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Friends mitigate effect of bad experiences
Monday January 30, 2012 08:53:13 AM,
IANS
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Toronto:
Having supportive friends can mitigate the effects of bad
experiences and confer psychological benefits.
"Having a best friend present during an unpleasant event has an
immediate impact on a child's body and mind," says study co-author
William M. Bukowski, psychology professor and director of the
Concordia University Centre for Research in Human Development.
"If a child is alone when he or she gets in trouble with a teacher
or has an argument with a classmate, we see a measurable increase
in cortisol levels (hormone produced by the adrenal gland in
response to stress) and decrease in feelings of self-worth," says
Bukowski.
"Excessive secretion of cortisol can lead to significant
physiological changes, including immune suppression and decreased
bone formation. Increased stress can really slow down a child's
development," adds Bukowski, the journal Developmental Psychology
reports.
A total of 55 boys and 48 girls from grades five and six in local
Montreal schools took part in the study. They kept journals on
their feelings and experiences over the course of four days and
submitted to regular saliva tests that monitored cortisol levels,
according to a Concordia statement.
This study is the first to definitively demonstrate that the
presence of a friend results in an immediate benefit for the child
undergoing a negative experience.
These results have far-reaching implications. "Our physiological
and psychological reactions to negative experiences as children
impacts us later in life," explains Bukowski.
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