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Peer reviewedSwearingen, Elizabeth M.; Cohen, Lawrence H. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Administered measures of negative and positive life experiences and psychological distress to early adolescents on two occasions about 5 months apart. Results are reported and compared with previous studies of adult life events and suggest importance of ongoing stressful processes as engendering both maladjustment and stressful events in lives of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
McGowan, John R.; Cohen, Lawrence H. – 1984
Some research has suggested that positive life events may interact with negative life events during periods of high stress to buffer the effects of negative events. The relationships among positive and negative life events and positive and negative psychological status were examined in an investigation of the direct and mediating effects of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Depression (Psychology), Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedCohen, Lawrence H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Used a longitudinal design to test the effects of life events experienced by young adolescents and their parents. Criteria were the adolescents' depression, anxiety and self-esteem. Analysis showed a significant effect for the adolescents' controllable, but not uncontrollable, negative events. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Life Satisfaction
