Youth's school experience: Testing the role of symptoms of anxiety and co‐occurring symptoms of depression. Issue 3 (12th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tan, Tony Xing; Teng, Yuejia; Velasco, Juliana C.
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical psychology. Volume 76:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 526
• Page End: 538
• Publication Date: 2019-11-12
• Subjects: anxiety -- attitude toward teachers -- coexistence -- depression -- peer relations -- school attitude; Psychology -- Periodicals; 616.89
• DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22888
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9762

Abstract

Abstract: 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.