Social cognition and adjustment in children at risk for psychopathology.
Developmental PsychologyPublished 1 September 1989
Geraldine Downey, Elaine F. Walker
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Abstract
This study tested two models of how social cognition affects the link between child adjustment and two family risk factors, maltreatment and parental psychopathology. The mediation model proposed that social cognition mediates the link between the risk factors and maladjustment. The compensation model proposed that social cognition compensates for the risk factors. Social cognitive measures were social problem-solving competency and hostile attributional and response biases
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