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Adverse life events, area socio-economic disadvantage, and adolescent psychopathology: The role of closeness to grandparents in moderating the effect of contextual stress.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20666637     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The study, using data from 801 11-16-year-olds clustered in 68 schools across England and Wales, tested whether closeness to grandparents moderates the association between contextual stress and adolescent psychopathology and prosocial behavior, measured with the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). Contextual stress was measured at both school area level (assessed with the index of multiple deprivation) and child level (assessed, as life stress, with the number of proximal and distal adverse life events experienced). At baseline, area stress (multiple deprivation) was unrelated to psychopathology (SDQ), and although both proximal (during the last 12 months) and distal (before the last 12 months) life stress was associated with broad and specific child psychopathology, the association with proximal life stress was stronger. Closeness to the most significant grandparent moderated both the effect of proximal life stress on hyperactivity and broad psychopathology, and the effect of the interaction between distal and proximal life stress on broad and externalizing psychopathology. These findings suggest that the role of grandparents deserves further attention in future investigations of the development of resilience in youth.
Authors:
Eirini Flouri; Ann Buchanan; Jo-Pei Tan; Julia Griggs; Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1607-8888     ISO Abbreviation:  Stress     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-12     Completed Date:  2010-12-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9617529     Medline TA:  Stress     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  402-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, 25 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK. e.flouri@ioe.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior*
Algorithms
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / epidemiology,  psychology
Child
Data Collection
Education, Special / statistics & numerical data
England / epidemiology
Family*
Female
Humans
Life Change Events*
Male
Mental Disorders / epidemiology*,  psychology*
Models, Statistical
Poverty / psychology*
Social Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Wales / epidemiology

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