Title:
Relations among adolescents' friendship closeness, self-esteem, and early adulthood anxiety disorder presence
Author:
Brian Farrell
Thesis Advisor:
Carolyn M. Barry
Committee Member:
Rachel L. Grover
Committee Member:
Jason M. Prenoveau
Committee Member:
. Golom
Committee Member:
Stephen E. Fowl
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2021
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
The developmental and clinical importance of aspects of friendship quality and self-esteem in adolescence has long been documented. Despite the expansive literature base, previous studies have only examined relations within adolescence, with minimal attention to their developmental nature and their potential clinical significance across time. The current study organized the literature on friendship closeness and self-esteem as they relate to anxiety disorders specifically and postulated a developmental model. It was hypothesized that (1) friendship closeness at 13-years of age would be significantly related to anxiety disorder presence at 26-years of age, (2) that this relation would be significantly mediated by self-esteem at 20-years of age, and (3) that the observed mediation would be moderated by gender identity. The current study utilized public use data from the ADD Health Study (n = 336). Hypotheses were analyzed through SPSS and PROCESS using hierarchical logistic regression analyses. Results indicated that hypothesis one and three were not supported, and hypothesis two was partially supported. Ratings of friendship closeness at 13 were not significantly related to endorsement of an anxiety disorder presence at 26. Ratings of friendship closeness at 13 were significantly indirectly related to presence of an anxiety disorder at 26 when included with self-esteem at 20, but there was insufficient data to conclude mediation as the direct relation was not significant. Gender identity did not significantly moderate the indirect relation. The results preliminarily suggest an indirect relation between friendship closeness and self-esteem across adolescence with anxiety disorder presence post-adolescence. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Subject:
Self-esteem in adolescence
Subject:
Anxiety
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Subject:
Academic theses
Degree:
Doctor of Clinical Psychology
Level:
Doctor
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
FarrellB-21
