Perceived Family and Friend Support Moderate Pathways From Peer Victimization to Substance Use in Early-Adolescent Girls and Boys

A Moderated-Mediation Analysis

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670987
AutoresAnna Vannucci (0000-0003-1617-7006, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, USA, autor de correspondencia), Tessa Fagle (Connecticut Children's Medical Center), Tessa R Fagle (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, USA), Emily G Simpson (0000-0002-2445-8177, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, USA), Christine Mccauley Ohannessian (0000-0003-0015-7051, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, USA)
Año2020
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas128-166
Fecha de publicación2020-06-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431620931187
OpenAlexW3034354149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas74

This study examined gender differences in a moderated-mediation model examining whether perceived social support moderated depressive symptom and academic achievement mediation pathways from peer victimization to substance use among 1,334 U.S. early adolescents (11-14 years, 50% girls, 51% White). Surveys were administered in schools at three 6-month intervals. Multiple group analyses suggested that the moderated-mediation model differed for boys and girls. Indirect effects suggested that declines in academic achievement mediated the relationship between peer victimization and substance use for girls and boys, while elevated depressive symptoms mediated this relationship for girls only. Higher family and friend support attenuated the relationship between overt victimization and academic achievement for boys and between relational victimization and depressive symptoms for girls. These findings implicate two risk pathways that account for why peer victimization enhances substance use risk and emphasize the importance of perceived support following peer victimization during early adolescence. Gender differences require replication

Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Injury prevention · Mediation · Moderated mediation · Peer victimization · Poison control · Psychiatry · Substance use · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support