Anxious Solitude and the Middle School Transition: A Diathesis × Stress Model of Peer Exclusion and Victimization Trajectories
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| Title: | Anxious Solitude and the Middle School Transition: A Diathesis × Stress Model of Peer Exclusion and Victimization Trajectories |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shell, Madelynn D., Gazelle, Heidi, Faldowski, Richard A. |
| Source: | Developmental Psychology. May 2014 50(5):1569-1583. |
| Availability: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Institute of Mental Health (DHHS/NIH) |
| Contract Number: | K01MH076237 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education Middle Schools Secondary Education Junior High Schools Grade 3 Primary Education Early Childhood Education Grade 4 Intermediate Grades Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 |
| Descriptors: | Hypothesis Testing, Anxiety, Stress Variables, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Victims, Social Isolation, Predictor Variables, Age Differences, Peer Relationship, Shyness, At Risk Students, Bullying, Classroom Environment, Socioeconomic Status, Coding, Scoring, Observation, Student Attitudes, Emotional Response, Social Support Groups |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0035528 |
| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| Abstract: | Consistent with a Diathesis × Stress model, it was hypothesized that anxious solitude (individual vulnerability) and the middle school transition (environmental stress) would jointly predict peer exclusion and victimization trajectories. Youth (N = 688) were followed from 3rd through 7th grade, with the middle school transition in 6th grade. Peer-reported peer exclusion and physical victimization trajectories across the middle school transition were modeled with piecewise growth curves. As expected, anxious solitude predicted elevated exclusion and victimization in both elementary and middle school. Nonetheless, exclusion and victimization declined after the transition on average, and anxious solitary youth versus average youth experienced greater relative declines. The pattern of results suggests that the collective renegotiation of peer relations after the transition, rather than posttransition decline in classroom emotional support, contributed to the posttransition decline in peer mistreatment. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 41 |
| Entry Date: | 2015 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1051397 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Consistent with a Diathesis × Stress model, it was hypothesized that anxious solitude (individual vulnerability) and the middle school transition (environmental stress) would jointly predict peer exclusion and victimization trajectories. Youth (N = 688) were followed from 3rd through 7th grade, with the middle school transition in 6th grade. Peer-reported peer exclusion and physical victimization trajectories across the middle school transition were modeled with piecewise growth curves. As expected, anxious solitude predicted elevated exclusion and victimization in both elementary and middle school. Nonetheless, exclusion and victimization declined after the transition on average, and anxious solitary youth versus average youth experienced greater relative declines. The pattern of results suggests that the collective renegotiation of peer relations after the transition, rather than posttransition decline in classroom emotional support, contributed to the posttransition decline in peer mistreatment. |
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| ISSN: | 0012-1649 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0035528 |
