Emotional Clarity as a Mechanism Linking Emotional Neglect and Depressive Symptoms during Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Jessar, Allison J.; Hamilton, Jessica L.; Flynn, Megan; Abramson, Lyn Y.; Alloy, Lauren B.
Titel	Emotional Clarity as a Mechanism Linking Emotional Neglect and Depressive Symptoms during Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 37 (2017) 3, S.414-432 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431615609157
Schlagwörter	Antisocial Behavior; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Prediction; Early Adolescents; Interpersonal Relationship; Intervention; Prevention; Program Development; Risk; Emotional Disturbances; Emotional Intelligence; Longitudinal Studies; Children; Measures (Individuals); Trauma; Correlation; Middle School Students; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Regression (Statistics); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Childrens Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Vorhersage; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Programmplanung; Risiko; Gefühlsstörung; Emotionale Intelligenz; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Messdaten; Korrelation; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The present study examined whether emotional abuse and neglect differentially predicted decreases in emotional clarity, and whether emotional clarity, in turn, predicted increases in depressive symptoms. Participants included 204 early adolescents (52% African American; 54% female; M age = 12.85 years) who completed four assessments with measures of depressive symptoms, emotional clarity, and emotional abuse and neglect. Hierarchical linear regressions indicated that emotional neglect significantly predicted decreases in emotional clarity, whereas emotional abuse did not. Further, mediational analyses revealed that decreases in emotional clarity mediated the relationship between emotional neglect and increases in depressive symptoms. The current study suggests that emotional neglect (more so than emotional abuse) may hinder an individual's ability to identify his or her own emotions, which may increase the risk of depressive symptoms during adolescence. These findings have significant implications for the development of intervention and prevention programs for depression. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01