Abstract
Assessed the relationship between the occurrence of stressful life events and maladjustment in children and determined the extent to which such relationships were moderated by support-network size. A sample of 503 fourth, to sixth-grade urban and suburban schoolchildren self-reported stressful life events experienced during their lifetimes. Children who had experienced many stressful events were judged to be less well adjusted than those who had not—both on teacher- and child-rated measures of adjustment. Support related only to children's self-rated adjustment. The relationship between number of stressful events and adjustment was moderated by the presence of a more extensive support network.
Keywords
PsychologyDevelopmental psychologyClinical psychologySocial supportSocial psychology
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- 1989
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- article
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 214-220
- Citations
- 64
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Lannie Pryor-Brown,
Emory L. Cowen
(1989).
Stressful Life Events, Support, and Children's School Adjustment.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
, 18
(3)
, 214-220.
https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1803_3
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- 10.1207/s15374424jccp1803_3