Trajectories of episodic stress, depression, and anxiety across childhood and adolescence in boys and girls

Long, Erin E.

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Title

Trajectories of episodic stress, depression, and anxiety across childhood and adolescence in boys and girls

Author(s)

Long, Erin E.

Issue Date

2022-07-10

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Hankin, Benjamin L.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Hankin, Benjamin L.

Committee Member(s)

• Cohen, Joseph
• Fraley, Chris
• Laurent, Heidemarie
• Rudolph, Karen

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• stress
• depression
• anxiety
• adolescence

Abstract

The adverse impacts of stress on youth development are well-documented. However, our understanding of the normative developmental trajectories of different kinds of episodic stress during childhood and adolescence, including in both interpersonal and noninterpersonal domains, is limited. Further, existing evidence suggests that these trajectories may differentially associate with trajectories of internalizing psychopathologies, including depression and anxiety, among youth. This study used parallel process latent growth curve modeling to characterize co-occurring trajectories of dependent and independent stress, in interpersonal and noninterpersonal contexts, in a sample of 680 children from ages 12 to 17. Univariate models indicated that trajectories of dependent stress in interpersonal and noninterpersonal contexts increased across adolescence, while trajectories of independent stress remained stable. Bivariate models demonstrated differential patterns of associations between forms of stress and symptoms. Intercepts of all forms of stress were associated with intercepts for depression and anxiety. However, change over time in dependent forms of stress (i.e., interpersonal and noninterpersonal) was associated with change in depression but not anxiety symptoms. Change in noninterpersonal independent stress, but not interpersonal independent stress, was related to change in both depression and anxiety symptoms. Findings clarify normative patterns of experiences of episodic stress and illustrate differential patterns of co-development between these trajectories and internalizing symptoms during adolescence.

Graduation Semester

2022-08

Type of Resource

Thesis

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