Chronic Family Economic Hardship, Family Processes and Progression of Mental and Physical Health Symptoms in Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Lee, Tae Kyoung; Wickrama, K. A. S.; Simons, Leslie Gordon
Titel	Chronic Family Economic Hardship, Family Processes and Progression of Mental and Physical Health Symptoms in Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42 (2013) 6, S.821-836 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-012-9808-1
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Adolescents; Physical Health; Conflict; Depression (Psychology); Foreign Countries; Child Rearing; Structural Equation Models; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Mothers; Stress Variables; Marriage; Gender Differences; Economically Disadvantaged; Family Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Gesundheitszustand; Konflikt; Ausland; Kindererziehung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Mother; Mutter; Ehe; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Research has documented the relationship between family stressors such as family economic hardship and marital conflict and adolescents' mental health symptoms, especially depressive symptoms. Few studies, however, have examined the processes whereby supportive parenting lessens this effect and the progression of mental health and physical health symptoms in adolescence. The present study investigates the influences of chronic family economic hardship on adolescents' multiple health problem symptoms (i.e., symptoms of anxiety, and depression and physical complaints) through parents' marital conflict, and supportive parenting; it also examines how there adolescents' health problems mutually influence one another throughout adolescence. We used Structural Equation Modeling to analyze data from a longitudinal sample of European American mothers, fathers, and target adolescents (N = 451, 53 % female) to examine direct and indirect effects. Findings generally supported the hypothesized model. Chronic family economic hardship contributed to mental and physical health problems of adolescents. This influence largely was mediated through supportive parenting. Moreover, supportive parenting buffered marital conflict on depressive symptoms of adolescents. Also, there was a tendency for females to show more stable depressive symptoms than males. The study demonstrates key mediating pathways and additional moderating influences based on the family stress model and also highlights the importance of improving health resources for adolescents. (As Provided).
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