Developmental Cascades from Aggression to Internalizing Problems Via Peer and Teacher Relationships from Early to Middle Adolescence

Murray, Aja Louise, Obsuth, Ingrid, Speyer, Lydia, Murray, George, McKenzie, Karen, Eisner, Manuel and Ribeaud, Denis (2021) Developmental Cascades from Aggression to Internalizing Problems Via Peer and Teacher Relationships from Early to Middle Adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 50 (4). pp. 663-673. ISSN 0047-2891

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01396-1

Abstract

Previous research has provided evidence for developmental cascades between externalizing and internalizing problems via mechanisms such as peer and academic problems; however, there remains a need to illuminate other key mediating processes that could serve as intervention targets. This study, thus, evaluated whether developmental associations between aggression and internalizing are mediated by teacher—as well as peer—relationships. Using data from z-proso, a longitudinal study of Swiss youth (n = 1523; 785 males), an autoregressive latent trajectory model with structured residuals (ALT-SR) was fit over ages 11, 13, and 15 to examine within-person developmental links between aggression, internalizing problems, and the mediating role of peer and teacher relationships, while disaggregating between- and within-person effects. Teacher and peer relationships did not play a role in the progression of externalizing to internalizing problems or vice versa, however, teacher and peer relationships showed a protective effect against developing internalizing problems at ages 13. The results suggest that good quality relationships with teachers in early adolescence can help prevent internalizing problems from developing.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding information: This work was supported by the Jacobs Foundation (grant number 2010-888) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant numbers 100013_116829, 100014_132124). The funder played no role in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data or in drafting the manuscript.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Peer Relationships, Teacher Relationships, Aggression, Internalizing, Developmental cascade
Subjects: C800 Psychology
X900 Others in Education
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2021 11:20
Last Modified: 02 Feb 2022 03:30
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/45098

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