ERIC Number: EJ973074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Aug
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Reference Count: 58
The Stress Response and Adolescents' Adjustment: The Impact of Child Maltreatment
Cook, Emily C.; Chaplin, Tara M.; Sinha, Rajita; Tebes, Jacob K.; Mayes, Linda C.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v41 n8 p1067-1077 Aug 2012
Experience 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.
Descriptors: Metabolism, Child Abuse, Adolescents, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Competence, Stress Variables, Stress Management, Correlation, Physiology, Low Income Groups, Urban Areas
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