APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Parental Knowledge, Not Warmth or Authoritativeness, Buffers the Effect of Life Stress on Internalizing Symptoms in Early Adolescents

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Developmental

  • Sarina Bhandari
    Stanford University
  • Sarah Ordaz
    Stanford University
  • Lucy King
    Stanford University
  • Meghan Goyer
    Stanford University
  • Kathryn Humphreys
    Vanderbilt University
  • Natalie Colich
    Stanford University
  • Alexandria Price
    Stanford University
  • Ian Gotlib
    Stanford University

Abstract

In a sample of early adolescents, we examined whether parenting behaviors buffer against the known adverse effects of life stress on internalizing symptoms. We found that, among parenting metrics, parental knowledge, but neither parental warmth nor authoritativeness, moderated the effect of life stress on internalizing symptoms.

Psychopathology

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