Loneliness as a partial mediator of the relation between low social preference in childhood and anxious/depressed symptoms in adolescence
Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined the mediating role of loneliness (assessed by self-report at Time 2; Grade 6) in the relation between early social preference (assessed by peer report at Time 1; kindergarten through Grade 3) and adolescent anxious/depressed symptoms (assessed by mother, teacher, and self-reports at Time 3; Grades 7-9). Five hundred eighty-five boys and girls (48% female; 16% African American) from three geographic sites of the Child Development Project were followed from kindergarten through Grade 9. Loneliness partially mediated and uniquely incremented the significant effect of low social preference in childhood on anxious/depressed symptoms in adolescence, controlling for early anxious/depressed symptoms at Time 1. Findings are critical to understanding the psychological functioning through which early social experiences affect youths' maladjusted development. Directions for basic and intervention research are discussed, and implications for treatment are addressed.
Source: Development and Psychopathology
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: RESPONSE DECISION IN AGGRESSIVE/NONAGGRESSIVE YOUTHS, PREDICTORS AND ADJUSTMENT OUTCOMES OF AFTER-SCHOOL CARE, Optimizing Prevention of Costly Adult Outcomes, Development of Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood, Development of Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood, Development of antisocial behavior in early adulthood, Adolescent Drug Use: Development, Prevention and Policy, DEVELOPMENT OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
OpenAlex ID: W2160473801