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Kawabata Y, Kinoshita M, Onishi A. A Longitudinal Study of Forms of Peer Victimization and Internalizing Problems in Adolescence. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024; 52:983-996. [PMID: 38349486 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01155-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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The present study examined developmental changes in forms of peer victimization and longitudinal associations between forms of peer victimization and internalizing problems among Japanese adolescents. Participants were 271 students (Time 1 M age = 12.72, SD = 0.45, 50% girls) from 9 classrooms and 2 public middle schools in Japan. Data were collected at five time points from 7th to 9th grade. Growth curve modeling (GCM) of mean changes indicated that relational victimization and internalizing problems decreased over three school years. Overt victimization first decreased and then remained relatively constant toward the end of the assessment. In addition, the results of the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model (RI-CLPM) indicated that the random intercept of relational victimization was positively and strongly correlated with that of internalizing problems. Although the random intercept of overt victimization was positively correlated with that of internalizing problems, the effect size was small to moderate. In general, there were no significant within-person changes between relational and overt victimization and internalizing problems. However, some exceptions were noted towards the end of middle school, such that higher relational victimization was associated with increases in internalizing problems, which in turn led to more relational victimization. There were no gender differences in the above trajectories or in the transactional models. The findings regarding at-risk youth who are vulnerable to relational and overt victimization are discussed from clinical, cultural, and developmental perspectives.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoshito Kawabata
- Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU, 96913, USA.
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- Department of Applied Childcare, Higashiosaka Junior College, 3-1-1 Nishizutsumigakuencho, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 577-8567, Japan
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- Department of Human Sciences, Faculty of Letters, Konan University, 8-9-1 Okamoto, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 658-8501, Japan
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Rappaport BI, Jackson JJ, Whalen DJ, Pagliaccio D, Luby JL, Barch DM. Bivariate latent change score analysis of peer relations from early childhood to adolescence: Leading or lagging indicators of psychopathology. Clin Psychol Sci 2021; 9:350-372. [PMID: 34194869 PMCID: PMC8240759 DOI: 10.1177/2167702620965936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Understanding longitudinal associations between problematic peer relations and psychopathology are needed to inform public health. Three models have been proposed: poor peer relations i) lead or are a risk factor for psychopathology; ii) lag or are a consequence of psychopathology; iii) both lead and lag psychopathology. Another model is that poor peer relations lead or lag psychopathology depending upon the developmental period. To test these models, youth's peer relations and clinical symptoms were assessed up to 6 times between ages 3-11 in 306 children. Bivariate latent change score models tested leading/lagging longitudinal relationships between children's peer relations (peer victimization/rejection, peer-directed aggression, social withdrawal, prosocial behavior) and psychopathology (depression, anxiety, and externalizing symptoms). Peer victimization/rejection was a leading indicator of depression from early childhood into preadolescence. Peer-directed aggression was a leading indicator of externalizing symptoms (in late childhood).
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- Brent I Rappaport
- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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- New York State Psychiatric Institute and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
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- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
- Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
- Department of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
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Fite PJ, Williford A, Griffith RL, Parker K. Peer Victimization Among Detained Youth: The Impact of Callous-Unemotional Traits. CHILD & YOUTH CARE FORUM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10566-020-09593-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kawabata Y. Measurement of peer and friend relational and physical victimization among early adolescents. J Adolesc 2020; 82:82-85. [PMID: 32653767 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Peer victimization has been widely examined among children and adolescents; however, the majority of studies in the area of research have been conducted in Western cultures. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the utility of measures that assess different forms of victimization (physical and relational victimization; a two-factor model) against a global form of victimization (combined victimization; a one-factor model) in the peer groups and friendships among Japanese adolescents. It was hypothesized that peer and friend relational victimization would be conceptually distinct from peer and friend physical victimization in Japan. METHODS The participants were fourth and fifth graders (n = 222, 50% females, age 9-11) and their classroom teachers in Japanese elementary schools. The data were drawn from a short-term longitudinal study. RESULTS Results showed, as hypothesized, that peer and friend relational victimization was conceptually and empirically different from peer and friend physical victimization. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that children and teachers view peer and friend relational victimization and peer and friend physical victimization differently. Examining forms of victimization separately is promising for future peer relations research in Japan.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoshito Kawabata
- Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, 96923, Guam, USA.
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Kochel KP, Rafferty D. Prospective associations between children's depressive symptoms and peer victimization: The role of social helplessness. BRITISH JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 38:15-30. [DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Karen P. Kochel
- Department of Psychology University of Richmond Virginia USA
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- Department of Psychology University of Richmond Virginia USA
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Jiang Y, Li X, Zhao J, Zhao G. Subtypes of peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and self-harm behaviors among children affected by parental HIV. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES 2019; 28:2522-2530. [PMID: 31607774 PMCID: PMC6788860 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-019-01352-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Peer victimization is a salient stressor contributing to self-harm behaviors in children. However, the psychological mechanisms underlying this process are not well understood. The aim of this study was to examine the role of depressive symptoms in the relationships between subtypes of peer victimization and self-harm behaviors among children affected by parental HIV using a prospective design. METHODS Participants in this study consisted of a subsample (N = 521, 6-12 years of age at baseline) of a larger research project on the psychological adjustment of children affected by parental HIV. Children self-reported subtypes of peer victimization including physical, verbal, and relational forms, depressive symptoms, and self-harm behaviors. RESULTS Structural equation models showed that verbal victimization, but not physical or relational victimization, was associated with increases in self-harm behaviors over a 24-month period (β = 0.18, p = .029). Moreover, the association between verbal victimization and self-harm behaviors was mediated by increases in depressive symptoms (indirect effect = 0.04, 95%CI [0.01, 0.08]), controlling for baseline self-harm behaviors, depressive symptoms, gender, AIDS orphan status, and age. In addition, such a mediation pathway was consistent across gender. CONCLUSIONS Depressive symptoms might be a psychological mechanism linking verbal victimization to self-harm behaviors among children affected by parental HIV. The findings highlight the importance of detection of depressive symptoms as a potential way to prevent self-harm behaviors among victimized children or those at high risk of experiencing peer victimization such as children affected by parental HIV.
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- Yanping Jiang
- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- International Research Center for Psychological Health of Vulnerable Populations, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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- Department of Psychology, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, China
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Lan X, Scrimin S, Moscardino U. Perceived parental guan and school adjustment among Chinese early adolescents: The moderating role of interdependent self-construal. J Adolesc 2019; 71:18-27. [PMID: 30586663 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Revised: 12/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Previous research suggests that supportive parenting is positively related to adolescents' academic and psychological functioning. However, most extant research has focused on parenting styles observed in Western countries, whereas less is known about the role of culturally specific parenting dimensions in Eastern countries such as China. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between parental guan and school adjustment in Mainland Chinese early adolescents, postulating moderation by interdependent self-construal (ISC). METHODS Participants were 148 early adolescents (48.6% girls) aged between 10 and 13 years, who completed a questionnaire survey. Teachers rated their students' school-related social competence, while academic grades were obtained from school records. RESULTS Linear regression models controlling for age, gender, and socioeconomic status showed that maternal guan was positively associated with social competence. Furthermore, ISC moderated the link between maternal guan and school adjustment. Specifically, high levels of ISC were found to enhance the positive relation between perceived maternal guan and both social competence and academic performance. However, no significant associations were found for paternal guan. CONCLUSIONS Our findings extend prior research by documenting the positive role of guan parenting style and ISC in early adolescents' school adjustment, and underscore the centrality of mothers in the childrearing process within Chinese families.
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- Xiaoyu Lan
- Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, China; Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padova, Italy.
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Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Explore Relational Aggression across Early Adolescence: A Within- and Between-Person Analysis. J Youth Adolesc 2018; 47:2401-2413. [PMID: 30094657 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-018-0910-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In the past two decades, there has been a significant amount of research on children's relational aggression, which has been found to be associated with psychosocial problems. Longitudinal studies have examined changes in relational aggression during early adolescence in relation to individual characteristics; however, most studies compare individual differences between people with regard to rates of relational aggression. A shortcoming to the current literature is the lack of studies that use a multilevel approach to examine individual differences (between-person) as well as the extent to which individuals deviate from their own typical levels (within-person) over time. In this study, within- and between-person psychological and peer-related predictors of rates of relational aggression over time were examined. Participants included 1,655 students in 5th-8th grade (mean age: 13.01) from four public middle schools in the Midwest, which consisted 828 females and 827 males. In terms of race and ethnicity, 819 (49.5%) were African Americans, followed by 571 (34.5%) Whites, and 265 (16%) Others. Longitudinal data were collected over four waves across two years of middle school. The findings indicated that contrary to the hypothesis that relational aggression would increase over time, there was no significant growth across time. Age, gender, and race were not associated with relational aggression over time; however, consistent with the Social Cognitive Theory, changes in within-person impulsivity, anger, and peer delinquency were all positively related to increases in relational aggression. At the between-person level of analysis, depressive symptoms and peer delinquency were related to relational aggression. Findings suggest that school-based programs that address anger management, impulsivity, empathy, and victimization could help prevent relational aggression.
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Guarneri‐White ME, Arana AA, Boyd EQ, Jensen‐Campbell LA. It's more than skin-deep: The relationship between social victimization and telomere length in adolescence. Aggress Behav 2018; 44:337-347. [PMID: 29484667 DOI: 10.1002/ab.21755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This study examined the relationship between peer victimization and telomere length (TL), an indicator of biological aging that is associated with stressors (Epel, 2009). It was predicted that social victimization would have a greater impact upon TL, as well as the frequency and severity of health complaints than physical victimization. Adolescents (Mage = 15.91 years, SDage = 1.65) and their parents completed measures of peer victimization and physical health problems; adolescents also submitted a DNA sample for telomere analysis. Greater instances of being socially, but not physically, victimized were associated with shorter telomeres, as well as more frequent and severe health complaints. TL was also negatively related to both the frequency and severity of health problems, even after controlling for BMI, age, and sex of participant. The relationship between social victimization and health complaints via TL held only at higher levels of social victimization. These findings are the first to find an association between peer victimization and shortened telomeres.
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Positive maternal mental health during pregnancy associated with specific forms of adaptive development in early childhood: Evidence from a longitudinal study. Dev Psychopathol 2018; 29:1573-1587. [PMID: 29162171 DOI: 10.1017/s0954579417001249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The quality of prenatal maternal mental health, from psychological stress and depressive symptoms to anxiety and other nonpsychotic mental disorders, profoundly affects fetal neurodevelopment. Despite the evidence for the influence of positive mental well-being on health, there is, to our knowledge, no research examining the possible effects of positive antenatal mental health on the development of the offspring. Using exploratory bifactor analysis, this prospective study (n = 1,066) demonstrated the feasibility of using common psychiatric screening tools to examine the effect of positive maternal mental health. Antenatal mental health was assessed during 26th week of pregnancy. The effects on offspring were assessed when the child was 12, 18, and 24 months old. Results showed that positive antenatal mental health was uniquely associated with the offspring's cognitive, language and parentally rated competences. This study shows that the effects of positive maternal mental health are likely to be specific and distinct from the sheer absence of symptoms of depression or anxiety.
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Kawabata Y, Tseng WL, Murray-Close D. Relational-Interdependent Self-Construal and Gender Predicting Blood Pressure Reactivity and Recovery From Stress in Early Adolescence. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE 2017; 27:782-796. [PMID: 29152862 DOI: 10.1111/jora.12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This study investigated the association between relational-interdependent self-construals (relational interdependence) and blood pressure reactivity and recovery from two types of peer stressors (i.e., relational and instrumental) and gender as a moderator of this association. One hundred and ninety-six early adolescents (M = 10.11 years) reported their relational interdependence and participated in a laboratory stress protocol in which their systolic and diastolic blood pressures before, during, and after experiencing peer stressors were assessed. Results indicated that for males only, those with high relational interdependence showed greater systolic blood pressure reactivity and, at a trend level, impaired recovery from instrumental stressors; females with high relational interdependence showed greater diastolic blood pressure reactivity to relational stressors.
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Kawabata Y, Onishi A. Moderating Effects of Relational Interdependence on the Association Between Peer Victimization and Depressive Symptoms. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2017; 48:214-224. [PMID: 26980314 DOI: 10.1007/s10578-016-0634-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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This short-term longitudinal study examined the association between relational and physical victimization and subsequent depressive symptoms together with the roles of social cognitive processes (i.e., relational interdependence) and gender in this association. A total of 580 Japanese adolescents in the seventh and eighth grades (52 % girls; age range 12-14) participated in this study across an academic year. Results of structural equation modeling demonstrated that relational and physical victimization, which was assessed via self- and teacher- reports, was concurrently associated with greater depressive symptoms, regardless of the gender of the youth and the level of relational interdependence. Furthermore, after controlling for the stability and co-occurrence between each construct, relational victimization (not physical victimization) was predictive of elevated depressive symptoms only for boys who exhibited relatively higher relational interdependence. The findings are discussed from developmental, gender, and cultural perspectives.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yoshito Kawabata
- Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, 96923, Guam.
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- Faculty of Letters, Department of Human Sciences, Konan University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Consequences of Violent Victimization for Native American Youth in Early Adulthood. J Youth Adolesc 2016; 46:1333-1350. [DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0587-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kawabata Y. Relational aggression, depressive symptoms, and interdependence among school-age children. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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