TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Self-perceived competence in Mainland China: a multiwave longitudinal examination of internalizing symptoms in Chinese adolescents
JO  - Journal of research on adolescence
A1  - Cohen, Joseph R.
A1  - Sheshko, Dana M.
A1  - Ames, Alyssa M.
A1  - Young, Jami F.
A1  - Hansford, Amy P.
A1  - Zhu, Xiongzhao
A1  - Yao, Shuqiao
A1  - Abela, John R. Z.
SP  - 564
EP  - 579
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - 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). <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1050-8392
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.12146
ID  - ref1
ER  -