Department of Psychology, Clark University.
Department of Psychology, Georgia State University.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2018 Jan;24(1):139-149. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000158. Epub 2017 Jun 5.
African American (AA) adolescents face a greater risk of internalizing symptoms, including symptoms of both depression and anxiety, compared with other racial groups; yet, relatively less is known about the variables that contribute to internalizing symptoms. With the aim of advancing this work, this study examined factors that may buffer against such symptoms (maternal warmth, religiosity), as well as those that may confer additional risk (maternal psychopathology).
One hundred ninety-three AA single mothers and their adolescent youth reported on religiosity, maternal warmth and depressive symptoms, and youth internalizing symptoms. Dyadic structural equation modeling was used to examine the effects of mother and adolescent religiosity, maternal warmth, maternal depressive symptoms, and adolescent age on youth internalizing symptoms as reported by both the mother and the adolescent.
Consistent with hypotheses, maternal depressive symptoms were significantly associated with youth internalizing symptoms (as reported by the adolescent). Further, the impact of maternal religiosity on self-reported youth internalizing symptoms and its subscales was moderated by adolescent age. Specifically, maternal religiosity was associated with fewer self-reported internalizing symptoms in young adolescents, whereas the effect waned in older youth.
Possible predictive coprocesses such as maternal influence on adolescent religious choices and identity formation are explored in the context of adolescent internalizing symptomatology. (PsycINFO Database Record
与其他种族群体相比，非裔美国青少年（AA）面临更大的内化症状风险，包括抑郁和焦虑症状；然而，对于导致内化症状的变量知之甚少。为了推进这项工作，本研究考察了可能缓解这些症状的因素（母亲的温暖、宗教信仰），以及可能带来额外风险的因素（母亲的精神病理学）。
193 名非裔美国单身母亲及其青少年报告了宗教信仰、母亲的温暖和抑郁症状以及青少年的内化症状。使用对偶结构方程模型来检验母亲和青少年的宗教信仰、母亲的温暖、母亲的抑郁症状和青少年的年龄对母亲和青少年报告的青少年内化症状的影响。
与假设一致，母亲的抑郁症状与青少年内化症状显著相关。此外，母亲宗教信仰对自我报告的青少年内化症状及其子量表的影响受到青少年年龄的调节。具体来说，母亲的宗教信仰与青少年自我报告的内化症状较少有关，而在年龄较大的青少年中，这种影响减弱。
在青少年内化症状的背景下，探讨了可能的预测共处理过程，例如母亲对青少年宗教选择和身份形成的影响。
