Shyness and internalizing problems among Chinese adolescents: The roles of independent interpersonal stress and rumination

2021 ◽  
pp. 106151
Author(s):  
Song Li ◽  
Xu Chen ◽  
Guangming Ran ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Rui Li
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Interpersonal Stress

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Family Functioning and Internalizing Problems in Chinese Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuying Wang ◽  
Siya Peng ◽  
Xinli Chi
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Migrant Status ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Migrant Adolescents ◽  
The Relationship

Research has consistently found that poor family functioning is a risk factor for adolescents' internalizing problems. However, studies of the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relation are insufficient. In this study, we explore the association between family functioning and adolescents' internalizing problems by testing the mediating roles of positive youth development (PYD) attributes and the moderating role of migrant status. A large cross-sectional sample of 11,865 Chinese adolescents (mean age = 14.45 years, standard deviation = 1.55 years) were used to measure internalizing problems, family functioning, PYD, migrant status, and other demographic information. After controlling for covariates (age, gender, grade, and socioeconomic status), the results revealed that PYD mediated the relation between family functioning and internalizing problems. Moreover, migrant status moderated the relationship between family functioning and internalizing problems. Specifically, the effects of family functioning on internalizing problems were stronger among local-born adolescents than among migrant adolescents. The findings indicate that improving family functioning and PYD attributes may be promising approaches to prevent/reduce adolescent internalizing problems.

scholarly journals Early Pubertal Maturation and Internalizing Problems in Adolescence: Sex Differences in the Role of Cortisol Reactivity to Interpersonal Stress

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misaki N. Natsuaki ◽  
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan ◽  
Xiaojia Ge ◽  
Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff ◽  
Paul D. Hastings ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Interpersonal Stress ◽  
Pubertal Maturation ◽  
Cortisol Reactivity

School Adjustment and Internalizing Problems in Chinese Adolescents: Implications of Social Change

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-666
Author(s):  
Junsheng Liu ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Dan Li
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
Chinese Adolescents ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Socioemotional Functioning ◽  
Time Points ◽  
School Records

We examined the relationships between internalizing problems and school adjustment in 2 cohorts (1994 and 2008) of Chinese adolescents (N = 540 and 728, respectively; M age = 13 years). The 2 time points occurred during different phases of social and economic reform in Chinese society. Data were obtained from peers, teachers, and school records. The results indicated that whereas, in the 1994 cohort, internalizing problems was only slightly and negatively associated with sociability and academic achievement, and strongly associated with externalizing problems, internalizing problems was significantly associated with social and school adjustment in the 2008 cohort. The results indicated the implications of changing context for adolescent socioemotional functioning.

Interpersonal Stress and Poor Health

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette M. Aanes ◽  
Maurice B. Mittelmark ◽  
Jørn Hetland
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Total Effect ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Interpersonal Stress ◽  
The Relationship

This paper investigated whether the lack of social connectedness, as measured by the subjective feeling of loneliness, mediates the well-known relationship between interpersonal stress and psychological distress. Furthermore, a relationship between interpersonal stress and somatic symptoms was hypothesized. The study sample included 3,268 women and 3,220 men in Western Norway. The main findings were that interpersonal stress was significantly related to psychological distress as well as to somatic symptoms, both directly and indirectly via paths mediated by loneliness. The size of the indirect effects varied, suggesting that the importance of loneliness as a possible mediator differs for depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and somatic symptoms. In the case of depressive symptoms, more than 75% of the total effect was mediated through loneliness, while in the case of somatic symptoms just over 40% of the total effect was mediated through loneliness. This study supports the hypotheses that social connectedness mediates a relationship between interpersonal stress and psychological distress. The study also provides the first link between interpersonal stress, as measured by the Bergen Social Relationships Scale, and somatic symptoms, extending earlier research on the relationship between interpersonal stress and psychological distress.

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