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Within-Person Reciprocal Associations between Peer Victimization and Need for Approval
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Xu, Jianjie; Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Rudolph, Karen D. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Prior research links need for approval (NFA; the extent to which self-worth is contingent on peer approval or disapproval) to critical developmental outcomes, but little is known about how NFA develops over time or within social contexts. To address this gap, the present study used a sophisticated analytic approach (autoregressive latent…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Self Esteem, Grade 2
Individual and Sex Differences in the Consequences of Victimization: Moderation by Approach and Avoidance Motivation
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Llewellyn, Nicole; Rudolph, Karen D. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Peer victimization is a known risk factor for various forms of maladjustment; however, the specific type of maladjustment may depend on individual differences in youth. This 2-wave longitudinal study examined the hypothesis that social approach-avoidance motivation, together with sex, would moderate the contribution of 3rd-grade victimization to…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Peer Relationship, Gender Differences
Cognition-Emotion Interaction as a Predictor of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
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Rudolph, Karen D.; Davis, Megan M.; Monti, Jennifer D. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Given the sharp increase in rates of depression during adolescence, especially in girls, it is important to identify which youth are at greatest risk across this critical developmental transition. During the present research, we examined whether (a) individual differences in cognition-emotion interaction, as reflected in cognitive control (CC)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology), Cognitive Development, Emotional Response
Early Social Behaviors and the Trajectory of Peer Victimization across the School Years
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Sugimura, Niwako; Berry, Daniel; Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Rudolph, Karen D. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Research has established that long-term exposure to peer victimization is associated with higher levels of emotional and behavioral maladjustment. Yet, relatively little is known regarding predictors of stable versus declining victimization across extended periods of time. To fill this knowledge gap, the present study used latent growth curve…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Bullying, Peer Relationship, Victims
Maternal Influences on Youth Responses to Peer Stress
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Abaied, Jamie L.; Rudolph, Karen D. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Understanding how youths develop particular styles of responding to stress is critical for promoting effective coping. This research examined the prospective, interactive contribution of maternal socialization of coping and peer stress to youth responses to peer stress. A sample of 144 early adolescents (mean age = 12.44 years, SD = 1.22) and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Caregivers, Questionnaires, Coping
Relational Victimization Predicts Children's Social-Cognitive and Self-Regulatory Responses in a Challenging Peer Context
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Rudolph, Karen D.; Troop-Gordon, Wendy; Flynn, Megan – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In this study, the authors examined whether exposure to relational victimization was associated with children's thoughts, emotions, and behavior in an unfamiliar, challenging peer context. Children (110 girls, 96 boys; mean age = 10.13 years, SD = 1.16) reported on their exposure to relational victimization by peers. Following a challenging…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Peer Relationship, Self Control, Cognitive Processes