Adolescent Daily and General Maladjustment: Is There Reactivity to Daily Repeated Measures Methodologies?

• Autores: Adrienne Nishina
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 83, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 405-412
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The present study examined whether repeated exposure to daily surveys about negative social experiences predicts changes in adolescents’ daily and general maladjustment, and whether question content moderates these changes. Across a 2-week period, 6th-grade students (N = 215; mode age = 11) completed 5 daily reports tapping experienced or experienced and witnessed negative events, or they completed no daily reports. General maladjustment was measured in 2-week intervals before, at the end of, and 2 weeks after the daily report study. Daily maladjustment either decreased or did not change across the 5 daily report exposures. General maladjustment decreased across the three 2-week intervals. Combined, results indicate that short-term daily report studies do not place youth at risk for increased maladjustment.