Longitudinal Associations Between Aggression and Depression Across Late-Childhood to Mid-Adolescence: A Test of Failure Pathways.

IF 4.4 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI:10.1080/15374416.2025.2541354

Linqin Ji, Lingxiao Wang, Jianping Ma, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Wenxin Zhang

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Abstract

Objective: Aggression and depression are two intertwined major manifestations of psychosocial maladjustment among children and adolescents. The current study examined the temporal order of the intertwining of these two constructs across late childhood to middle adolescence, with focus of testing the failure model and acting out model by testing their mediating pathways.

Method: The sample was 2109 participants (1083 boys, 51.35%, mean age = 11.31 ± 0.49 years at time 1) who were followed from Grade 5 to Grade 9. Multi-informant approach of data collection (i.e. self, peer, school records) was employed.

Results: Random-intercept cross-lagged panel modeling (RI-CLPM) revealed that relational aggression at Grade 5 was associated with increases in depression at Grade 6, and academic problems mediated the longitudinal pathway from depression at grade 7 to physical and relational aggression at grade 9. The results were similar in boys and girls.

Conclusions: Evidence supported the transactional longitudinal associations between aggression and depression, and the mediating pathways of academic failures in late childhood to middle adolescence.

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从童年晚期到青春期中期，攻击与抑郁之间的纵向关联：失败路径的检验。

目的：攻击和抑郁是儿童青少年社会心理适应不良的两种主要表现形式。本研究考察了童年晚期到青春期中期这两种构式交织的时间顺序，重点通过测试它们的中介途径来测试失败模型和行动模型。方法：样本为2109名参与者，其中男孩1083名，占51.35%，平均年龄= 11.31±0.49岁，随访时间为5年级至9年级。采用多信息来源的数据收集方法（即自我、同伴、学校记录）。结果：随机截距交叉滞后面板模型（RI-CLPM）显示，5年级的关系攻击与6年级的抑郁增加相关，学业问题介导了7年级抑郁到9年级身体和关系攻击的纵向通路。男孩和女孩的结果相似。结论：证据支持攻击与抑郁之间的交易性纵向关联，以及童年晚期至青春期中期学业失败的中介途径。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) is the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association. It publishes original contributions on the following topics: (a) the development and evaluation of assessment and intervention techniques for use with clinical child and adolescent populations; (b) the development and maintenance of clinical child and adolescent problems; (c) cross-cultural and sociodemographic issues that have a clear bearing on clinical child and adolescent psychology in terms of theory, research, or practice; and (d) training and professional practice in clinical child and adolescent psychology, as well as child advocacy.