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August 18, 2025Development and Psychopathology

Distinctions in buffering and exacerbating associations between parent and peer relationship quality and adolescents’ psychopathology based on maltreatment status

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AJAlexsia JohnsonRWRhoda WitmerMBMichelle P. Brown

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Overview

Longitudinal analysis reveals how parent and peer relationship quality influences psychopathology in maltreated and non-maltreated adolescents, suggesting differential impacts.

Key Points

  • Lower perceived parental relationship quality does not predict psychopathology in adolescents overall, regardless of maltreatment status.
  • Significant interactions indicate maltreated adolescents benefit from high friendship quality, reducing symptomatology, while low quality worsens outcomes.
  • Assessment involved 545 adolescents, gauging relationships at ages 13.8 and 16.2, along with reports of internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
  • Understanding these dynamics can inform interventions targeting both peer and parent relationships to mitigate adolescent mental health issues.

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Johnson et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2ef6cf1dd9ea359e7258https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457942510045x
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