doi: 10.1007/s10964-012-9746-y. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
The stress response and adolescents' adjustment: the impact of child maltreatment
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The stress response and adolescents' adjustment: the impact of child maltreatment
Emily C Cook et al. J Youth Adolesc.2012 Aug.
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Experience with and management of stress has implications for adolescents' behavioral and socioemotional development. This study examined the relationship between adolescents' physiological response to an acute laboratory stressor (i.e., Trier Social Stress Test; TSST) and anger regulation and interpersonal competence in a sample of 175 low-income urban adolescents (51.8% girls). Findings suggested that heightened reactivity as indicated by cortisol, heart rate, and blood pressure was associated with increased interpersonal competence and anger regulation. However, these findings were context dependent such that, for youth high in self-reported child maltreatment, heightened reactivity was associated with decreased interpersonal competence and anger regulation. Results highlight the importance of considering how context may condition the effect of stress reactivity on functioning during adolescence.
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Stress reactivity and adolescents’ adjustment. Although represented here in the same figure, separate models were estimated for the four different indicators of stress reactivity. Standardized betas are presented and * indicates significance atp < .05 level.Dashed lines indicate non-significant associations. All analyses controlled for gender
Stress response adolescents’ adjustment, and child maltreatment. Although represented here in the same figure, separate models were estimated for the four different indicators of stress reactivity. Those low in child maltreatment are to the left and youth high in child maltreatment are to the right of the diagonal. Standardized betas are presented and * indicates significance atp < 05 level. Models control for gender
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