scholarly journals Pals, Problems, and Personality: The Moderating Role of Personality in the Longitudinal Association Between Adolescents’ and Best Friends’ Delinquency

2013 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongqin Yu ◽  
Susan Branje ◽  
Loes Keijsers ◽  
Hans M. Koot ◽  
Wim Meeus
Keyword(s):  
Best Friends ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Longitudinal Association Between Peer Victimization and Sleep Problems in Preschoolers: The Moderating Role of Parenting

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (sup1) ◽  
pp. S555-S568 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Bilodeau ◽  
Mara Brendgen ◽  
Frank Vitaro ◽  
Sylvana M. Côté ◽  
Richard E. Tremblay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals The role of relational support in the longitudinal links between adolescent sexual harassment victimization and psychological health

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Therése Skoog ◽  
Sabina Kapetanovic
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Relational Support ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Reported Data ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract The links between sexual harassment victimization and aspects of psychopathology are well-established in adolescent research, but whether sexual harassment victimization undermines positive aspects of psychological health and the moderating role of relational support in the link between sexual harassment victimization and psychological ill-health remains unknown. Using a cross-lagged model, we examined (a) the bidirectional and longitudinal links between sexual harassment victimization and adolescent psychological health (emotional problems and well-being) and (b) the moderating role of relational support from parents, teachers, and peers (best friends and classmates) in the link between sexual harassment victimization and adolescent psychological health. We used two waves of self-reported data (separated by 1 year) from 676 Swedish adolescents (50% female; mean age = 13.85 years at the point of first data collection). Controlling for the effects of gender and subjective socioeconomic status, the cross-lagged model revealed that sexual harassment predicted emotional problems positively and well-being negatively. Moreover, well-being predicted sexual harassment negatively. Relational support from classmates moderated the link in the direction from sexual harassment victimization to emotional problems. Relational support did not moderate the link to well-being. The findings provide new and important insights into the role of sexual harassment victimization in adolescent psychological adjustment and potential approaches to intervention.

scholarly journals Is Adolescents’ Food Intake Associated with Exposure to the Food Intake of Their Mothers and Best Friends?

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 786
Author(s):  
Nina van den Broek ◽  
Junilla. K. Larsen ◽  
Maaike Verhagen ◽  
William J. Burk ◽  
Jacqueline M. Vink
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Best Friend ◽  
Best Friends ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Moderating Role

Both mothers’ and best friends’ food intake are associated with adolescents’ food intake, but they are rarely investigated simultaneously. In this study, we tested the associations of mothers’ and best friends’ food intake with adolescents’ intake of unhealthy and healthy food, obtained from home and from outside the home, and the moderating role of adolescents’ exposure to their food intake. Participants included 667 adolescents (53% female, Mage = 12.9) and 396 of their mothers. Within this adolescent sample, 378 best friend dyads were identified. All participants completed food frequency questionnaires. Mothers separately reported on their food intake in the presence and absence of their child, and adolescents indicated how often they ate and drank together with their best friend during school breaks. Mothers’, but not best friends’, food intake was positively related to adolescents’ intake of unhealthy and healthy food obtained from home and healthy food obtained from outside the home. Exposure to mothers’ healthy food intake magnified mother-child similarities in healthy food intake. Exposure to best friends’ intake of unhealthy food moderated adolescent-friend similarities in unhealthy food intake. Future work should assess the mechanisms that underlie these similarities, and should investigate these associations over time and in later developmental periods.

scholarly journals The moderation of empathy in the longitudinal association between witnessing cyberbullying, depression, and anxiety

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle F. Wright ◽  
Sebastian Wachs ◽  
Bridgette D. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Positive Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Longitudinal Association ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

While the role of and consequences of being a bystander to face-to-face bullying has received some attention in the literature, to date, little is known about the effects of being a bystander to cyberbullying. It is also unknown how empathy might impact the negative consequences associated with being a bystander of cyberbullying. The present study focused on examining the longitudinal association between bystander of cyberbullying, depression, and anxiety, and the moderating role of empathy in the relationship between bystander of cyberbullying and subsequent depression and anxiety. There were 1,090 adolescents (Mage = 12.19; 50% female) from the United States included at Time 1, and they completed questionnaires on empathy, cyberbullying roles (bystander, perpetrator, victim), depression, and anxiety. One year later, at Time 2, 1,067 adolescents (Mage = 13.76; 51% female) completed questionnaires on depression and anxiety. Results revealed a positive association between bystander of cyberbullying and depression and anxiety. Further, empathy moderated the positive relationship between bystander of cyberbullying and depression, but not for anxiety. Implications for intervention and prevention programs are discussed.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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