Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking stress exposure to adolescent aggressive behavior.
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- Herts, Kate L; McLaughlin, Katie A; Hatzenbuehler, Mark L
- Year
- 2012
- Journal
- Journal of abnormal child psychology
- PMID
- 22466516
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10802-012-9629-4
- PMCID
- PMC3448707
Exposure to stress is associated with a wide range of internalizing and externalizing problems in adolescents, including aggressive behavior. Extant research examining mechanisms underlying the associations between stress and youth aggression has consistently identified social information processing pathways that are disrupted by exposure to violence and increase risk of aggressive behavior. In the current study, we use longitudinal data to examine emotion dysregulation as a potential mechanism linking a broader range of stressful experiences to aggressive behavior in a diverse sample of early adolescents (Nβ=β1065). Specifically, we examined the longitudinal associations of peer victimization and stressful life events with emotion dysregulation and aggressive behavior. Structural equation modeling was used to create latent constructs of emotion dysregulation and aggression. Both stressful life events and peer victimization predicted subsequent increases in emotion dysregulation over a 4-month period. These increases in emotion dysregulation, in turn, were associated with increases in aggression over the subsequent 3Β months. Longitudinal mediation models showed that emotion dysregulation mediated the relationship of both peer victimization (zβ=β2.35, pβ=β0.019) and stressful life events (zβ=β2.32, pβ=β0.020) with aggressive behavior. Increasing the use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies is an important target for interventions aimed at preventing the onset of adolescent aggressive behavior.
Figure represents final mediation model for peer victimization. Numbers represent standardized path coefficients (Ξ²). All paths shown are significant (p<0.05), except those drawn with broken lines. All constructs were modeled as latent variables. Due to space constraints, indicator variables are not displayed
Figure represents final mediation model for stressful life events. Numbers represent standardized path coefficients (Ξ²). All paths shown are significant (p<0.05), except those drawn with broken lines. All constructs were modeled as latent variables other than stressful life events. Due to space constraints, indicator variables are not displayed
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