Children's Appraisal of Moderately Stressful Situations

Autor/inn/en	Hood, Brianne; Power, Thomas; Hill, Laura
Titel	Children's Appraisal of Moderately Stressful Situations
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33 (2009) 2, S.167-177 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025408098011
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parenting Styles; Child Rearing; Adolescents; Grade 5; Psychology; Victims of Crime; Anxiety; Males; Attitude Measures; Student Attitudes; Grade 3; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Correlation; Psychological Patterns; Adjustment (to Environment); Depression (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Psychologie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Angst; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Korrelation
Abstract	This study investigated 2 questions: (1) do children show consistent styles of appraisal across a range of moderately stressful events?, and (2) what are the adjustment and parenting correlates of individual differences in children's appraisal style? Ninety-nine 3rd though 5th grade children and their mothers participated. For each of 6 vignettes involving moderately stressful situations, children responded to 10 items assessing children's appraisal of these events. Mothers completed a self-report measure of parenting practices and children reported on their psychological adjustment. Participants showed moderate levels of consistency in their appraisal of the events across situations, and 6 appraisal styles were identified that reflected the nature of appraisal aggregated across situations. These styles showed meaningful patterns of association with child psychological symptoms and parenting practices. Children showing the victim appraisal style reported the highest levels of anxiety and school dislike, whereas children showing the inconvenience and take responsibility styles reported the lowest level of conduct problems. Parenting style was associated with the appraisal style of boys but not girls. Specifically, boys of authoritative mothers were more likely than other boys to show the inconvenience and take responsibility appraisal styles and less likely to show the victim style. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10