Comparing Cognitive, Relational and Stress Mechanisms Underlying Gender Differences in Recovery from Bereavement-Related Internalizing Problems

Autor/inn/en	Little, Michelle; Sandler, Irwin N.; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Tein, Jenn-Yun; Ayers, Tim S.
Titel	Comparing Cognitive, Relational and Stress Mechanisms Underlying Gender Differences in Recovery from Bereavement-Related Internalizing Problems
Quelle	In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38 (2009) 4, S.486-500 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-4416
Schlagwörter	Grief; Females; Gender Differences; Fear; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Comparative Analysis; Coping; Stress Management; Behavior Problems; Children; Adolescents; Death; Behavior Change; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parents; Negative Attitudes; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Furcht; Angst; Bewältigung; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Eltern; Negative Fixierung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Four putative mediators underlying gender differences in youths' recovery from bereavement-related internalizing problems were examined in a sample (N = 109; age range = 8-16 years at the initial assessment) of parentally bereaved youth: intrusive thoughts about grief, postdeath stressors, negative appraisals of postdeath stressors, and fear of abandonment. A three-wave parallel process longitudinal growth model design was employed. Changes in internalizing problems and mediators were measured as a function of months since the death. Girls showed stability in depression symptoms and a slight rise in anxiety symptoms; boys' trajectories of symptoms of anxiety and depression declined. Girls' higher initial levels of postdeath stressors, threat appraisals and fear of abandonment mediated their higher level of internalizing problems 14 months later. Girls' higher initial fear of abandonment also mediated additional growth in anxiety relative to boys. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10