Distress Tolerance and Social Support in Adolescence: Predicting Risk for Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms Following a Natural Disaster

Overview

Journal J Psychopathol Behav Assess

Publisher Springer

Specialty Psychology

Date 2017 Feb 7

PMID 28163364

Citations 10

Authors

Joseph R Cohen

Carla Kmett Danielson

Zachary W Adams

Kenneth J Ruggiero

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Abstract

The purpose of the multi-measure, multi-wave, longitudinal study was to examine the interactive relation between behavioral distress tolerance (DT) and perceived social support (PSS) in 352 tornado-exposed adolescents aged 12-17 years (=14.44; =1.74). At baseline, adolescents completed a computer-based task for DT, and self-report measures of PSS, depressed mood, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use, and interpersonal conflict. Symptoms also were assessed 4 and 12 months after baseline. Findings showed that lower levels of DT together with lower levels of PSS conferred risk for elevated symptoms of prospective depression ((262)= -2.04, =.04; r=0.13) and PTSD ((195)= -2.08, =.04; r=0.15) following a tornado. However, only PSS was significant in substance use (139)=2.20, =.03; r=0.18) and conflict ((138)=-4.05, <.0001; r=0.33) in our sample. Implications regarding adolescent DT, the transdiagnostic nature of PSS, and the clinical applications of our findings in the aftermath of a natural disaster are discussed.

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