Title
Psychopathology in adolescents from seven countries: What role does controlling identity development and family relationships play?
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Seiffge-Krenke I.
Weitkamp K.
Çok F.
Głogowska K.
Pavlopoulos V.
Perchec C.
Rohail I.
Publisher(s)
Verlag Hans Huber AG
Abstract
This study analyzed the unique effects of gender and culture on psychopathology in adolescents from seven countries, after controlling for factors that might have contributed to variations in psychopathology. In a sample of 2259 adolescents (M = 15 years; 54 % female) from France, Germany, Turkey, Greece, Peru, Pakistan, and Poland, we assessed identity development, maternal parenting (support, psychological control, anxious rearing), and psychopathology (internalizing, externalizing). Using an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), we analyzed country, sex, age, and the interaction country x sex as independent variables, while controlling for maternal rearing dimensions and identity development as covariates. This resulted in similar findings for internalizing and externalizing symptoms: Identity rumination and maternal rearing (support, psychological control, anxious rearing) proved to be significant covariates. Further, country, sex, age, and the interaction country x sex were significant. These analyses result in a clearer picture of culture- and gender-specific effects on psychopathology, which is helpful in designing interventions.
Start page
441
End page
452
Volume
47
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye terapias de aprendizaje, habla, visual y otras discapacidades físicas y mentales)
Psicología (incluye relaciones hombre-máquina)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85071896237
PubMed ID
Source
Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Resource of which it is part
Zeitschrift fur Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
ISSN of the container
14224917
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