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Citation

Cohen JR, Sheshko DM, Ames AM, Young JF, Hansford AP, Zhu X, Yao S, Abela JRZ. J. Res. Adolesc. 2015; 25(3): 564-579.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12146

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The present 9-wave, 2-year study examined whether Cole's (1991) theory of self-perceived competence could help explain vulnerability to depressive and anxiety symptoms in a sample of adolescents from mainland China. Participants included 624 adolescents (319 females and 305 males) from an urban school in Changsha (n = 308) and from a rural school in Liuyang (n = 316).

FINDINGS showed that self-perceived academic competence was negatively associated with prospective depressive and anxiety symptoms. Meanwhile, adolescents with low levels of self-perceived social competence were at heightened risk for depressive symptoms during times of increased stressors (supporting a vulnerability-stress model). These findings advance past research by highlighting new developmental pathways for depressive and anxiety symptoms in Chinese adolescents.


Language: en

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