Responsive parental support buffers the link between chronic stress and cardiometabolic risk among adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Youth exposed to chronic stress exhibit increased cardiometabolic risk which parental social support may attenuate. Notably, theories emphasize that support should be delivered responsively for it to exert buffering effects, but this has not been thoroughly tested empirically. This study examined whether timing of support is an important but unrecognized element of responsiveness during adolescence in buffering the link between chronic stress and cardiometabolic risk. Participants were 242 adolescents aged 15 years (63 % female, 38 % Black). Adolescents completed assessments of chronic stress (Life Stress Interview), and trained personnel collected anthropometric measures and blood samples to assess cardiometabolic risk (reflected in low-grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome). Adolesce

SUBMITTER: Lam PH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12282099 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature