Parental support, marital conflict, and stress as predictors of depressive symptoms among African American adolescents. Academic Article

abstract

• Given the increase of depressive symptoms among adolescents, it is essential to investigate familial and temperamental correlates of depressive symptoms such as parental support, marital conflict, and stress. Thus, using a cross-sectional design, the current study examined whether parental support, marital conflict, and stress predicted depressive symptoms. Then, using structural equation modeling, this study tested whether stress mediated the relationships among parental support, marital conflict, and depressive symptoms among African American adolescents while controlling for sex (N = 883). Results suggest that maternal support negatively related to depressive symptoms in contrast to stress and marital conflict. However, paternal support and sex were not statistically associated with depressive symptoms. Mediation results suggest that stress explained the relationships among parental support, marital conflict, and depressive symptoms. Family therapy and depression reduction implications are discussed.

authors

• Lawrence, Timothy

published proceedings

• Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry

author list (cited authors)

• Lawrence, T. I.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Lawrence, Timothy I

publication date

• July 2022

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Black Or African American
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Depression
• Family Conflict
• Fathers
• Humans
• Male
• Marital Conflict
• Parental Support
• Stress

PubMed Central ID

• 35200051

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/13591045211070163

start page

• 630

end page

• 643

volume

• 27

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045211070163