Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2010 Nov;46(6):1605-20. doi: 10.1037/a0020617.
This study investigated gender differences in the moderating and mediating effects of responses to stress on the association between perceived peer stress and symptoms of psychopathology. A sample of 295 middle school students (63.7% female; M(age) = 12.39 years, SD = 0.99) completed self-report surveys on stress, coping, and behavioral problems. Involuntary responses to stress (e.g., physiological arousal, intrusive thoughts, impulsive action) mediated the association between perceived stress and anxiety/depression and aggression for girls and for boys. Disengagement coping (e.g., denial, avoidance) partially mediated the association between peer stress and anxiety/depression for boys and for girls. In contrast, disengagement coping mediated the association between peer stress and overt aggression for boys only. Finally, engagement coping (e.g., problem solving, emotion regulation, cognitive restructuring) buffered the indirect effect of peer stress on symptoms of psychopathology for girls only. Implications for prevention and intervention efforts are discussed.
本研究调查了应激反应在感知同伴压力与心理病理学症状之间的关系中的调节和中介作用中的性别差异。研究对象为 295 名中学生（63.7%为女性；平均年龄=12.39 岁，标准差=0.99），他们完成了关于应激、应对和行为问题的自我报告调查。对于女孩和男孩来说，应激的非自愿反应（例如生理唤醒、侵入性思维、冲动行为）中介了感知压力与焦虑/抑郁和攻击之间的关系。对于男孩和女孩来说，脱离应对（例如否认、回避）部分中介了同伴压力与焦虑/抑郁之间的关系。相比之下，脱离应对仅中介了同伴压力与男孩外显攻击之间的关系。最后，参与应对（例如解决问题、情绪调节、认知重构）仅缓冲了同伴压力对女孩心理病理学症状的间接影响。讨论了预防和干预措施的意义。
