African American children's depressive symptoms: the prospective effects of neighborhood disorder, stressful life events, and parenting.
The prospective effects of observed neighborhood disorder, stressful life events, and parents' engagement in inductive reasoning on adolescents' depressive symptoms were examined using data collected from 777 African American families. Multilevel analyses revealed that stressful life events experienced at age 11 predicted depressive symptoms at age 13. Furthermore, a significant interaction between neighborhood disorder and parents' engagement in inductive reasoning was found, indicating that parental use of inductive reasoning was a protective factor for depressive symptoms particularly for youths living in highly disordered neighborhoods. The importance of examining correlates of depressive symptoms from a contextual framework, focusing on individuals, families, and neighborhood contexts, is emphasized.
Natsuaki
Misaki N
MN
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. natsuaki@umn.edu
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Xiaojia
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Brody
Gene H
GH
Simons
Ronald L
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Gibbons
Frederick X
FX
Cutrona
Carolyn E
CE
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D016487:Parenting; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013315:Stress, Psychological