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Development of internalizing symptoms during adolescence in three countries: the role of temperament and parenting behaviors
Jennifer E. LansfordW. Andrew RothenbergNancy EisenbergIrene FiasconaroLiliana Maria Uribe TiradoDario BacchiniEriona ThartoriLaura Di GiuntaFlavia CirimeleAinzara FaviniAnn T. SkinnerMaria GerbinoCarolina LunettiEmanuele BasiliAnne Marie R. IselinConcetta PastorelliChiara Remondisubject
Male050103 clinical psychologymedicine.medical_specialtyLongitudinal studyAdolescentmedia_common.quotation_subjectMothersAngerEmotionalitySettore M-PSI/04 - Psicologia Dello Sviluppo E Psicologia Dell'EducazioneEmotionalityDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyChild and adolescent psychiatrymedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesLongitudinal StudiesParent-Child RelationsChildTemperamentmedia_commonParentingLatent growth modelingInternalizing05 social sciencesAdolescence Effortful control Emotionality Internalizing Parenting TemperamentGeneral MedicineUnited StatesAdolescenceSadnessPsychiatry and Mental healthEffortful controlPediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthNormativeFemaleTemperamentPsychology050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychologydescription
AbstractThis longitudinal study examined the unique and joint effects of early adolescent temperament and parenting in predicting the development of adolescent internalizing symptoms in a cross-cultural sample. Participants were 544 early adolescents (T1: Mage = 12.58; 49.5% female) and their mothers (n = 530) from Medellín, Colombia (n = 88), Naples, Italy (n = 90), Rome, Italy (n = 100) and Durham, North Carolina, United States (African Americans n = 92, European Americans n = 97, and Latinx n = 77). Early adolescent negative emotionality (i.e., anger and sadness experience), self-regulation (i.e., effortful control), and parent monitoring and psychological control were measured at T1. Adolescent internalizing symptoms were measured at three time points. Latent Growth Curve Modeling (LGCM) without covariates or predictors indicated a slight linear increase in internalizing symptoms from ages 13–16 years across nearly all cultural groups. Multi-group LGCMs demonstrated several paths were consistently invariant across groups when examining how well temperament and parenting predicted intercept and slope factors. Higher initial levels of internalizing symptoms were significantly predicted by higher adolescent negative emotionality and parental psychological control as well as lower adolescent effortful control and parental monitoring measured one year earlier. Overall, adolescent effortful control appeared to protect against the emergence of internalizing symptoms in all cultures, but this effect faded over time. This study advances knowledge of the normative development of internalizing symptoms during adolescence across cultures while highlighting the predictive value of early adolescent temperament and parenting.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2022-01-01 |