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Mediators of control beliefs, stressful life events, and adaptive behavior in school age children: The role of appraisal and social support
Author(s) -
Jackson Yo,
Kim Kerri L.,
Delap Chris
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.20192
Subject(s) - mediation , psychology , developmental psychology , adaptive behavior , structural equation modeling , control (management) , social support , social relation , mediator , relation (database) , cognitive appraisal , social psychology , clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , medicine , statistics , mathematics , management , database , political science , computer science , law , economics
The authors examine the role of appraisal and social support as mediators of the relation between control beliefs and adaptive behavioral outcome. Using the responses from 297 children, ages 8 to 12 years old, the results suggest two significant mediational pathways. Social support was a mediator of the relation between unknown control for negative events and adaptive behavior and the relation between unknown control for positive events and adaptive behavior. Negative appraisal demonstrated no mediation relations. The role of social support and negative appraisal in the display of adaptive behavior and the implications for further model testing are discussed.