ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2021
Family Stress and Rural African-American Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms.
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- Prevalence and attributable risk of depressive and anxiety symptoms among secondary school students: the role of maternal mental health and other risk factors.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional study of multidimensional psychosocial stress and depression risk.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Longitudinal association of breakfast and midnight snacks with depressive symptoms in China multi-ethnic adolescents.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Disparities in mental health service utilization among adolescents with depression: Results from a 2022 U.S. National Survey.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Black American Adolescents: Sociocultural, Racism and Familial Predictors.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Article
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purposeLimited longitudinal research investigates the effects of family stress on the development of depressive symptoms among African-American adolescents. This study tests a developmental model of the family and intrapersonal processes linking family stress to depressive symptoms from the ages of 11 to 15 years. We hypothesized that family stress would predict increases in caregiver-youth conflict, which in turn would predict decreases in adolescents' self-control, a proximal predictor of increases in depressive symptoms.
methodsThe sample consisted of 472 African-American youths and their primary caregivers from eight rural counties in southern Georgia who provided data at four time points (youth of ages 11-15 years). Hypotheses were tested with structural equation modeling.
resultsResults were consistent with study hypotheses. Family stress significantly predicted depressive symptoms via intermediate effects on caregiver-youth conflict and adolescent self-control. The indirect influence of family stress via these intermediate processes was significant.
conclusionsFindings suggest tha, when families experience stress, caregiver-youth conflict increases, which may lead to the development of poor self-control in youth, a proximal predictor of increases in depressive symptoms. Findings have implications for the development of prevention programs for rural African-American adolescents.
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