Experiential Avoidance, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms, and Academic Impairment.

The ways in which Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms lead to impairments in functioning, including academic performance, are not well understood. The present study sought to examine the role of a common maladaptive coping strategy, experiential avoidance, as a moderator of the relationship between posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and academic achievement. Participants ( = 326) were undergraduate students enrolled in introductory psychology courses at a large university in the Midwestern United States who reported at least one event potentially meeting Criterion A for PTSD.

Parental Management of Adolescents' Peer Relationships in Ghana and the United States.

A sample of Ghanaian ( = 119) and United States (US;  = 70) adolescents was used to examine parental management of peer relationships. Adolescents completed measures of consulting, guiding, parent-adolescent conflict about peers, and social behavior. Compared to US adolescents, Ghanaian adolescents reported higher levels of overt aggression and relational aggression.

Quantity and quality of maternal consulting: Associations with adolescents' loneliness and peer victimization.

Introduction: The goal of this investigation was to understand the way in which the quantity and quality of maternal consulting are related to adolescents' peer victimization and loneliness and to examine whether these associations were moderated by adolescents' social competence.

Method: An ethnically diverse sample of 70 early adolescents (M  = 12.39 years; 51.