Instrumentality as a life-stress moderator for early versus middle adolescents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn C Towbes (University of Delaware), Lawrence H Cohen (0000-0002-9255-0119), Leonard Cohen, Kathy Glyshaw |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-119 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.57.1.109 |
| PMID | 2754599 |
| OpenAlex | W2151993718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 5 |
Used a longitudinal design to test the main and stress-buffering effects of instrumentality of measures of trait anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. Ss were early (junior high school) and middle (senior high school) adolescent boys and girls. The hypothesis that instrumentality would be negatively related to psychological distress was supported by the cross-sectional and longitudinal regression analyses of every subgroup of Ss. The hypothesized stress-buffering effect of instrumentality was found in the cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of senior high girls, specifically in the context of interpersonal negative events (relationship stress). The analyses for junior high girls revealed that instrumentality was beneficial only at a low level of relationship stress. There were no significant interaction effects in the regression analyses of boys. The findings suggest that, when experiencing relationship stress, instrumentality is helpful for middle adolescent girls but not for early adolescent girls. Therefore, future research on adolescents' life-stress adjustment should consider the roles of gender, age, personality, and type of life stress.
Anxiety · Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Distress · Interpersonal relationship · Longitudinal study · Moderation · Multilevel model · Personality · Stress (linguistics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2020 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |