Brief report: Peer group influences and adolescent internalizing problems as mediated by effortful control |
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| Institution: | 1. Mind Research Network/Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico;2. Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico;3. Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico;4. Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico;5. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado;1. Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut;2. Clinical Directors Network (CDN), New York, New York;1. Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, 3, Kasztanowa Street, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland;2. Dr. Stanisław Sakiel Centre for Burn Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, 2, Jana Pawła II Street, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland;1. Drug Research Division, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., 3-1-98 Kasugade-naka, Konohana-ku, Osaka 554-0022, Japan;2. Department of Psychiatry, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan;3. Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chiba 260-8670, Japan;1. Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;2. Office of Research, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland;3. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;1. Veterans Medical Research Foundation, San Diego, CA, United States;2. University of California, San Diego, CA, United States;3. San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, United States;4. VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States |
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| Abstract: | Internalizing problems in adolescence encompass behaviors directed inward at the self (Colman, Wadsworth, Croudace, & Jones, 2007). Several predictors have been linked to internalizing problems including antisocial and prosocial peers (Cartwright, 2007; Chung, 2010). Effortful control, a component of self-regulation, is one factor that could mediate the relationship between peer behaviors and individual outcomes. This study assessed the relationship between peer behaviors, effortful control, and adolescent internalizing problems. Participants were 151 middle school adolescents (M = 12.16 years old) who completed self-report questionnaires regarding behaviors of their peers, perceptions of effortful control, and experiences of internalizing problems. Structural equation modeling (SEM) yielded a significant negative relationship between antisocial peers and effortful control, and a significant positive relationship between prosocial peers and effortful control. In addition, effortful control significantly mediated the relationship between prosocial peers and internalizing problems, but not for antisocial peers. Implications for interventions related to adolescent health were discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Peer group Internalizing problems Effortful control Antisocial Prosocial |
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