TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Action-control beliefs and behaviors as predictors of change in adjustment across the transition to middle school
JO  - Anxiety, stress, and coping
A1  - Vanlede, Marie
A1  - Little, Todd D.
A1  - Card, Noel A.
SP  - 111
EP  - 127
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - Abstract We examined longitudinal changes in young adolescents? (N=368) action-control beliefs, coping behaviors, and adjustment (i.e., positive and negative affect, depression, aggression) across the transition from elementary school to middle school. Results indicated greater inter-individual instability in adjustment during this transition than during the previous school year. Using ordinary least-squares (OLS) growth models to extract intra-individual change scores for each variable (i.e., slopes and intercepts), we conducted a series of stepwise regressions to determine which features of control beliefs and coping behaviors best predicted changes in adjustment across the transition to middle school. We found that negative coping behaviors (i.e., antisocial coping) consistently predicted negative changes in the adjustment variables (e.g., greater depression, more aggression), whereas positive beliefs and behaviors did not consistently predict changes in the adjustment variables.<p /> 
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SN  - 1061-5806
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10615800600632896
ID  - ref1
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