The Stress Response and Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Impact of Child Maltreatment

dc.contributor.authorCook, E. C., Chaplin, T. M., Sinha, R., Tebes, J. K., & Mayes, L. C.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T16:48:16Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T16:48:16Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractExperience with and management of stress has implications for adolescents’ behavioral and socioemotional development. This study examined the relationship between adolescents’ physiological response to an acute laboratory stressor (i.e., Trier Social Stress Test; TSST) and anger regulation and interpersonal competence in a sample of 175 low-income urban adolescents (51.8% girls). Findings suggested that heightened reactivity as indicated by cortisol, heart rate, and blood pressure was associated with increased interpersonal competence and anger regulation. However, these findings were context dependent such that, for youth high in self-reported child maltreatment, heightened reactivity was associated with decreased interpersonal competence and anger regulation. Results highlight the importance of considering how context may condition the effect of stress reactivity on functioning during adolescence. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationCook, E. C., Chaplin, T. M., Sinha, R., Tebes, J. K., & Mayes, L. C. (2012). The stress response and adolescents’ adjustment: The impact of child maltreatment. Journal of youth and adolescence, 41(8), 1067-1077.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665280/pdf/nihms467688.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1518
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Youth and Adolescenceen_US
dc.subjectlong term effectsen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjectstressen_US
dc.subjectangeren_US
dc.subjectadolescenceen_US
dc.subjectinterpersonal competenceen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.titleThe Stress Response and Adolescents’ Adjustment: The Impact of Child Maltreatmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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