Reciprocal relationships between teacher ratings of internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescents with different levels of cognitive abilities
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Morin, Alexandre J.S., Arens, A. Katrin, Maïano, Christophe, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Tracey, Danielle, Parker, Philip D. and Craven, Rhonda G.. (2017). Reciprocal relationships between teacher ratings of internalizing and externalizing behaviors in adolescents with different levels of cognitive abilities. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 46(4), pp. 801-825. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0574-3
Authors | Morin, Alexandre J.S., Arens, A. Katrin, Maïano, Christophe, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Tracey, Danielle, Parker, Philip D. and Craven, Rhonda G. |
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Abstract | Are internalizing and externalizing behaviour problems interrelated via mutually reinforcing relationships (with each behavior leading to increases over time in levels of the other behavior) or mutually suppressing relationships (with each behavior leading to decreases over time in levels of the other behavior)? Past research on the directionality of these relationships has led to ambiguous results, particularly in adolescence. Furthermore, the extent to which prior results will generalize to adolescents with low levels of cognitive abilities remains unknown. This second limit is particularly important, given that these adolescents are known to present higher levels of externalizing and internalizing behaviors than their peers with average-to-high levels of cognitive abilities, and that the mechanisms involved in the reciprocal relationships between these two types of behaviors may differ across both populations. This study examines the directionality of the longitudinal relationships between externalizing and internalizing behaviour problems as rated by teachers across three measurement waves (corresponding to Grades 8–10) in matched samples of 138 adolescents (34.78% girls) with low levels of cognitive abilities and 556 adolescents (44.88% girls) with average-to-high levels of cognitive abilities. The results showed that the measurement structure was fully equivalent across time periods and groups of adolescents, revealing high levels of developmental stability in both types of problems, and moderately high levels of cross-sectional associations. Levels of both internalizing and externalizing behaviors were higher among adolescents with low levels of cognitive abilities relative to those with average-to-high levels of cognitive abilities. Finally, the predictive analyses revealed negative reciprocal longitudinal relationships (i.e., mutually suppressing relationships) between externalizing and internalizing problems, a result that was replicated within samples of adolescents with low, and average-to high levels of cognitive ability. |
Keywords | internalizing behaviors; externalizing behaviors; adolescents; cognitive abilities; longitudinal; autoregressive cross-lagged; teacher ratings |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Youth and Adolescence |
Journal citation | 46 (4), pp. 801-825 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 0047-2891 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0574-3 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84988719190 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 801-825 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) | |
Research Group | Institute for Positive Psychology and Education |
Author's accepted manuscript | License All rights reserved File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 23 Sep 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 13 Sep 2016 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP140103874 |
DP140101559 | |
430-2012-0091 | |
435-2014-0909 | |
FT100100656 | |
DE140100080 |
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