title: Parent and peer links to trajectories of anxious withdrawal from grades 5 to 8.
abstract: Individual differences in trajectories of anxious withdrawal were examined from Grades 5 to 8 across the transition to middle school in a community sample (N = 283), using General Growth Mixture Modeling. Three distinct pathways of anxious withdrawal were identified: low-stable (78%), high-decreasing (12%), and high-increasing (10%). In Grade 6, relative to the low-stable class, greater peer exclusion and more free time spent with mother predicted membership in the high-decreasing class; higher peer exclusion predicted membership in the high-increasing class. Within the high-increasing class, the growth of anxious withdrawal was predicted by lower parental autonomy-granting, less free time with mother, both nurturing and restrictive parenting, and greater peer exclusion. Results highlight the role of both parent-child relationship and peer difficulties in increasing the adjustment risk among youth who are anxiously withdrawn prior to the middle-school transition.
authors.affiliation: Family & Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. ibcb@uw.edu
authors.forename: Cathryn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Booth-Laforce
authors.forename: Wonjung
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rose-Krasnor
authors.forename: Brett
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laursen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012574:Schools