PREADOLESCENT CHUMSHIP AS A BUFFER AGAINST PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH WEAK FAMILY SUPPORT AND WEAK PARENTAL BONDING

Authors
BACHAR E CANETTI L BONNE O DENOUR AK SHALEV AY
Citation
E. Bachar et al., PREADOLESCENT CHUMSHIP AS A BUFFER AGAINST PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENTS WITH WEAK FAMILY SUPPORT AND WEAK PARENTAL BONDING, Child psychiatry and human development, 27(4), 1997, pp. 209-220
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psychology, Developmental",Psychiatry,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Child psychiatry and human development → ACNP
ISSN journal
0009398X
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
209 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-398X(1997)27:4<209:PCAABA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This study examines the degree to which the existence of a pre-adolesc ent ''chum'' interacts with family and social environments to buffer m ental distress in adolescents. 831 high school students participated i n this study, (male: 355; female: 476; mean age 16.7 +/- 1.0). Subject s were administered questionnaires assessing psychopathology and suppo rt systems. A pathway analyses model was used to investigate pathways and their interrelationships from chum to psychopathology and from soc ial and family support to psychopathology. Only when adolescents exper ience weak parental bonding does chumship have a role in buffering dis tress.