Peer support as moderator of association between socioeconomic status and low-grade inflammation in adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals who grow up in low-socioeconomic status (SES) families are at an increased risk of health problems across the lifespan. Although supportive social relationships are postulated to be a protective factor for the health of these individuals, the role of friend support in adolescence is not well understood. Given that low-grade inflammation is one key biological mechanism proposed to explain links between family SES and health outcomes, we examined whether adolescents' friend support buffers the association between family SES and low-grade inflammation among adolescents.

Method

277 dyads of adolescents (63.5% female; 39.4% White, 38.3% Black, and 32.1% Hispanic; M_age = 13.92 years) and one of their parents participated in this longitudinal

SUBMITTER: Jiang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922557 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature