Abstract
In spite of the potential significance of stressors for understanding and influencing child development and psychopathology, research on stress in childhood and adolescence has lagged behind similar research with adults. Reviews of the child/adolescent stress literature published in the past two decades present a picture of a field early in its development, with research in preliminary stages in all areas, including measurement development, epidemiological research, prospective investigations of the etiological significance of stressors, and research on possible mediators and moderators of the association between stressors and psychopathology. To evaluate progress that has been made in the past 15 years, we have examined the child and adolescent stress literature in a series of four articles. These include reviews of conceptualization and measurement of stressors, evidence of prospective effects, evidence of specificity in the relation between stressors and child/adolescent psychopathology, and evidence of moderating and mediating effects in the relation between stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology. In this chapter, we will discuss the results of these reviews and provide recommendations for future research that builds upon them. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The handbook of stress science |
| Subtitle of host publication | Biology, psychology, and health. |
| Editors | Richard J. Contrada, Andrew Baum |
| Place of Publication | New York, NY |
| Publisher | Springer Publishing Company |
| Pages | 359-372 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780826114716, 9780826117717 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2011 |
Keywords
- Adolescent Psychopathology
- Child Psychopathology
- Etiology
- Mental Health
- Stress
- Childhood Development
- Mental Disorders