Perceived responsibility of the target character for his/her condition predicts acceptance of peers with mental health problems¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · no dated study recorded · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The perceived responsibility of the target character for his/her condition was among the most important predictors of acceptance in all models. → ev-responsibility

Evidence¶

Swords 2011¶

Swords, L, Heary, C & Hennessy, E 2011, 'Factors associated with acceptance of peers with mental health problems in childhood and adolescence', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 933-941. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02351.x

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Attributional variable tested in regression models of vignette responses from 595 participants. The article identifies "the perceived responsibility of the target character for his/her condition" as a top predictor; no effect size is printed in the supplied text.

"The models indicated that age and gender of the participant, and the perceived responsibility of the target character for his/her condition, were the three most important predictors of acceptance in all models."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Relationships between socio-demographic and attributional variables and acceptance depend on the type of mental health problem (depression vs ADHD) — related
• Age, gender of participant, and perceived responsibility of the target character were the three most important predictors of peer acceptance across all models — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Children's reactions to peers with mental health problems are related to the maintenance and outcomes of those problems — related
• Peer rejection incrementally predicts subsequent behavioral, emotional, and academic maladjustment in children with ADHD beyond ADHD status itself — related