Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2020 Sep;48(9):1211-1222. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00667-y.
The present study investigates the underlying cognitive, social, and behavioral tendencies that may explain why some girls are more likely to perceive the adolescent transition as disrupting and difficult, otherwise characterized as role disruption. It was hypothesized that individual differences in rumination, rejection sensitivity, peer problems, and pubertal status would contribute to why some girls perceived more role disruption during the transition from childhood to adolescence, and that girls who reported more role disruption would be at increased risk for subsequent depression. N = 188 girls (M = 11.70 years) reported on their level of pubertal development, rumination, rejection sensitivity, peer problems, and depressive symptoms at three time points approximately 4 months apart. Structural equation modeling results suggested that baseline levels of rumination and angry rejection sensitivity explained perceptions of role disruption at Time 2 more than overall levels of pubertal development, and that greater role disruption predicted subsequent depressive symptoms at Time 3. These findings highlight the importance of individual tendencies in understanding who will find early adolescence challenging.
本研究探讨了潜在的认知、社会和行为倾向，这些倾向可能解释了为什么有些女孩更容易将青春期过渡视为破坏性和困难的，否则称为角色中断。研究假设，沉思、拒绝敏感性、同伴问题和青春期状态的个体差异将有助于解释为什么有些女孩在从儿童到青少年的过渡期间感知到更多的角色中断，并且报告更多角色中断的女孩会面临更高的风险。188 名女孩（M=11.70 岁）在大约 4 个月的三个时间点上报告了她们的青春期发育水平、沉思、拒绝敏感性、同伴问题和抑郁症状。结构方程模型结果表明，基线水平的沉思和愤怒的拒绝敏感性比青春期发育的总体水平更能解释第二时间的角色中断感知，而更大的角色中断预测了第三时间的随后抑郁症状。这些发现强调了在理解谁会发现青春期早期具有挑战性时，个体倾向的重要性。
