Stressful experiences, temperament, and social support: Impact on children's behavior symptoms

Wertlieb, Donald; Weigel, Carol; Feldstein, Michael

doi:10.1016/0193-3973(89)90023-3

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“…However, when studies require interaction effects to infer a protective or "buffering" process in resilience, effect sizes are small (often 2%-5%) and the findings, consequently, tend to be unstable (Luthar, 1993). This fact has led many researchers to caution against undue reliance on interaction effects in trying to understand factors linked with resilience (Luthar & Cushing, 1999;Rutter, 1983;Wertlieb, Weigel, & Feldstein, 1989). Although interaction effect models capture a conceptually interesting subgroup of resilience phenomena, these more complicated models are open to several difficulties linked with statistical testing.…”

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The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

2000

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This paper presents a critical appraisal of resilience, a construct connoting the maintenance of positive adaptation by individuals despite experiences of significant adversity. As empirical research on resilience has burgeoned in recent years, criticisms have been levied at work in this area. These critiques have generally focused on ambiguities in definitions and central terminology; heterogeneity in risks experienced and competence achieved by individuals viewed as resilient; instability of the phenomenon of resilience; and concerns regarding the usefulness of resilience as a theoretical construct. We address each identified criticism in turn, proposing solutions for those we view as legitimate and clarifying misunderstandings surrounding those we believe to be less valid. We conclude that work on resilience possesses substantial potential for augmenting the understanding of processes affecting at-risk individuals. Realization of the potential embodied by this construct, however, will remain constrained without continued scientific attention to some of the serious conceptual and methodological pitfalls that have been noted by skeptics and proponents alike.

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Section: Figure 1 Illustrative Effects Of Moderator Variables In Intmentioning

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The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

2000

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“…Relatedly, distal measurement of stress is another widespread limitation in the stress-buffering literature. A few studies in the literature use measures that assess stressors within the past 6 months (e.g., Windle, 1992; Zimmerman, Ramirez-Valles, Zapert, & Maton, 2000), but most assess previously occurring stressors within the past year (e.g., Burton et al, 2004; D’Imperio, Dubow, & Ippolito, 2000; DuBois et al, 1992; Wertlieb, Weigel, & Feldstein, 1989). However, stressful events that predict depressive episodes are typically acute stressors that precipitate depression quickly, typically within 1–3 months (Monroe & Reid, 2008).…”

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Parent relationship quality buffers against the effect of peer stressors on depressive symptoms from middle childhood to adolescence.

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During the transition to adolescence, several developmental trends converge to increase the importance of peer relationships, the likelihood of peer-related stressors, and the experience of depressive symptoms. Simultaneously, there are significant changes in parent-child relationships. The current study sought to evaluate whether positive relationship quality with parents continued to serve a protective effect by buffering the relationship between stressful life events, especially peer stress, and increases in depressive symptoms throughout the transition to adolescence. Participants in a large (N = 675), two-site accelerated longitudinal study were recruited in 3rd, 6th, & 9th grade and followed every 3 months for 1 year. At baseline parents and youth reported on parent-child relationship quality, and every three months thereafter reported on their levels of stressors and depressive symptoms. Parent relationship quality moderated the relationship of person-level fluctuations in peer stressors, such that there was a stronger association between peer stressors and increases in depressive symptoms in youth with lower levels of positive parental relationship quality. This effect was specific to peer stressors. These results suggest that low levels of parent relationship quality leave youth particularly vulnerable to the depressogenic effects of peer stressors from childhood through adolescence.

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“…Rende and Plomin (1992) found that the relation between first-grade stress and behavior problems was stronger if the child was more emotional, active, and less sociable, suggesting that temperament may regulate how the child reacts to stressful situations. Similarly, Wertlieb, Weigel, and Feldstein (1989) examined 166 families with school-age children in a longitudinal study of stress and illness. They also found temperament to be a mediating variable between children's stress and behavior.…”

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Attention in Preschoolers: Associations With Effortful Control and Motivation

2005

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The current study examined how individual differences in children's temperament and motivation relate to attention skills in children from economically disadvantaged families. A total of 73 mother-child dyads participated in this study. Children were between the ages of 3 and 5, and all attended a Head Start program. Using multiple hierarchical regression analyses, the hypotheses that effortful control (an aspect of temperament) and motivation would individually and collectively relate to attention skills were supported. The current study supports the importance of understanding attention as a multifaceted concept (Posner & Petersen, 1990) that relates to cognitive, socioemotional, and motivational systems. The utility of applying a systems approach to school readiness issues in children of poverty is discussed.

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Stressful experiences, temperament, and social support: Impact on children's behavior symptoms

Cited by 22 publications

References 22 publications

The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

Parent relationship quality buffers against the effect of peer stressors on depressive symptoms from middle childhood to adolescence.

Attention in Preschoolers: Associations With Effortful Control and Motivation

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