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Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

26-11-2024

Social-ecological Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Black Adolescents

Auteurs: Kari N. Thomsen, Kathryn H. Howell, Hannah C. Gilliam, Annisa M. Ahmed, Idia B. Thurston

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Abstract

Exposure to direct and intergenerational adversity can negatively affect the mental health (e.g., depressive symptoms) of adolescents. Black adolescents are at particularly heightened risk for experiencing adversity due to systematic exposure to racism-related stress and discrimination; yet most Black youth do not develop mental health problems. Given this context, the current study explored social-ecological protective factors (e.g., internal assets, mother-adolescent communication, community cohesion) that Black adolescents may access to mitigate depressive symptoms. The sample included 141 Black adolescents and their mothers. Adolescents ranged in age from 11 to 17 (M_age = 13.70; SD = 2.02) and more than half identified as girls (64.08%). Mothers were between the ages of 28 and 64 (M_age = 37.91; SD = 7.64). Hierarchical linear regression modeling was used to (1) assess the direct effects of social-ecological factors and adversity-related variables on depressive symptoms while controlling for socioeconomic status, and (2) examine the moderating effects of the social-ecological factors on the association between direct adversity and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that less adversity exposure, more internal assets, and better mother-adolescent communication were associated with fewer depressive symptoms. Further, mother-adolescent communication moderated the relation between adolescents’ adversity exposure and their depressive symptoms, such that more effective mother-adolescent communication reduced the strength of the relation between adversity and depressive symptoms. Future interventions targeting depression in Black adolescents may benefit from focusing on familial communication and bolstering internal assets.

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Titel: Social-ecological Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Black Adolescents
Auteurs: Kari N. Thomsen
Kathryn H. Howell
Hannah C. Gilliam
Annisa M. Ahmed
Idia B. Thurston
Publicatiedatum: 26-11-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01266-x

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