Premium
Youth's school experience: Testing the role of symptoms of anxiety and co‐occurring symptoms of depression
Author(s) -
Tan Tony Xing,
Teng Yuejia,
Velasco Juliana C.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.22888
Subject(s) - psychology , anxiety , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , personality , developmental psychology , psychiatry , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Although symptoms of anxiety often coexist with symptoms of depression, little is known on how such coexistence affects youth's school experiences. Objectives: We tested how the two types of behaviors, when coexisting, were associated with youth's negative attitude toward teachers, school, and poor peer relations. Method: Data were collected from 203 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse youth (male: 24.6%; mean = 15.8 years, standard deviation = 2.4) with the 3rd edition of the Behavioral Assessment for Children: Self‐Report of Personality . Results: Scores for symptoms of depression alone explained negative attitude toward teachers ( β = .28; R 2 = 17.88%), negative attitude toward school ( β = .27; R 2 = 14.74%), and poor peer relations ( β = .42; R 2 = 44.60%) as effectively as scores for both types of behaviors did. Conclusion: The coexistence of symptoms of anxiety and depression did not appear to impair youth's attitude toward teachers, school and peer relations more than symptoms of depression did alone.