ArticleBMC public health2023
Parental separation, negative life events and mental health problems in adolescence.
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- The Relationship Between Negative Life Events and Mental Health in Chinese Vulnerable Children: A Meta-Analysis Based on the Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Negative life events, inadequate mental health literacy, and emotional symptoms among Chinese college students: a school-based longitudinal prospective study.International journal of mental health systems · 2025Article
- Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and long-term outcomes in people at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis.Schizophrenia (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Associations between parental psychological control and negative emotions in early adolescents: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the relationship between mental health status and life events in children and adolescents: the role of mediating factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Influence of Gender, Parental Control, Academic Performance and Physical Activity Level on the Characteristics of Video Game Use and Associated Psychosocial Problems in Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intersecting Impacts of Family Income and Minority Status on Depression and Suicidal Behaviors Among Young Adults.Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundParental separation is associated with mental health problems in adolescence. One suggested pathway for this association is through the accumulated exposure to stress and other negative life events. This study aimed to document the distribution of negative life events among adolescents with separated compared to non-separated parents, and to assess the direct and interactive associations between parental separation, negative life events, and mental health problems in adolescence.
methodsData stem from the cross-sectional population-based youth@hordaland study of adolescents (aged 16-19) conducted in Norway in 2012, providing self-reported information about parental separation, negative life events, and depression-, anxiety-, conduct-, and ADHD symptoms. Regression analyses were used to assess the direct and interactive associations between parental separation, negative life events, and mental health problems.
resultsAdolescents with separated parents had more mental health problems across all symptom scales compared to peers with non-separated parents, with standardized mean differences [SMDs] ranging from 0.15 to 0.20. Negative life events moderately attenuated these differences (reduced the SMDs with about 0.04-0.08, depending on the outcome). However, none of the interactions between parental separation and negative life events on mental health problems were statistically significant.
conclusionsHigher exposure to negative life events explains parts of the association between parental separation and mental health problems in adolescence. However, a parental separation does not seem to increase the vulnerability of the effects of negative life events on adolescents' mental health. Assessing exposure to negative life events is important when providing mental health services to adolescents, particularly to those who have parents separated.
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