Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jan 4;19(1):540. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010540.
Pesticides used to control insects, such as pyrethroids, are neurotoxicants, yet adolescent researchers often overlook their potential role in adolescent psychological adjustment. This brief report is guided by bioecological theory and considers the possible independent and interactive effects of environmental pyrethroid pesticide exposure for adolescent depressive symptoms. Self-reported adolescent appraisals of the parent-child relationship and depressive symptoms were obtained from a convenience sample of impoverished, predominantly Latino urban youth ( = 44). Exposure to environmental pyrethroids was obtained from wipe samples using a standardized protocol. Parent-adolescent conflict was higher in households with bifenthrin than those without, and adolescent depressive symptoms were elevated in homes where cypermethrin was detected. In addition, the presence of bifenthrin in the home attenuated the protective effects of parental involvement on adolescent depressive symptoms. The current results suggest that adolescent mental health researchers must consider the synergistic combinations of adolescents' environments' physical and social features. Given the endemic presence of pesticides and their neurotoxic function, pesticide exposure may demand specific attention.
用于控制昆虫的杀虫剂，如拟除虫菊酯，是神经毒素，但青少年研究人员往往忽略了它们在青少年心理调节中的潜在作用。本简要报告以生物生态理论为指导，考虑了环境拟除虫菊酯农药暴露对青少年抑郁症状的可能独立和交互影响。自我报告的青少年对亲子关系和抑郁症状的评估来自贫困、以拉丁裔为主的城市青年的便利样本（n=44）。使用标准化方案从擦拭样本中获取环境拟除虫菊酯暴露情况。有功夫菊酯存在的家庭中，父母与青少年的冲突比没有功夫菊酯存在的家庭更高，而在检测到氯菊酯的家庭中，青少年的抑郁症状也有所升高。此外，家中有功夫菊酯存在会削弱父母参与对青少年抑郁症状的保护作用。目前的结果表明，青少年心理健康研究人员必须考虑青少年所处环境的物理和社会特征的协同组合。鉴于杀虫剂的普遍存在及其神经毒性功能，杀虫剂暴露可能需要特别关注。
