Citation
Zhang, Xing (2018). Adolescent protective contexts for depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood by race and ethnicity.
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Abstract
Mental health disparities among emerging adults are higher among racial and ethnic minorities. Many studies have evidenced associations between school connectedness, parent-child relationships, and depressive symptoms by race and ethnicity in adolescence. However, assessing the interaction of school connectedness and parent-child relationships from adolescence to emerging adulthood is unknown. Data from Waves I-III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health were used to examine how school connectedness and parent-child relationships were associated with depressive symptoms from adolescence to emerging adulthood, and variations across race and ethnicity. Maternal warmth in adolescence was associated with decreased depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood among all respondents. Perceiving that the teacher cared and interactions of school connectedness and parent-child relationships in adolescence were associated with decreased depressive symptoms for Black emerging adults. Among Hispanics and Asians, however, school characteristics in adolescence were associated with depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood.
URL
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/asa/asa18/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1373432Keyword(s)
mental health racial minorities ethnic minorities school connectedness parent-child relationships depressive symptoms
Reference Type
Conference proceeding
Book Title
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association
Series Title
3581. Section on Sociology of Children and Youth Refereed Roundtable Session
Author(s)
Zhang, Xing
Year Published
2018
City of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Reference ID
9386
