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ArticleGlobal social welfare : research, policy & practice2021

Stressful Life Events and Their Unique Associations with Psychosocial Outcomes: a Gendered Analysis Among High School Adolescents.

Lindsay Stark, Ilana Seff, Flora Cohen, Jeremy Aldrich, Carine Allaf

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Lindsay StarkBrown School, Washington University, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8775-9735
Ilana SeffMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 W168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2569-995X
Flora CohenBrown School, Washington University, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7879-3958
Jeremy AldrichHarrisonburg City Public Schools, 1 Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, USA.
Carine AllafQatar Foundation International, 1225 New York Ave NW #500, Washington, D. C 20005, USA.

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GWB MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH TRAININGT32MH019960 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Leopoldo J Cabassa, Byron James Powell · 1995 to 2026
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NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019960
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introductionThere is substantial evidence linking stressful life events (SLEs) in childhood to poor mental health later in life, but few studies explore how various types of SLEs differentially impact mental health. The purpose of this study is to assess associations between SLEs and psychosocial outcomes in a diverse adolescent population in the USA and to examine whether and how these relationships are gendered.

methodsThe sample comprises 181 high school students ages 13-21 years in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This study analyzed associations between 12 SLEs and eight psychosocial outcomes using ordinary least-squares and logistic regressions. Relationships were estimated for the full sample and for males and females, separately.

resultsFor boys, having ever been forced to leave one's family was associated with declines in resilience (B = - 4.646; 95% CI (- 8.79, - 0.50)) and increases in externalizing symptoms (B = 0.392; 95% CI (0.15, 0.63)). Furthermore, boys who experienced a drastic change in their family reported lower levels of school belonging (B = - 9.272; 95% CI (- 17.45, - 1.09)). For girls, having ever been forced to leave one's family was associated with decreases in depressive (B = - 0.961; 95% CI (- 1.88, - 0.05)) and anxiety symptomology (B = - 0.868; 95% CI (- 1.68, - 0.06)). Overall, students who experienced a life-threatening emergency exhibited greater depressive (B = 0.445; 95% CI (0.15, 0.74)) and anxiety symptoms (B = 0.287; 95% CI (0.05, 0.52)), and depressive symptomology was also associated with having ever been physically hurt by someone (B = 0.224; 95% CI (0.01, 0.44)).

conclusionsFindings provide insights into how exposures might engender different mental health processes and outcomes, and how these processes may manifest differently across gender.

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AdolescentsAdverse childhood experiencesGenderMental health

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