Mediators of the Associations between Externalizing Behaviors and Internalizing Symptoms in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Yong, Minglee; Fleming, Charles B.; McCarty, Carolyn A.; Catalano, Richard F.
Titel	Mediators of the Associations between Externalizing Behaviors and Internalizing Symptoms in Late Childhood and Early Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 34 (2014) 7, S.967-1000 (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431613516827
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Longitudinal Studies; Correlation; Predictor Variables; Interpersonal Competence; Conflict; Parent Child Relationship; Academic Achievement; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Early Adolescents; Preadolescents; Surveys; Questionnaires; Family Income; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Grade 4; Grade 6; Grade 5; Grade 7; Grade 8; Washington; Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Korrelation; Prädiktor; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Konflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Schulleistung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Fragebogen; Familieneinkommen; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	This study tests the predictive associations between externalizing behaviors and internalizing symptoms and examines the mediating roles of social competence, parent-child conflicts, and academic achievement. Using youth-, parent-, and teacher-reported longitudinal data on a sample of 523 boys and 460 girls from late childhood to early adolescence, we found evidence for pathways between externalizing behaviors and internalizing symptoms in both directions. Parent-child conflict, but not social competence and academic achievement, was found to be a significant mediator such that externalizing behaviors predicted parent-child conflicts, which in turn, predicted internalizing symptoms. Internalizing symptoms showed more continuity during early adolescence for girls than boys. For boys, academic achievement was unexpectedly, positively predictive of internalizing symptoms. The results highlight the importance of facilitating positive parental and caregiver involvement during adolescence in alleviating the risk of co-occurring psychopathology. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10