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

A Moderated-Mediation Analysis

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11670987
AutoresAnna Vannucci (0000-0003-1617-7006, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, USA, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano2020
Volume41
Fascículo1
Páginas128-166
Data de publicação2020-06-12
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431620931187
OpenAlexW3034354149
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências 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