Worried, concerned and untroubled: Antecedents and consequences of youth worry
Research SummaryAPA Citation:
O'Neal, C. W., Mallette, J. K., Lanier, A. R., Mancini, J. A., & Huebner, A. J. (2016). Worried, concerned and untroubled: Antecedents and consequences of youth worry. Child & Family Social Work, 22(2). 801-812. doi:10.1111/cfs.12298
Abstract Created by REACH:
Different aspects of military life, including parental deployment, may lead youth to experience higher levels of worry. Three distinct patterns or profiles of worrying were identified in a sample of military youth. Worry profiles were then compared based on various individual characteristics, military family factors, and markers of overall well-being. Youth in the most worried profile displayed more negative outcomes than those in the middle and low worry profiles.
Focus:
Children
Mental health
Youth
Branch of Service:
Army
Military Affiliation:
Active Duty
Subject Affiliation:
Active duty service member
Child of a service member or veteran
Military families
Population:
Childhood (birth - 12 yrs)
School age (6 - 12 yrs)
Adolescence (13 - 17 yrs)
Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Young adulthood (18 - 29 yrs)
Thirties (30 - 39 yrs)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Methodology:
Empirical Study
Quantitative Study
Cross-Sectional Study
Authors:
O'Neal, Catherine Walker, Mallette, Jacquelyn K., Lanier, Audrey R., Mancini, Jay A., Huebner, Angela J.
Abstract:
Using a pattern-based approach, worry was explored in relation to military youths' developmental and contextual characteristics, and pivotal outcomes (depressive symptoms, self-efficacy, well-being, coping styles, academic performance and deployment adjustment). Data were collected from parents and adolescents, age 11 to 18, living in the USA (n = 273 families). Variations in individual characteristics (age and gender), military family factors (rank, recent deployment, parents' resilient coping abilities) and family relational characteristics (parents' marital status, warm parenting, marital quality) were related to heterogeneous worry typologies. Depressive symptoms, self-efficacy and well-being, varied across the worry typologies. Implications are drawn from these findings for identifying potential interventions that can be accessed to modify these worry patterns and limit their harmful effects.
Publisher/Sponsoring Organization:
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Publication Type:
Article
REACH Publication
Author Affiliation:
University of Georgia, CWO
East Carolina University, JKM
Richmont Graduate University, ARL
University of Georgia, JAM
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, AJH
Keywords:
resilience, mental health, parenting, adolescence, military children, difficult behaviour
REACH Publication Type:
Research Summary
Sponsors:
US Department of Agriculture, NIFA, US, Grant Number: 2009-48680-06069