Adolescent Mental Health: Neighborhood Stress and Emotional Distress

Autor/inn/en	Snedker, Karen A.; Herting, Jerald R.
Titel	Adolescent Mental Health: Neighborhood Stress and Emotional Distress
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 48 (2016) 5, S.695-719 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X13512335
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Mental Health; Correlation; Community Characteristics; Neighborhoods; Anxiety; Emotional Problems; Stress Variables; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Depression (Psychology); Economically Disadvantaged; Context Effect; Metropolitan Areas; Intervention; Psychological Patterns; At Risk Students; Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Washington (Seattle); Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Psychohygiene; Korrelation; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Angst; Ballungsraum; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to explore the role of neighborhood characteristics, specifically economic disadvantage/advantage, residential instability, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity on emotional distress (depressed affect, anxiety, hopelessness) among youth. Using a regional sample of adolescents and matching their data to census tracts, we use hierarchical linear modeling to examine the relationship of neighborhood spatial factors on distress while controlling for individual, family, peer, and school factors. Results show neighborhood effects for adolescent distress are consistent with a stress process model where economic disadvantage and residential instability are positively associated with emotional distress, and indicators of economic advantage are negatively related. Specifically, we find neighborhood unemployment and housing vacancy rates are associated with increased distress, while the percentage of college graduates and foreign-born residents in the neighborhood is associated with reduced distress. We discuss the implications of our findings for ongoing research on neighborhood contextual effects and adolescent health. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01