Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes

Individuals’ perceptions of their social images [i.e., meta-representations (MR)] and perceived stereotyping threat create involuntary stress responses that may affect important outcomes, such as self-esteem, academic achievement, and mental health. This study aimed to (1) analyze the indirect assoc...

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Autores principales:	Maria Manuela Calheiros, Carla Sofia Silva, Joana Nunes Patrício, Helena Carvalho
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	young people residential care youth’s perceptions of their social images self-representations mental health Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0e380daf771f4a38a3850b22e871b3782021-11-30T19:16:34ZYouth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.744088https://doaj.org/article/0e380daf771f4a38a3850b22e871b3782021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.744088/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Individuals’ perceptions of their social images [i.e., meta-representations (MR)] and perceived stereotyping threat create involuntary stress responses that may affect important outcomes, such as self-esteem, academic achievement, and mental health. This study aimed to (1) analyze the indirect associations between residential care youth’s MR and their psychological adjustment (i.e., externalizing and internalizing problems) through their self-representations (SR) and (2) test the moderating role of youth’s age and residential unit size in those associations. A sample of 926 youth aged between 12 and 25years old filled out self-report questionnaires regarding their representations about how people in general perceive them (i.e., MR) and their SR. Residential care professionals filled in the socio-demographic questionnaires and the Child Behavior Checklist. Data were analyzed through multiple mediation models and moderated mediation models. Results showed that (1) youth’s behavioral MR were indirectly associated with higher internalizing and externalizing behavior through higher levels of behavioral SR and (2) youth’s emotional MR were associated with higher internalizing problems through higher emotional SR, but also with lower internalizing problems through lower levels of behavioral SR. These results emphasize the importance of stimulating positive SR, by showing that they can be a protective factor for youth in residential care.Maria Manuela CalheirosCarla Sofia SilvaCarla Sofia SilvaJoana Nunes PatrícioHelena CarvalhoFrontiers Media S.A.articleyoung peopleresidential careyouth’s perceptions of their social imagesself-representationsmental healthPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic	young people residential care youth’s perceptions of their social images self-representations mental health Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	young people residential care youth’s perceptions of their social images self-representations mental health Psychology BF1-990 Maria Manuela Calheiros Carla Sofia Silva Carla Sofia Silva Joana Nunes Patrício Helena Carvalho Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
description	Individuals’ perceptions of their social images [i.e., meta-representations (MR)] and perceived stereotyping threat create involuntary stress responses that may affect important outcomes, such as self-esteem, academic achievement, and mental health. This study aimed to (1) analyze the indirect associations between residential care youth’s MR and their psychological adjustment (i.e., externalizing and internalizing problems) through their self-representations (SR) and (2) test the moderating role of youth’s age and residential unit size in those associations. A sample of 926 youth aged between 12 and 25years old filled out self-report questionnaires regarding their representations about how people in general perceive them (i.e., MR) and their SR. Residential care professionals filled in the socio-demographic questionnaires and the Child Behavior Checklist. Data were analyzed through multiple mediation models and moderated mediation models. Results showed that (1) youth’s behavioral MR were indirectly associated with higher internalizing and externalizing behavior through higher levels of behavioral SR and (2) youth’s emotional MR were associated with higher internalizing problems through higher emotional SR, but also with lower internalizing problems through lower levels of behavioral SR. These results emphasize the importance of stimulating positive SR, by showing that they can be a protective factor for youth in residential care.
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author	Maria Manuela Calheiros Carla Sofia Silva Carla Sofia Silva Joana Nunes Patrício Helena Carvalho
author_facet	Maria Manuela Calheiros Carla Sofia Silva Carla Sofia Silva Joana Nunes Patrício Helena Carvalho
author_sort	Maria Manuela Calheiros
title	Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
title_short	Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
title_full	Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
title_fullStr	Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
title_full_unstemmed	Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes
title_sort	youth in residential care: a cross-sectional mediation analysis of youth’s perceptions of their social images, self-representations, and adjustment outcomes
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/0e380daf771f4a38a3850b22e871b378
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Youth in Residential Care: A Cross-Sectional Mediation Analysis of Youth’s Perceptions of Their Social Images, Self-Representations, and Adjustment Outcomes

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