TY - JOUR
T1 - Positive Events as a Stress Buffer for Children and Adolescents in Families in Transition
AU - Doyle, Kathryn Wilcox
AU - Wolchik, Sharlene
AU - Dawson-McClure, Spring R.
AU - Sandler, Irwin
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the following National Institute of Mental Health Grants: 5T32MH18387, 2P30MH39346, and T32MH18834. The authors wish to thank Roger Millsap, Nancy Gonzales, Nicholas Ialongo, and Toni Genalo for their assistance with this article. We also thank the mothers, children, stepfathers, and professionals for their willingness to share their experiences with our research team.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This study examined whether positive events mitigated the relation between negative events and maladjustment in samples of children and adolescents experiencing family transitions. The study examined this relation in two samples, used multiple reporters of maladjustment, and employed "tailor-made " checklists to measure events. The first sample included 86 stepfamilies with adolescents 10 to 17 years of age. The second sample included 171 divorced families with children 8 to 15 years of age. Evidence that positive events are protective for children and adolescents experiencing high levels of negative events was found across the 2 samples and across mother and child report of adjustment. These findings have implications for theory and intervention development.
AB - This study examined whether positive events mitigated the relation between negative events and maladjustment in samples of children and adolescents experiencing family transitions. The study examined this relation in two samples, used multiple reporters of maladjustment, and employed "tailor-made " checklists to measure events. The first sample included 86 stepfamilies with adolescents 10 to 17 years of age. The second sample included 171 divorced families with children 8 to 15 years of age. Evidence that positive events are protective for children and adolescents experiencing high levels of negative events was found across the 2 samples and across mother and child report of adjustment. These findings have implications for theory and intervention development.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3204_6
DO - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3204_6
M3 - Article
C2 - 14710462
AN - SCOPUS:0242511133
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 32
SP - 536
EP - 545
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 4
ER -