Facing ambiguity: Social threat sensitivity mediates the association between peer victimization and adolescent anxiety / Hannah L. SCHACTER in Development and Psychopathology, 36-1 (February 2024)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 36-1 (February 2024) . - p.112-120 Titre : Facing ambiguity: Social threat sensitivity mediates the association between peer victimization and adolescent anxiety Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Hannah L. SCHACTER, Auteur ; Hilary A. MARUSAK, Auteur ; Breanna A. BORG, Auteur ; Tanja JOVANOVIC, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.112-120 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : adolescence  anxiety  peer victimization  threat sensitivity Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Peer victimization is a developmentally salient stressor that elevates adolescents' risk for anxiety disorders. However, modifiable mechanisms that explain this link and can be targeted via therapeutic interventions remain poorly understood. Drawing from psychobiological models implicating aberrant threat sensitivity in the development and maintenance of psychopathology, the current study investigated sensitivity to peer-related social threats as a mechanism underlying the association between peer victimization and anxiety. A sample of 197 dyads of early adolescents (Mage = 12.02; 46% female) and parents/guardians (Mage = 41.46; 90% female) completed online surveys assessing peer victimization, sensitivity to potential (i.e., ambiguous) social threats, and anxiety. Controlling for potentially confounding demographic and psychosocial factors, both self- and parent-reported peer victimization were positively associated with adolescent anxiety symptoms. Additionally, there were significant indirect effects from self- and parent-reported peer victimization to anxiety via social threat sensitivity. Supplemental analyses indicated unique effects of covert, but not overt, peer victimization on social threat sensitivity and anxiety. The findings provide initial evidence that peer victimization experiences lower adolescents' threshold for interpreting threats in ambiguous social situations, which contributes to heightened anxiety. These results implicate social threat sensitivity as a potential therapeutic target for interrupting links from peer victimization to psychological distress. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001018 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=523 [article] Facing ambiguity: Social threat sensitivity mediates the association between peer victimization and adolescent anxiety [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Hannah L. SCHACTER, Auteur ; Hilary A. MARUSAK, Auteur ; Breanna A. BORG, Auteur ; Tanja JOVANOVIC, Auteur . - p.112-120. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 36-1 (February 2024) . - p.112-120 Mots-clés : adolescence  anxiety  peer victimization  threat sensitivity Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Peer victimization is a developmentally salient stressor that elevates adolescents' risk for anxiety disorders. However, modifiable mechanisms that explain this link and can be targeted via therapeutic interventions remain poorly understood. Drawing from psychobiological models implicating aberrant threat sensitivity in the development and maintenance of psychopathology, the current study investigated sensitivity to peer-related social threats as a mechanism underlying the association between peer victimization and anxiety. A sample of 197 dyads of early adolescents (Mage = 12.02; 46% female) and parents/guardians (Mage = 41.46; 90% female) completed online surveys assessing peer victimization, sensitivity to potential (i.e., ambiguous) social threats, and anxiety. Controlling for potentially confounding demographic and psychosocial factors, both self- and parent-reported peer victimization were positively associated with adolescent anxiety symptoms. Additionally, there were significant indirect effects from self- and parent-reported peer victimization to anxiety via social threat sensitivity. Supplemental analyses indicated unique effects of covert, but not overt, peer victimization on social threat sensitivity and anxiety. The findings provide initial evidence that peer victimization experiences lower adolescents' threshold for interpreting threats in ambiguous social situations, which contributes to heightened anxiety. These results implicate social threat sensitivity as a potential therapeutic target for interrupting links from peer victimization to psychological distress. En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001018 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=523

Peer victimization, schooling format, and adolescent internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Between- and within-person associations across ninth grade / Hannah L. SCHACTER in Development and Psychopathology, 35-2 (May 2023)  

Public ISBD [article]  inDevelopment and Psychopathology > 35-2 (May 2023) . - p.823-837 Titre : Peer victimization, schooling format, and adolescent internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Between- and within-person associations across ninth grade Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Hannah L. SCHACTER, Auteur ; Adam J. HOFFMAN, Auteur ; Alexandra EHRHARDT, Auteur ; Faizun BAKTH, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.823-837 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : peer victimization  COVID-19  adolescence  internalizing  school context Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The current longitudinal study examined how between-person (BP) differences and within-person (WP) fluctuations in adolescents' peer victimization and schooling format across ninth grade related to changes in their internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 388 adolescents (61% female; Mage = 14.02) who completed three online surveys, administered 3 months apart, from November 2020 to May 2021. Multilevel modeling revealed BP (time-invariant) and WP (time-varying) effects of peer victimization and school instructional format (i.e., in-person; hybrid; online) on internalizing symptoms while accounting for potentially confounding demographic (e.g., gender) and contextual (e.g., COVID-19 positivity rates) factors. Results indicated that adolescents who experienced higher overall levels of peer victimization across the school year, compared to those who experienced lower victimization, reported more severe internalizing symptoms. Whereas relative WP increases in peer victimization predicted corresponding increases in adolescents' depressive and somatic symptoms regardless of schooling format, WP increases in peer victimization only predicted elevated anxiety during months when students attended fully in-person, but not online, school. Adolescents who spent a greater proportion of their school year attending online school also reported less peer victimization across the year. Findings highlight WP fluctuations in the effects of peer victimization on internalizing and contextual variations depending on schooling format. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000074 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=504 [article] Peer victimization, schooling format, and adolescent internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Between- and within-person associations across ninth grade [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Hannah L. SCHACTER, Auteur ; Adam J. HOFFMAN, Auteur ; Alexandra EHRHARDT, Auteur ; Faizun BAKTH, Auteur . - p.823-837. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Development and Psychopathology > 35-2 (May 2023) . - p.823-837 Mots-clés : peer victimization  COVID-19  adolescence  internalizing  school context Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The current longitudinal study examined how between-person (BP) differences and within-person (WP) fluctuations in adolescents' peer victimization and schooling format across ninth grade related to changes in their internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were 388 adolescents (61% female; Mage = 14.02) who completed three online surveys, administered 3 months apart, from November 2020 to May 2021. Multilevel modeling revealed BP (time-invariant) and WP (time-varying) effects of peer victimization and school instructional format (i.e., in-person; hybrid; online) on internalizing symptoms while accounting for potentially confounding demographic (e.g., gender) and contextual (e.g., COVID-19 positivity rates) factors. Results indicated that adolescents who experienced higher overall levels of peer victimization across the school year, compared to those who experienced lower victimization, reported more severe internalizing symptoms. Whereas relative WP increases in peer victimization predicted corresponding increases in adolescents' depressive and somatic symptoms regardless of schooling format, WP increases in peer victimization only predicted elevated anxiety during months when students attended fully in-person, but not online, school. Adolescents who spent a greater proportion of their school year attending online school also reported less peer victimization across the year. Findings highlight WP fluctuations in the effects of peer victimization on internalizing and contextual variations depending on schooling format. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000074 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=504

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