Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 115 Health and Human Development Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2019 Nov;48(11):2125-2140. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01091-2. Epub 2019 Aug 4.
In adolescence, Mexican-origin females are at higher risk for depressive symptoms, peer and school stressors are associated with depressive symptoms, and parental support continues to show a protective nature. However, it is unclear how peer and school stressors are associated with depressive symptoms across time, whether parental support moderates the link between stressors and depressive symptoms, and whether differences in patterns of associations differ for early-middle and middle-late Mexican-origin adolescents. This study contributes to existing knowledge by examining the longitudinal and reciprocal associations among peer and school stressors, depressive symptoms, and parental support as a moderator across four years (three time points) with a cohort of Mexican-origin early adolescent (n = 170, M = 12.27 at baseline) and middle adolescent (n = 168, M = 15.21 at baseline) females. The cross-lagged model showed that for the early adolescent cohort prior peer stressors were associated with later depressive symptoms in mid-adolescence whereas for the middle-adolescent cohort earlier depressive symptoms were associated with subsequent peer stressors in late adolescence. Parental support moderated the link between peer stressors and depressive symptoms for mid-adolescents and the link between depressive symptoms and school stressors for late adolescents. Findings suggest that associations among peer and school stressors, depressive symptoms, and parental support may be more prevalent during middle-late adolescence.
在青春期,墨西哥裔女性患抑郁症状的风险更高,同伴和学校压力源与抑郁症状相关,父母支持仍然具有保护作用。然而,目前尚不清楚同伴和学校压力源如何随时间与抑郁症状相关,父母支持是否调节压力源与抑郁症状之间的联系,以及早期-中期和中期-晚期墨西哥裔青少年的关联模式是否存在差异。本研究通过考察同伴和学校压力源、抑郁症状以及父母支持作为 moderator 在四个时间点(三年)的纵向和相互关联,为现有知识做出了贡献,研究对象为一组墨西哥裔早期青少年(n=170,基线时 M=12.27)和中期青少年(n=168,基线时 M=15.21)女性。交叉滞后模型显示,对于早期青少年队列,先前的同伴压力与中期青少年时期的后期抑郁症状相关,而对于中期青少年队列,早期抑郁症状与后期青少年时期的后续同伴压力相关。父母支持调节了中期青少年中同伴压力源与抑郁症状之间的联系,以及晚期青少年中抑郁症状与学校压力源之间的联系。研究结果表明,同伴和学校压力源、抑郁症状以及父母支持之间的关联在中期-晚期青少年中可能更为普遍。