is associated also with elevated risk for experimentation with harmful or illicit substances (X. Chen, 2016; Crawley et al, 2015; Nickoletti & Taussig, 2006), alcohol misuse (Ogle & Miller, 2004; Sayette et al, 1993), gambling (Smith et al, 2012), internet addiction (Jiang et al, 2016), fighting and other violent behavior (D. Liu, 2015; Terzian et al, 2014), bullying (Espelage et al, 2015; Luo, 2010), theft (Fontaine, 2006), robbery (Nas et al, 2005), depressed mood and symptoms (Li et al, 2016; Y.…”