Protective Factors Buffer Life Stress and Behavioral Health Outcomes among High-Risk Youth

Autor: Darlene A. Kertes, Shubam Sharma, Danielle M. Dick, Brian Mustanski, John M. Bolland
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Adult
Male
High-risk youth
050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty
Parental monitoring
Adolescent
Behavioral Symptoms
Externalizing problems
Substance use
Health outcomes
Article
Structural equation modeling
Developmental psychology
Religiosity
Young Adult
Racism
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
Neighborhood factors
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Poverty
Life stress
Exposure to Violence
Parenting
High-risk environments
Public health
05 social sciences
Behavioral health
Protective Factors
16. Peace & justice
Adolescence
Collective efficacy
Black or African American
Internalizing problems
Psychiatry and Mental health
Adolescent Behavior
Female
Psychology
Stress
Psychological
050104 developmental & child psychology
Zdroj: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
ISSN: 1573-2835
0091-0627
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-019-00515-8
Popis: This study investigated internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and polydrug use among African-American youth residing in high-poverty neighborhoods, and tested the potential protective effects of religiosity, parental monitoring, and neighborhood collective efficacy on life stress and behavioral health outcomes (N = 576; 307 females; Mage = 16 years, SD = 1.44 years). A cumulative risk index reflected the combined effects of past year exposure to stressful life events, racial discrimination, and exposure to violence along with poor neighborhood ecology. Structural equation modeling revealed that cumulative risk significantly predicted internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and polydrug use. Interaction tests showed that the association of cumulative risk with internalizing problems was buffered by adolescent religiosity and neighborhood collective efficacy. The association of cumulative risk with externalizing problems was buffered by parental monitoring and collective efficacy. Adolescent sex further moderated these effects. The findings of the present study collectively highlight potential for protective factors to buffer effects of cumulative risk on behavioral health outcomes among youth residing in high-risk neighborhoods.
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