Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42067911›Full record

ArticleBMC psychology2026

Relationship between psychological resilience and internalizing/externalizing behaviors in adolescents: the mediating role of anhedonia and ostracism.

Zekeriya Arslan, Derya Kayıran

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BMC psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zekeriya ArslanKahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Child Development Program, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. zarslanksu@gmail.com.
Derya KayıranKahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Child Development Program, Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye. deryakeskinpalta@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdolescence is a critical developmental stage characterized by heightened vulnerability in psychological and behavioral domains. During this period, adverse experiences such as social ostracism, anhedonia, and behavioral problems are more prevalent and can significantly disrupt individual well-being. Interventions that fail to account for adolescents' developmental characteristics often remain ineffective. This study aims to contribute to the literature by examining the interrelationships among these variables through an integrated and holistic framework.

methodsThe research employed a correlational survey design and was conducted with high school students. Advanced statistical techniques were used to analyze the data, allowing for a comprehensive exploration of the complex associations among the study variables.

resultsThe findings revealed that adolescents' resilience negatively and indirectly influenced ostracism through anhedonia, and further affected both externalizing and internalizing behaviors indirectly and negatively through anhedonia and ostracism. Conversely, anhedonia was found to have an indirect and positive effect on externalizing and internalizing behaviors via ostracism.

conclusionsThe study demonstrated that resilience serves as a protective factor, buffering adolescents against adverse emotional and social experiences. However, anhedonic tendencies were shown to weaken social relationships and exacerbate behavioral difficulties. These findings underscore the importance of strengthening protective factors such as psychological resilience in interventions designed for adolescents.

Indexed as

Adolescent BehaviorAnhedoniaProblem BehaviorResilience, PsychologicalSocial IsolationAdolescentFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsMaleAnhedoniaInternalizing and Externalizing BehaviorsOstracismPsychological Resilience in Adolescents

Identifiers

PMID42067911
PMCPMC13330204

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.