Testing a Dual Cascade Model Linking Competence and Symptoms Over 20 Years from Childhood to Adulthood
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This study examined the unique longitudinal effects linking academic competence, social competence, and internalizing symptoms from childhood to adulthood. A multimethod and multi-informant approach was used to assess psychopathology and competence in 205 participants during four developmental periods. Social competence in childhood had a cascading effect on internalizing symptoms in adolescence, whereas social and academic competence in emerging adulthood had dual cascading effects on internalizing in young adulthood. Results suggested a developmental cascade beginning with externalizing symptoms in childhood, which contributed to lower academic achievement in adolescence, which in turn influenced social competence in emerging adulthood and internalizing symptoms in young adulthood.
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- Authors
- Obradović, J., Burt, K. B., & Masten, A. S.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- University of Vermont (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Obradović, Jelena
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-12-31
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 90-102
- ISSN
- 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-4424
- OpenAlex
- W2106994314
- Cited by
- 180
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 7.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh033222-09)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH-33222)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Keywords
- academic competence, social competence, internalizing problems, externalizing problems, academic performance, psychopathology, developmental cascades, childhood to adulthood, emerging adulthood, adolescence, early adulthood, multi-informant assessment
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Development, Educational Status, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Psychological, Personality Assessment, Personality Development, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Social Behavior, Social Perception, Chi-Square Distribution, Adolescent Development, Emotional Intelligence
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