Christyl T Dawson1, Wensong Wu2, Kristopher P Fennie1, Gladys Ibañez1, Miguel Á Cano1, Jeremy W Pettit3, Mary Jo Trepka1. 1. Department of Epidemiology, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. 2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Integrated Science and Humanity, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. 3. Department of Psychology, School of Integrated Science and Humanity, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
Abstract
AIMS: This study examines the moderating role of parental neighborhood perceptions on the relationship between neighborhood structural disadvantage and adolescent depressive symptoms. METHODS: Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) consisting of 12,105 adolescents and their parents were used. RESULTS: Mixed effects multilevel modeling revealed that parental-perceived neighborhood disorder was associated with higher levels of adolescent depressive symptoms (β = .27, p ≤ .001). The interaction between neighborhood concentrated poverty and parental-perceived neighborhood disorder was also significant (β = -.14, p ≤ .01). Low and high levels of parental-perceived neighborhood disorder were associated with lower (β = -.41, p < .05) and higher (β = .46, p ≤ .01) levels of adolescent depressive symptoms, respectively, with increasing concentrated poverty. Parental-perceived collective efficacy was not associated with adolescent depressive symptoms nor was it a moderator. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that the neighborhood's social environment may mitigate adolescent depressive symptoms. Implications for structural interventions are discussed.
AIMS: This study examines the moderating role of parental neighborhood perceptions on the relationship between neighborhood structural disadvantage and adolescent depressive symptoms. METHODS: Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) consisting of 12,105 adolescents and their parents were used. RESULTS: Mixed effects multilevel modeling revealed that parental-perceived neighborhood disorder was associated with higher levels of adolescent depressive symptoms (β = .27, p ≤ .001). The interaction between neighborhood concentrated poverty and parental-perceived neighborhood disorder was also significant (β = -.14, p ≤ .01). Low and high levels of parental-perceived neighborhood disorder were associated with lower (β = -.41, p < .05) and higher (β = .46, p ≤ .01) levels of adolescent depressive symptoms, respectively, with increasing concentrated poverty. Parental-perceived collective efficacy was not associated with adolescent depressive symptoms nor was it a moderator. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that the neighborhood's social environment may mitigate adolescent depressive symptoms. Implications for structural interventions are discussed.
Keywords:
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health; adolescents; collective efficacy; depressive symptoms; neighborhood disorder; neighborhood social environment; neighborhood structural disadvantage
Authors: Dorota Kleszczewska; Joanna Mazur; Katarzyna Porwit; Anna Kowalewska Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2022-07-31 Impact factor: 4.614