Developmental trajectories of adolescent internalizing symptoms and parental responses to distress.

ABSTRACT: Parents' responses to their children's negative emotions are a central aspect of emotion socialization that have well-established associations with the development of psychopathology. Yet research is lacking on potential bidirectional associations between parental responses and youth symptoms that may unfold over time. Further, additional research is needed on sociocultural factors that may be related to the trajectories of these constructs. In this study, we examined associations between trajectories of parental responses to negative emotions and adolescent internalizing symptoms and the potential role of youth sex and racial identity. Adolescents and caregivers (N = 256) completed six assessments that spanned adolescent ages 13-18 years. Multivariate growth models revealed that ad

SUBMITTER: Jones JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11341776 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature