Emotion Dysregulation as a Mechanism Linking Peer Victimization to Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	McLaughlin, Katie A.; Hatzenbuehler, Mark L.; Hilt, Lori M.
Titel	Emotion Dysregulation as a Mechanism Linking Peer Victimization to Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77 (2009) 5, S.894-904 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0015760
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Structural Equation Models; Psychopathology; Adolescents; Bullying; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Longitudinal Studies; Questionnaires; Emotional Disturbances; Peer Relationship; Anxiety; Prevention; Intervention; Gender Differences; Measures (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Middle School Students; Connecticut + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Psychopathologie; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mobbing; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fragebogen; Gefühlsstörung; Peer-Beziehungen; Angst; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	Peer victimization experiences represent developmentally salient stressors among adolescents and are associated with the development of internalizing symptoms. However, the mechanisms linking peer victimization to adolescent psychopathology remain inadequately understood. This study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking peer stress to changes in internalizing symptoms among adolescents in a longitudinal design. Peer victimization was assessed with the Revised Peer Experiences Questionnaire (M. J. Prinstein, J. Boergers, & E. M. Vernberg, 2001) in a large (N = 1,065), racially diverse (86.6% non-White) sample of adolescents 11-14 years of age. Emotion dysregulation and symptoms of depression and anxiety were also assessed. Structural equation modeling was used to create a latent construct of emotion dysregulation from measures of discrete emotion processes and of peer victimization and internalizing symptoms. Peer victimization was associated with increased emotion dysregulation over a 4-month period. Increases in emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship between relational and reputational, but not overt, victimization and changes in internalizing symptoms over a 7-month period. Evidence for a reciprocal relationship between internalizing symptoms and relational victimization was found, but emotion dysregulation did not mediate this relationship. The implications for preventive interventions are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10